Editing Cosplay (section)

==During protests==
[[File:CL Society 576- Student protest.jpg|thumb|Student protest with a cosplay of [[Aang]] from the [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]]]
During various [[protest]]s, cosplaying as a [[Satire|satirization]] of important people and political events. In [[Myanmar]] various [[Myanmar protests (2021–present)|protests after]] the 2021 coup d'état various protests occurred with cosplayers. Youth groups protested on the roads by wearing cosplay costumes, skirts, wedding dresses, and other unusual clothing for daily life while holding signboards and vinyl banners that break with the country's more traditional protest messages for the purpose of grabbing attention from both domestic and international press media.<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 February 2021|title=Myanmar coup: 'My ex is bad but military is worse'|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55982001|access-date=11 February 2021|archive-date=12 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212214437/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55982001|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Giordano |first=Chiara |date=11 February 2021 |title=Princesses and bodybuilders: The new generation of Myanmar protesters |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/myanmar-coup-protests-princesses-bodybuilders-b1800498.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216143255/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/myanmar-coup-protests-princesses-bodybuilders-b1800498.html |archive-date=16 February 2021 |access-date=11 February 2021 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> Other times [[fictional character]]s are used to convey a message such as women dressing like characters from [[The Handmaid's Tale]] to protest bodily restrictions in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/handmaids-tale-red-womens-rights-19761615.php|title=‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ red robes take center stage in women’s rights protests|first=Tony|last=Bravo}}</ref>