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Haven't read it yet (I saved it to Instapaper to read later), but Longreads pointed out this article: Anatomy of a Cosplayer.

BTW

If you like your fantasy grimdark and your protagonists just this side of evil, Tor.com's doing a reread of Glen Cook's Black Company series. Note: although the first volume's ebook version is on sale for $2.99, if you want the whole series in ebook format, it'll be cheaper in the long run to get the collections instead. The reread's going to go fairly quickly, at a book every two weeks, so be prepared for that. :D

Now to go reacquaint myself with the Company's physician and chronicler Croaker, and to laugh at his habit of writing self-insert fanfic about himself and the Company's employer, Lady.