I remember, back in the 1950s, going as a "hobo" was as common as going as a witch or a ghost. But in the 2020s, it's so obviously insensitive that one wonders how she could have thought it was a good idea. My theory is that she thought her own real-life image was so strongly the opposite of a homeless man that everyone would get it. She's incredibly neat and put together and made up and smiling, not smudged with dirt and disheveled. And she would never need help getting food. She's a provider of food, always helping others cook and arrange food. So — ha ha — she's going as the opposite of Martha Stewart.Compare Donald Trump, going as Donald Trump to his Mar-a-Lago Halloween party. He said he only had 10 minutes to get ready. But if he'd had a little more time, maybe he'd have come up with Martha's idea and assembled a costume that would read as the opposite of Donald Trump. What would that be? Undo his usual hairstyle. Wipe the orange off of his face, if it comes off. Get rid of the red tie and boxy suit and go with baggy shorts and an oversized t-shirt with that big Obama logo.Martha Stewart addresses her homeless person Halloween costume in statement to Page Six: “I am distressed that my Halloween costume yesterday, which was intended to bring more awareness to the very serious subject of homelessness, has offended people, which was never my intention. […] Homelessness continues to remain one of America’s greatest challenges and ongoing crises, something that I care deeply about and I have spent a significant amount of time and effort supporting charities that combat this ongoing social epidemic.” (https://t.co/cuZF2B1tv0)
— Pop Base (@PopBase) November 1, 2026
See? That would be funny.But Martha as the opposite of Martha... not funny.
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--- I remember, back in the 1950s, going as a "hobo" was as common as going as a witch or a ghost
Maybe because there weren't any hoboes left by then.
The answer to her critics ought to be.
I have white skin.
So I am privileged, according to some people.
Even if I am homeless.
People on the left! Roll down the windows of your BMWs and tell the white homeless man how privileged he is.
Watch Out For the Humble Brag
A hobo is not the same as a homeless person. One is itinerant with no fixed address who travels looking for work. The other has no home, is not (usually) working, and tends not to move around as much.
Maybe Martha should have gone out in an orange jumpsuit. Or maybe the striped pajamas from the old cartoons.
Now all the Envy Outrage Chatter. It's a Halloween costume, FFS.
Her only mistake was to publish a picture of it.
So if I dressed as Boxcar Willie, will I be cancelled?
Last Sunday, President Trump announced that he didn’t want Norwegian immigrants coming to America because Norway had failed to give him the Nobel Peace Prize.
Venting his frustration, the president also declared, “Norway sucks” and called it a “shithouse country.” These remarks apparently came as news to Norway’s approximately 5.6 million citizens, who have been quietly going about the business of living in one of the world’s wealthiest, healthiest, happiest, and most successful democracies.~ The Bulwark
It blew my 3rd grade mind to see my cute-as-a-button crush come to the front door trick-or-treating dressed as a hobo looking hideous with burnt cork on her face and the fright wig and everything but the pillowcase for a trick-or-treat bag pulled it all together.
gadfly has taken the lead in the 2027 Althouse Awards race for Most Off-topic Comment in 2026.
Good job of portraiture by Professora. Monetize it.
Funny that many of her critics aren't using the appropriate term. The appropriate term is "unhoused" bigots.
#Dobetterbigots. Do better.
@Althouse, here I thought your name was Ann, not Karen. You can resign from the humor police at any time.
Hobos are 20% of the homeless. Crazy 40%, addict 30%. Out of luck 10%. Mnemonic CATO (T=tramp)
Dress up as easily offended. There's something to mock.
I think most people know what she was aiming for. In fact, they feign ignorance in direct replies to the X post above where she SPECIFICIALLY STATES HER INTENT, some saying "What was she thinking??" She just told you, dummy.
I've expended all patience with calculated outrage.
The Donald protype is missing its sidekick, the multi-pierced purple-haired liberal overweight woman in jeans and tshirt minus the bra, with her "No Kings" protest sign. Plenty of them lounging in our rural city, outraged at Trump, while boisterously supporting our brainless boy-child mayor created by our two purple-haired Dem chairladies.
She was missing the crack pipe.
"She's a provider of food..." Obviously not to poor people.
Why is anybody supposed to worry about hurting the feelings of bums by dressing as one on Halloween?
Once I was driving back to the suburbs after a business dinner in Chicago. I had about 2lbs of great sushi. We ordered way too much, I was young, so the older guys all told me to take it home.
On the way home, I saw a guy with a sign that said "Need Money for Food." I pulled over, told him I had 2lbs of Sushi he could have. I opened the lid, he looked at it, and he said..."Nahhh, that's ok."
"Hobos are 20% of the homeless."
Way less than that I think. I think the official data puts the insane/drug-addicted cohort of the homeless somewhere around 95%. IOW if they're homeless they're nuts, addicted, or both. There is a very small number of people that confirmedly choose the vagabond lifestyle, and there's a lot of Vets in that cohort. Outside of PTSD, they are not deranged and surprisingly straight-edge. They tend to congregate in off-grid communities that move about on public land and NFS & BLM tends to leave them alone because they are mostly well-behaved, very independent, and very well-armed.
I think the "I'm Hungry" on the sign she is holding adds insult to injury. She's NEVER been hungry. Not even in prison.
Now, if she wore an orange, or black and white prison suit, that would be funny, and Martha would have been praised for being self-deprecating.
Why is Martha Stewart, age 85, dressing up in a costume for Halloween?
"See? That would be funny."
Not really. Now if he did it in blackface, that would be hilarious.
That rendering makes Trump look like Pat Murphy
None of these homeless people are hungry. They all want drugs.
Empathy.
"California spends approximately $42,000 annually per homeless person based on data analyzed from state-level funding programs."
"Executive Compensation Controversies: At the executive level, salaries are much higher. Public audits and investigative reports have drawn scrutiny to instances where non-profit CEOs managing state-funded contracts received compensation packages exceeding half a million dollars annually, or in rare controversial cases, over $1.5 million while working remotely
Seems like we need new management.
Personally, big supporter of locking up addicts for a month. Long enough to kick physical addiction. Some will stay clean, some will not. Better than encouraging their addiction, which California does with few arrests and little jail and free needles.
Seems only time a dealer is held responsible is whe a celebrity ODs. In those cases, dealer provides medical level drugs and celeb decides to take more than usual. Unlike street level, where today.s hit could be twice as powerful as yesterdays.
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