Things We Saw Today: Badass Body-Positive Cosplayer Shatters Expectations With Impeccable Costume Game

In addition to being a singer, artist, model, entertainer and makeup artist, Rhapsody Artajo has also somehow found the time to put together absolutely stunning cosplay. In a video spotlight at Nerdist, Artajo discusses being bullied and dismissed because of her weight, and how she learned to shut out the negativity and pursue what she loves. She delivers a manifesto for more than just cosplay, saying, “I want to stay relentlessly optimistic and contagiously confident.”

• The internet is bustling with holiday gifts for the Star Wars fan in your life, including an R2-D2 tape measure and a Darth Vader ‘A Dark Force’ T-Shirt from Rogue One.
• Speaking of gifts, are you a fan or foe of the mermaid blanket? Jezebel weighs in on the trend, calling it a “knitted flesh prison.”
• Like the Itsy-Bitsy Spider before him, Tom Holland knows that water is not his friend. He spoke about the scariest stunt in Spider-Man: Homecoming, which involved “flying under a helicopter and being dunked in a lake.” (via CBR)
• Moana is still queen of the box office and our hearts, beating out newcomer Office Christmas Party (via Collider)

And lastly, the BBC has released a trailer for Sherlock Season 4. So…who does Sherlock love??? (via Collider)

Well, that’s all we’ve got at the end of yet another weekend. What have you seen out there?

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