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Uh, are you running for student council? That's kind of my thing. No, ma'am. It's

for the Halloween costume contest.

Ugh. What? Too cool for Halloween?

It's just an excuse for girls to wear as little as possible.

Hey, it's fun to dress up, and I want to win this year.

Says the girl who thinks she can do magic spells?

It's being judged on effort, not just who looks good. The girl who won last

year was a zombie lifeguard in a bikini.

Halloween is about letting your freak flag fly.

Come on, that shouldn't be too hard for you, Claire. Just do it. Over my dead

body. A dead body.

Great idea.

Shopping for a costume?

As if. I'm looking at last year's costumes.

They're all so slinky.

Don't you think you're being harsh?

Claire Harsh?

She's a sweetheart.

Don't be cheesy, Merrick.

Okay, so she's a little harsh.

I just hate Halloween.

I feel like it brings out the worst in every girl. I was thinking of going as a

fireman. Why don't you do something coupling?

Like fireman and Dalmatian? If I have to dress up, I'm going as a wizard.

Why don't you want to be something cute? I mean, you're always cute, but don't

you want a cute costume?

Ugh, boys are so gross.

Why? What did he do?

Okay, just go to class. I can't deal with you two.

I gotta get going too.

Guess what? It's that time of year again.

Hot girl Halloween.

If you want half the school to objectify you and the other half to shame you for

it, don't forget to dress up.

Who needs school spirit?

I give up.

Not sure who needs to hear this, but...

Are

you a good witch or a

bad witch?

Who, me?

Why? I'm not a witch at all.

Talking to yourself again?

I'm on the fence about my costume. Good witch or bad witch.

I definitely vibe more with fairy spirits, but I'm also excited for green

face paint.

Can't we talk about anything besides Halloween?

Funny for you to say.

What's that supposed to mean? Because of your camera ground pose.

What? I'm not allowed to vent?

You are, but it's... Such a double standard. I mean, it's another example

of the patriarchy convincing us that they're right and we're wrong.

I see that, and... It's obviously resonating.

What?

Well said, Claire.

Am I talking really loud or something?

No, they just saw your post.

My post?

If you want half the school to objectify you and the other half to shame you for

it, don't forget to dress up.

You haven't seen? You had 10,000 views.

Let me see that.

Yeah, you were blowing up.

How do I make this go away? Can I just throw my phone off the roof?

Isn't this your dream? You're like a feminist icon.

I only have 100 followers.

How have 10,000 people seen this?

You're actually up to 25,000 and over 1,000 comments.

HiCarly143 says, Good point. I got teased for going as an ogre.

That's maybe on her.

This guy BaseballFanForever says, Girls should wear what they want.

Hashtag impeach Claire.

Rude. And OfficialBeautyInfluencer5 says, Girls should be allowed to wear

what they please. Don't shame us.

Wow. A lot of the comments are saying to boycott Halloween.

Good. Hey, it's not Halloween's fault. It's not not Halloween's fault.

Did you see this?

Oh, wow.

What is it? It's an email from the school.

In light of recent events, we have decided to postpone this year's costume

contest. While students may still dress up, they will no longer be judged on

their attire.

They're canceling the costume contest.

Wow. That was fast.

But I was going to win.

Thanks, Claire.

Sarah, wait, no.

I'll go talk to her.

Literally everyone is mad at me. The boys hate me for taking away a hot girl

Halloween. And the girls think that I shame them. People are idiots, Claire.

You can't change that. But I need to.

Maybe you should just let it go. And let my entire reputation go up in flames?

Claire, I love you, but I have to get to class.

Fine, just abandon me.

Hey, I thought we were supposed to walk to school together.

Oh, shoot. I am so sorry. I forgot.

You doing okay?

I mean...

Not really.

I barely slept and feel like a zombie, so... You mean a zombie lifeguard?

Very funny.

Why don't you just tell the principal you were wrong?

Because I wasn't wrong. And half the people online agree with me.

But most of the kids here in Attaway want to have Halloween. They can have

Halloween. They just don't need to judge each other for it. I guess.

I thought you were my boyfriend.

Shouldn't you have my back on this?

Everyone's calling you the Grinch who stole Halloween.

It kind of stinks for me. For you.

My video has 200,000 views and... Thousands of nasty comments.

You're the head of student council. Why don't you just tell the principal you're

wrong? I have principles, Merrick. And if you can't see that, then maybe I was

wrong about you.

Wait, Merrick, no.

Crap.

250,000 views?

God, I don't feel good.

Claire.

Claire.

Claire.

What? What happened?

Take a few deep breaths.

Did I die? Am I in heaven right now?

Claire, you're not dead.

Somebody call 911. I need an ambulance right now. Stop it. Claire, you do not

need an ambulance. You need to stop talking and breathe.

Get me to Attaway General. I'm having a stroke.

What you're having is a panic attack.

And why would I be panicking? Probably because of that viral video.

You saw that?

Everyone saw that video, Claire. You're not the one dressed like an ogre, right,

Nurse Graves? I always dress like a nurse.

It makes life easier.

She gonna be okay?

What you need is some rest, Claire.

How can I rest when everyone's mad at me? If you're asking me, you're in your

head too much.

Sometimes you just need to speak from the heart.

I'll get you some tea.

Belle, you probably need to get back to class.

Hey, Attaway, it's me again.

I just wanted to say that I am so sorry.

Until recently, I had no idea what it was like for a lot of our classmates.

I had no idea that so many of us could feel so bad at the same time.

It's easy to make offhanded, snarky remarks in the halls or online without

even realizing we're adding to the pile.

I don't want to be the leader in a school that doesn't do anything about

that. So if we're going to talk about school spirit, I think that that's a

great place to start.

So even though there's no costume contest this year, which I am so, so

sorry about that, we should still dress up and have fun.

I hope you all have a very happy Halloween.

This one only has 50 views.

Gotta go more sensational, I guess.

That is the last thing that I want. In fact, I'm making my account private

right now.

Too bad. It was fun having an influencer in the group. Yeah, very funny.

At least the comments are a lot nicer on this one.

Thank you.

And thank you guys so much for sticking with me.

I'm sorry you didn't win the costume prize, Sarah.

That's okay.

Did you see Isla's costume?

She went as Steve Jobs, and I feel like she would have won.

Isla went as Steve Jobs?

Wasn't she the zombie lifeguard last year?

Yeah, well, a lot of people said your video stuck with them.

Yeah, a lot of girls wanted to be taken more seriously this year.

That's why I dressed up as Bitcoin, to show people I'm at business.

Hey.

Um, can we help you?

I was hoping to talk to Claire alone so I can apologize.

Whatever you can say to Claire, you can say in front of all of us.

Alright, well, I'm sorry I didn't have your back, Claire.

You were right about all the Halloween stuff.

That's okay. I forgive you. But next time remember that I am always right.