With Halloween fast approaching in the US, many people are trying to find a costume for their children.
Judging by a number of threads in different websites and online forums, that is no easy feat.
The success of animated movie Moana means that a lot of children want to dress up as the Polynesian Disney princess, but parents online are debating whether that is even okay.
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An article published in Cosmopolitan this week highlights the dilemma and argues that dressing up as Moana is the height of cultural appropriation.