Becoming a Reenactor: Potential Barriers to Entry & How to Overcome Them
I run a reenacting-related Tumblr blog by the name of Daily Reenactor. It currently has 3,150 subscribers – a pretty healthy following for Tumblr. Daily Reenactor tends to be much more of a catch-all...
View ArticleI wish I could be a reenactor but…I don’t have the time!
When I polled a group of hopeful reenacting recruits, one of the most common hindrances that holds folks back from joining the hobby is a lack of time. Well, I’d like to start off by saying that…it...
View ArticleI wish I could be a reenactor but…it’s too expensive!
Ah, money. It’s the bane of pretty much everyone’s existence, so it should come as no surprise that money and the expense of reenacting is the #1 stated cause for potential recruits feeling unable to...
View ArticleI wish I could be a reenactor but…I can’t find any reenactors!
This seems to be a common complaint among folks trying to get into the reenacting hobby. Reenactors can be a bit insular, but it’s nothing a little Google-fu and creative thinking can’t fix. Here are a...
View ArticleAsk A Reenactor: Where do you get your costumes?
Today’s question comes from a reader of the Daily Reenactor tumblr blog that I run. I got an anonymous question which read: Where do you get your costumes? Dear Anonymous: Your question is actually...
View ArticleAsk A Reenactor: Where can I get 1940s lingerie?
I got a great question yesterday over at Daily Reenactor, and its answer is one that I feel could be very useful for those of you among my readers who are involved in WWII-era reenacting. So, here was...
View ArticleAsk A Reenactor: What is the time commitment like?
I am curious and interested in historical reenactment, but I don’t see myself having time to get deeply involved. Is it ok to go to events just to watch, or to attend without a full costume? How...
View ArticleAsk A Reenactor: Bullying in the Hobby
Given that bullying has been making some significant headlines recently, I figured that now was a good time to bring up this concerning message I received from one of my readers: There’s a reenacting...
View ArticleAsk A Reenactor: Ethnicity & Reenacting
Shortly after my question about bullying, I got another series of questions about a potentially controversial subject within the reenacting hobby: ethnicity. Here are the questions: “Given the stigma...
View ArticleAsk A Reenactor: Taking Hits
After a solid year and a half of hiatus from the feature, Ask A Reenactor is back! Not only that, but the question today is one that most reenactors are quite familiar with: “I’ve always wondered,...
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