Cosplay, Identity, and the Memory Trap

This chapter explores the intersection of cosplay and gender identity, using children's expressions through animal personas as a lens to examine societal fears reminiscent of historical moral panics, such as the McMartin preschool case. It critiques the pitfalls of suggestive questioning in abuse investigations and the implications of false memory creation, drawing parallels to hypnosis in UFO abduction claims while emphasizing the risks posed to innocent lives.