Lil Red Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Offered without commentary: http://femgenius.com/skirt-up-lenten-challenge/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToJesusMyHeart Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Sounds fantastic. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToJesusMyHeart Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Except it's cold, and skirting in cold weather is tricky. Leggings help to an extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggyie Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Trying to figure out the angle to this. Wearing skirts is so awful it's penitential? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Awful awful name. What the heck were they thinking? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Have to agree.... and that is not skirting the issue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Trying to figure out the angle to this. Wearing skirts is so awful it's penitential? yup, I agree with that. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I could see dressing in a color (subdued purple or dark or subdued colors) or something. I often wear skirts but don't see it as particularly penitential. Maybe in a VERY cold climate... but actually In find skirts and tights warmer than pants a lot of the time.... it doesn't make a lot of sense to me, and I am not sure there would be any witness value to it....and there are some times when, frankly, properly fitted pants could be more modest. Maybe I'm just not quite getting it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oremus1 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Except it's cold, and skirting in cold weather is tricky. Leggings help to an extent. http://www.glamour.com/fashion/blogs/dressed/2010/01/fleece-lined-tights-would-you.html Fleecy tights. mmmm. warm and super comfy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Challenge accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillT Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I think it would be too penitential for me to participate. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancilla Domini Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) I already only wear skirts! :winner: (I think I have one pair of pantaloons...) It would be more penitential for me to wear pantaloons for lent. XD Edited March 1, 2014 by Ancilla Domini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancilla Domini Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) I already only wear skirts! :winner: (I think I have one pair of pantaloons...) It would be more penitential for me to wear pantaloons for lent. XD (Is there a f.i.l.t.e.r on p.a.n.t.s?) Edited March 1, 2014 by Ancilla Domini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 y.e.s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisa Marie Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 You have GOT to be kidding me. And "act of reparation for women"? "We are not saying that wearing pants is bad or un-feminine; it is possible to be modest and feminine in pants. However, we feel that wearing skirts is a way that we can very overtly express,in a world which so harshly rejects authentic femininity, that we are women who love every bit of how God created us." Translation: Wearing pants isn't technically bad or unfeminine, but wearing a skirt is objectively better, and that way we can draw attention to ourselves because we're being super-feminine, more authentic women. UGH. Okay so dropping the snark, I can see how this could be a good idea... if you did it right. Maybe it's about putting more effort into preparing yourself for mass, as part of a greater routine. Maybe you only have a couple of plain skirts, so it wouldn't be as flashy or colorful as what you'd normally wear, as part of a greater effort to make your Lenten wardrobe more modest. I have a good friend who gave up wearing jewelry for Lent - she normally loved wearing a ton of rings and earrings and all sorts of stuff, so it was an actual sacrifice for her. And I think it's totally fine if women already choose to wear skirts all the time - that's great! Your decision! But that's not what this "movement" or whatever is about. It's clearly about feeling good about yourself and drawing more attention to yourself, albeit positive attention. Making yourself look pretty is not normally the kind of sacrifice Lent asks of us. It's basically the exact opposite of what Lent is all about. /rant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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