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In response to a certain missive making the rounds in reference to ladies' fashion -- and, more specifically, why dresses and skirts should be the norm for Catholic women -- Simcha Fisher has one word: pants.
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A few selections from her Pantifesto:
1. I live in NH, where winter happens. Pants.
4. Motherhood is a blue collar job. I dont care what style of dress or skirt youre wearing, there is no way to be modest while dealing efficiently with the routine emergencies that normal children engender children who, as a normal mode of expression, flail their limbs around like some kind of oversized, malevolent eggbeater, right at your hemline. Today, I had to lunge halfway across the room to rescue my toddler, who had launched herself from an armchair at a glass gerbil tank. I was able to lunge without pausing to consider whether my movements were graceful and feminine; and I didnt worry, while lunging, about flashing the men in the room. Pants.
9. If you are so concerned about how I think about myself, then why dont you ask me what I actually think, instead of telling me what you know I will think if I only listen to you? Not that you asked, but Ill tell you how I think about myself: I think that my life got a lot better when I started making reasonable decisions for myself, instead of always wondering if Im going to disappoint some hypothetical man. I care profoundly what my husband thinks about me, and naturally that affects how I feel about myself. Pants.
You must read the entire hilarious thing.
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