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Finger Pointing Fatigue

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What’s the point of judging a girl by her clothes anyway?

To change her mind and get her to change her clothes? The idea that you should run around and say “it has to come to this line and this line only” in order to be modest is such a legalistic approach and misses the whole point of the discussion about modesty. Since when do people – especially young people – respond well to being confined to a set of rules? It doesn’t work. No one wants to obey the ten commandments if they don’t have a relationship with God. And no one will listen to someone who only wants to tell them what they’re suggesting with how many inches of leg they’re showing. There’s something more going on.

Fulfilled, happy people don’t post suggestive photos of themselves on Facebook.

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Goodbye Victoria’s Secret: An Interview with Kylie Bisutti

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She had her dream job . . . and she was only 19. Kylie beat out 10,000 other women when she won the Victoria’s Secret Model Search back in 2009. She travelled the world modeling lingerie as a Victoria’s Secret Angel but Kylie realized it wasn’t everything she had hoped it would be, especially as a married woman. So last Spring she said “peace out Victoria’s Secret!”

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An Open Letter to My Sisters This Halloween

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It takes you from the powerful, inspiring, and awesome person that you are to a mere object of lust. You are already beautiful and deserve better than that. When you show cleavage and your legs with mini costumes, it is those parts of your body that are emphasized (by design). It sends the message that the most valuable thing about you is the body parts you’re putting on display.

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Modesty is Annoying

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Modesty is annoying. That’s right, I said it.

And not just little brother level of annoying. It’s like stand-still traffic, spilled hot coffee, only AM radio, and little brother in the back seat level of annoying.

I really, truly, feel this way. Dressing modestly is not easy. You have to search longer when you’re at the mall. You can’t always embrace the new fashions without a little (or a lot) of modification.

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The Bikini Battle: Sexy vs. Beautiful

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But I do care about my brothers’ purity, and want to help them out by not wearing what is basically a bra and underwear to the beach and inviting them to lust over all that is, ahem, “hanging out.”

Also, I want to be the type of woman who inspires men to holiness and beauty and not lures men to lust and my booty. See what I did there?

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Is Your Halloween Costume Sexy?

It was 1999 and I had just entered my freshmen year of high school. The first school dance of the year was quickly approaching so I had to wear the perfect outfit. My goal was to look sexy because that’s what I thought I had to do to compete with other girls and to get attention from guys. The truth is I desperately wanted guys to find me attractive because I wanted to feel beautiful.

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Emma Watson on Modesty: What Happened?

“I find the whole concept of being ‘sexy’ embarrassing and confusing. If I do an interview with photographs people desperately want to change me – dye my hair blonder, pluck my eyebrows, give me a fringe. Then there’s the choice of clothes. I know everyone wants a picture of me in a mini-skirt. But that’s not me. I feel uncomfortable…”

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