| Girly Is Good |

Hi there, ya'll!! =)
A few weeks ago I made an appointment (haha, just kidding, my mom made the appointment.  Making it myself would require using the phone, and this introverted lass doesn't use the phone unless absolutely necessary) with my doctor to have him look at a strange rash all over my back and legs.  Turns out it was a pretty bad Staph infection, so I have been quarantined in my room for the past couple of weeks with nothing to do but read and search Amazon Instant Video for movies to take my mind off the itching.  One of the movies I tried was the chick flick "So Undercover" with Miley Cyrus (I was REALLY bored, don't judge) and the twenty-three minutes I watched of it gave me a lot to think about.  The main character is a tough, foul mouthed, slouchy young woman who spends her days riding a motorcycle around her town and working as a private investigator.  One day an FBI agent shows up and offers her a job where she would be working undercover as a college student to infiltrate a sorority house.  After some annoying dialogue with more foul language from her to show how tough she is, she finally agrees to take the job and the agent starts working to turn her into a "girly girl" so she will fit in with the other sorority girls.  After a makeover, haircut, and a new wardrobe, she looks just like any other girl at the college.  Unfortunately, she has a hard time pretending because the other girls like to talk about things like makeup, clothes, pretty cars, purses, etc. and she prefers to discuss motorcycles, guns and defense techniques.

 The underlying message of the whole movie was that being girly, feminine, and sweet is the same as weak, silly, stupid.  You don't want to be like that, you want to be tough and grungy like the main character! She doesn't need anyone's help and can take care of herself.  She doesn't waste any time on "pretty".  She uses foul language frequently.  All the men around her are made to look like idiots by her cleverness, including her father.  In short, she is a perfect example of a feminist and a "modern woman".

After I turned the film off in disgust, I thought of how many little girls will watch this movie and be influenced by it.  How many little girls are going to feel ashamed because their natural inclination is to want to look pretty and feminine? How many of them will grow up thinking being a girly girl is inseparable from being stupid, weak, and incapable?

God has created us as women.  When He designed women, He created them to be naturally beautiful, soft, sensitive, and caring.  These qualities help her with her mission as a nurturer, care giver, and homemaker. Men He created to be protectors, leaders, and providers, so He designed them to be more assertive, physically strong, and tough, if you will.  Our femininity complements their masculinity, and vice versa.  When we embrace our femininity we encourage them to be real men, protectors, and gentlemen.  When a man treats a girl like a lady, she will start behaving more like one, and when a girl acts like a lady, the men around her are inspired to act like gentlemen.

Feminists have tried for decades to smother the natural instinct in little girls to want to be pretty and girly.  They present it as a bad thing, something wrong with them that has to be fixed.  If they want to make it in life, they have to be like men! This is a horrible, perverted lie, and really degrading to the dignity of women everywhere.  We don't have to be like men to be important, strong, or happy; we were created women and have just as much dignity and importance in the eyes of our Heavenly Father as men! A real woman isn't ashamed of who she is; she is proud of her femininity and how different she is from her father and brothers! God knew what He was doing when He created the two sexes.  If we were all the same, what a boring and uninteresting world it would be! In a godly marriage, the husband is the provider, leader, and protector while the wife is the nurturer, the homemaker, and the heart of the home.  Neither is less vital to the happiness of the home, and neither could function properly without the other.

To summarize this rant post, don't be afraid to show your feminine, girly, pink loving side; revel and delight in the way God has made you! Let your femininity shine and inspire the men and boys around you to respect you as the lady you are.  Don't be ashamed of crying over sad movies, or blushing when you receive a compliment; your sensitiveness is part of your feminine nature, not something wrong with you.  Wear ribbons in your hair, and polish on your nails, and be proud of it! Don't let anyone ever tell you that you must sacrifice your natural sweetness to be like a man.  If Our Lord felt that womanhood and femininity were degrading or less in dignity than masculinity, would He have created the most feminine, beautiful, and loving woman in the history of the world to be His own precious mother? Our Lady is the perfect model of beauty, femininity, grace, submission, sensitiveness, and all the other feminine virtues.  In these times of confusion and rampant vice, let us pray to her to help us become godly, virtuous, feminine ladies who are content and happy with the way God has created us, and who don't need to compete with our brothers in Christ to feel important and special.

//Outfit Details//
Sweater: Thrift Store
Skirt: Thrift Store/ altered by me
Sandals: Gift
Purse: Amazon/$21.95
Necklace and Earrings: Charming Charlie (sold out)