what i wore

is it cheating to wear a dress AND pants?

this isn't my favorite outfit ever, and i really prefer dresses, but this is what i could come up with for wear pants to church day.  (my choice of pants was from amongst my tiny trouser collection consisting of yoga pants, orange skinny jeans, or pleather jeggings.)  the pants to church thing is probably baffling to a lot of women who aren't mormon.  right?  and baffling to us all is the fact that death threats have been made against some participants, an occurrence that spurred me to wear an item of clothing called "pants" today that i normally eschew for reasons of taste.

today i wore:

h&m pleather jeggings
h&m leopard dress
banana republic floral cardigan
vintage crystal necklace from grandma eva
vintage bangles from aunt bonnie
rhinestone earrings borrowed from lula
kork-ease red mary jane wedges (i have a slight fetish around red mary janes)
mac russian red lipstick

what did everyone else wear today?  i want details.

xo

p.s.  lula rocked a shalwar kameez at church today.

p.p.s. as far as i could tell, i was the only woman in the congregation today in pants.  lula was the only fourteen-year old girl in pants.

p.p.p.s. i had three main reasons for participating in this event today 1) to express my desire for progress in areas of gender equality in mormon congregations 2) to stand in solidarity against people who want to silence open, respectful dialogue amongst church members through threats, intimidation, condescension, mansplaining, belittlement or condemnation and 3) to express my love and concern for a dear friend in my congregation who is deeply wounded by the prohibition and exclusion of public discussion around the feminine divine in worship services.  i want her to know this.

p.p.p.p.s.  i found out i was not the only woman in pants in my congregation today.  i just didn't see my sister "suffragette" in sacrament meeting.