I'm writing this instead of posting the totally unrelated tearjerker Travelin' Soldier video on YouTube that shows clips from the movie Pearl Harbor with Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale.
The smartest thing I ever read on clothes and religion--that is, lots of clothes as a symbol of "sexual purity" or not-much-clothes or no-clothes-at-all as a symbol of "liberation"--was on a pagan blog.
It was this: That both of those are the opposite sides of the same coin. The escape from one isn't the adoption of the other and vice versa. The way out is to stop being so obsessed with your clothes.
Just wear them to stay warm, to protect your skin from the elements, to protect yourself from other people(!), or to look nice. Be sociable, practical, and sensible.
At this point, that much is obvious, but it's worth restating.
Now I'll go back to my very insensible alienation from the twenty-first century.
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