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 | By Molly Snyder Edler   OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Molly Snyder Edler |
| Published Oct. 25, 2007 at 11:52 a.m. |
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I wasn't exactly raised Catholic. Sure, my mother was a nun prior to meeting my father, a Jew, but they decided to raise my sister and I "nothing." This meant we celebrated most of the holidays non-religiously -- Christmas, Hanukkah, etc. -- but didn't attend church or synagogue.
So why is it that I'm having slight Catholic guilt over my Halloween costume this year?
Originally, I planned to go as the not-so-original parochial schoolgirl. Not exactly Mary Catherine Gallagher style, more in the vain of the naughty schoolgirl, but with a little quirk mixed in. Really, I just wanted to tote around my pink bible -- recently acquired from a thrift-store -- because it's so cute.
Anyway, I found my red devil horns from a few Halloweens ago, and decided Satanic Catholic schoolgirl was an even better costume. But while trying it on last night, I actually had a small pang of sacrilegious guilt. Not enough to change my mind about the costume, but still.
My friends who refer to themselves as "recovering Catholics" told me about their lifelong lingering guilt, but this is the first time I felt it. Maybe it's coming from the disappointed ghost of my deceased, Roman Catholic grandmother. Weird.
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Posted by Z_boy on Oct. 26, 2007 at 7:01 a.m. (report)
a_noid, I think you nailed it right on the head. I was listening to 88Nine yesterday morning, and one of the DJs brought up the question, "When did Halloween, for women, suddenly become Stripper's Day?" I, however, am not complaining because I think strippers are sexy. But it's true. Halloween, for women, has become dress-up-as-a-vixen day. Even onmilwaukee's own Molly Snyder Edler has chosen to dress up as a naughty school girl (bless her heart, by the way). Psychologists say that one's costume is a reflection of one's inner-self. So if that's the case, there are a lot of sexually repressed women running around. Girls, let it out! Don't hold it in! :-)
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Posted by a_noid on Oct. 25, 2007 at 4:44 p.m. (report)
Happy dress seductively day!!! (previously known as Halloween). I will go on record to note that I prefer it's latter incarnation.
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Posted by Z_boy on Oct. 25, 2007 at 3:07 p.m. (report)
The likely reason for the guilt you're feeling is because you're a VERY BAD girl! Sinner. :-)
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Posted by Bettybcool on Oct. 25, 2007 at 1:15 p.m. (report)
Don't worry. You're already forgiven. You should at least know that! haha
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Posted by TosaJimBob on Oct. 25, 2007 at 12:58 p.m. (report)
Molly...it won't matter what you wear...you'll still look cute as hell! although you do have a naughty smile...have fun and don't drink and drive
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