Problematic wedding themes: hobo, colonial, and more
Two weddings have been causing a stir on the internet lately: the Colonial African wedding (original post removed by photographers) and the Depression-Era Hobo wedding. They got me thinking about weddings, romance and romanticizing and I wanted to explore the issue here. This isn’t a post ragging on these two weddings but, rather, a chance to consider what got everyone’s knickers in a twist.
Calculating the carbon footprint of a wedding
There are a great many carbon offset calculators out there… but there’s more to a wedding than just energy consumption, flights, cars, and hotels. There’s also all the STUFF, and food, and waste, and, and, and… The tricky part is finding a good tool to calculate the carbon. I’ve found three so far, but only one seems suitable.
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My paintball hen’s party adventure
I’m by no means a pro paintball player — I just think it’s hilarious fun! So for my hen’s weekend [Editor’s note: aka “bachelorette weekend”], I demanded we go and play paintball for a day. I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate my upcoming wedding than by running around in the mud and shooting my best friends.