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When we want to get more thoughtful, this is the spot for our feature articles. Sometimes we talk big-picture philosophies, other times we discuss wedding trends, and every once and a while we just go ape-shit over a wedding WTF?!

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Let’s talk about Offbeat BIPOC Brides and couples of color

Based on reader feedback that it was “hard to find any weddings of people of color,” we started tagging posts that featured couples of color to make them easier to find. Tagging is how we make all sorts of things on the site easier to find: Kansas weddings, brides in glasses, grooms with long hair. We’ve got hundreds of tags. We wanted to make it easier for readers who were frustrated by the experience of feeling like they only saw white couples across wedding planning websites.

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Battle cry of the Offbeat Lite

Sometimes I get the feeling that my fellow Offbeat Lites feel out of the loop on Offbeat Wed. They let themselves feel pushed aside, and unrepresented. I’m here to tell you that’s not the case.

Vintage vibes at this 1970s-inspired NY waterfall vow renewal

How dowry traditions relate to modern brides

How the old dowry tradition morphed into the tradition of the bride’s parents paying for the wedding and the feelings and ramifications behind that tradition.

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Scrabble-themed wedding shower

We feature very few posts about wedding showers, because wedding showers aren’t often, well, offbeat! But here’s a Scrabble-themed shower that we thought y’all might like!