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Offbeat Bride on Labels of Love

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Ariel Stallings

Author of three editions of the Offbeat Bride book and its sequel (From Shitshow To Afterglow, the ultimate offbeat breakup book), Ariel Meadow Stallings is the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire web properties. She lives in Seattle with her teenaged son, where she also does small business consulting.

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Philosopher Carrie Jenkins recently interviewed me for her podcast, Labels of Love. In the six-minute segment, I talk about people’s concerns over both halves of the Offbeat Bride name (there are problems with OFFBEAT and problems with BRIDE!), as well as why people prioritize wedding photography so much. The piece finishes a discussion of my work on my second book, and why I hope no one ever needs to read it.

Carrie Jenkins and Ariel Meadow Stallings

Philosopher Carrie Jenkins recently interviewed me for her podcast, Labels of Love. In the six-minute segment, I talk about people’s concerns over both halves of the Offbeat Bride name (there are problems with OFFBEAT and problems with BRIDE!), as well as why folks prioritize wedding photography so much. The piece finishes a discussion of my second book, and why I hope no one ever needs to read it.

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If you want more than six minutes of Carrie’s and my thoughts on marriage, polyamory, narratives of love stories, and more, you can watch an event we hosted together in Seattle this summer.

Offbeat Bride & Carrie Jenkins discuss “What Love Is”

Ariel Meadow Stallings, publisher of offbeatwed.com, hosts a discussion with philosopher Carrie Jenkins, author of “What Love Is: And What It Could Be.”

Topics include the why we’re so afraid to actually THINK about love, philosophical water weenies, #polyamory vs amatonormativity, and how weddings in the 21st century are totally different (and yet exactly the same).

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