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feminism

Feminist weddings can totally be a thing! Feminist wedding readings, progressive vows, alternative ceremony structures, and last name choices all contribute to making sure your ceremony is as equal as your partnership.

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Musings on feminism and weddings

It doesn’t seem that long ago I was sporting short hair, dockers, button-downs and ties and hitting the bars. Now, I have hair down to the middle of my back, wearing a f’ing Vera Wang wedding dress and participating full force in the bridal industrial complex.

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Of Brides and Zillas

Seems like no matter what you do, someone’s going to call you a Bridezilla. But we’re DONE with the term. “Bridezilla” is the new “Tacky.”

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Should I shave my armpits for my wedding day?

So you haven’t shaved your armpits in years, but now you’re planning a wedding. Do you rock the pit hair, or shave for just this one day?

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One groom’s perspective on taking his wife’s last name

So far the name change hasn’t cost me more than a few hours of paperwork, some explanations to public officials and a few strained conversations with brittle relatives who think I’ve joined a matrilineal cult. I still feel like myself. My identity remains intact. Marriage will demand larger sacrifices than this, I expect.