This article ends up being about neoliberalism somehow. If you ever want to blow up a comment section in a wedding planning group, post a hot take about one of two things: Kid-free weddings Sweetheart Tables vs Head Tables Since I started lurking on wedding social media, these topics have…

The personalization and performance of rituals My sister and my mom have differing ideas of what a wedding must consist of. The two areas where they butted heads most during the course of my sister’s wedding planning were: 1) The first look 2) The wedding cake My mom eventually gave…

The Bachelor, engagements and why we love a marriage proposal I am not an expert on The Bachelor/ette franchise, but my mom is. She listens to 3–4 Bachelor/ette fan podcasts after each episode airs. The only thing my mom loves more than the Bachelor/ette is Katie Couric. I started watching…

My current obsession. Lucky for you, this blog is not just going to be semi-academic takes on weddings. I’m also going to inundate you with TikToks because I spend probably 2–10 hours a day watching TikTok and sending TikToks back and forth with my younger sister and saying to myself…

On my frustration with the way we talk about “women’s culture” Let’s get to our first reading! A 2012 book called The Bride Factory: Mass Media Portrayals of Women and Weddings. Now, of course, this book is the product of some useful and thorough research about the role reality television…

This blog (are we still calling them that?) is a fun way to merge my research interests (gender, pop culture, social media) with my love of and experiences with weddings and wedding media. I touch on this in my first post, but the impetus for this Medium blog are threefold: …