Jun. 28, 2021 Why this queer intersectional feminist doesn't regret her 2015 Harry Potter wedding "But Jessica, you're the resident Harry Potter nerd. You had a Harry Potter wedding even! How can you hate JK Rowling when you once called her Queen Jo?" Read More Apr. 26, 2021 Should your parents pay for your wedding? Why one bride says NO THANK YOU Historically, parents paying for a wedding has ugly cultural baggage. For this reason, I am against the idea of anyone's parents being obliged or asked to pay for their children's wedding. Read More Jan. 11, 2021 How to have a more gender-neutral wedding: grides, brooms, and bachelorx parties When my partner and I were planning our wedding last year, we decided right away we wanted to skip the wedding traditions that didn't feel like us. We love the beauty of passing on traditions from generation to generation but one of the traditions we didn't love was the constant gender expectations. We wanted a more gender-neutral wedding approach. Read More 1.7k Jan. 31, 2020 Marry a man who understands feminism: A feminist wedding reading One of the most challenging aspects of organising our wedding for me and my wife was finding a reading that reflected our mutual values around feminism. I spent hours searching around for a reading to include during the ceremony… Read More 1.6k 22 Comments Mar. 6, 2019 Don't call me Mrs. Miller: last names, Lucy Stone, & why I'll be keeping my name Since getting engaged, I have been bombarded with well-meaning friends and family members congratulating the "soon-to-be Mrs. Miller" on her engagement. While my external response is generally, "Haha, thanks," my….. Read More 4.3k Mar. 14, 2018 The challenges of planning a straight wedding as a feminist queer bride Planning a straight wedding as a lifelong feminist and member of the LGBTQ community was a challenge wrought with emotion, guilt, and confusion (in addition, of course, to all the blissful feelings of being engaged and in love)… Read More 123…9 Copyright © 2003 - 2021 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
Apr. 26, 2021 Should your parents pay for your wedding? Why one bride says NO THANK YOU Historically, parents paying for a wedding has ugly cultural baggage. For this reason, I am against the idea of anyone's parents being obliged or asked to pay for their children's wedding. Read More Jan. 11, 2021 How to have a more gender-neutral wedding: grides, brooms, and bachelorx parties When my partner and I were planning our wedding last year, we decided right away we wanted to skip the wedding traditions that didn't feel like us. We love the beauty of passing on traditions from generation to generation but one of the traditions we didn't love was the constant gender expectations. We wanted a more gender-neutral wedding approach. Read More 1.7k Jan. 31, 2020 Marry a man who understands feminism: A feminist wedding reading One of the most challenging aspects of organising our wedding for me and my wife was finding a reading that reflected our mutual values around feminism. I spent hours searching around for a reading to include during the ceremony… Read More 1.6k 22 Comments Mar. 6, 2019 Don't call me Mrs. Miller: last names, Lucy Stone, & why I'll be keeping my name Since getting engaged, I have been bombarded with well-meaning friends and family members congratulating the "soon-to-be Mrs. Miller" on her engagement. While my external response is generally, "Haha, thanks," my….. Read More 4.3k Mar. 14, 2018 The challenges of planning a straight wedding as a feminist queer bride Planning a straight wedding as a lifelong feminist and member of the LGBTQ community was a challenge wrought with emotion, guilt, and confusion (in addition, of course, to all the blissful feelings of being engaged and in love)… Read More 123…9 Copyright © 2003 - 2021 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
Jan. 11, 2021 How to have a more gender-neutral wedding: grides, brooms, and bachelorx parties When my partner and I were planning our wedding last year, we decided right away we wanted to skip the wedding traditions that didn't feel like us. We love the beauty of passing on traditions from generation to generation but one of the traditions we didn't love was the constant gender expectations. We wanted a more gender-neutral wedding approach. Read More 1.7k Jan. 31, 2020 Marry a man who understands feminism: A feminist wedding reading One of the most challenging aspects of organising our wedding for me and my wife was finding a reading that reflected our mutual values around feminism. I spent hours searching around for a reading to include during the ceremony… Read More 1.6k 22 Comments Mar. 6, 2019 Don't call me Mrs. Miller: last names, Lucy Stone, & why I'll be keeping my name Since getting engaged, I have been bombarded with well-meaning friends and family members congratulating the "soon-to-be Mrs. Miller" on her engagement. While my external response is generally, "Haha, thanks," my….. Read More 4.3k Mar. 14, 2018 The challenges of planning a straight wedding as a feminist queer bride Planning a straight wedding as a lifelong feminist and member of the LGBTQ community was a challenge wrought with emotion, guilt, and confusion (in addition, of course, to all the blissful feelings of being engaged and in love)… Read More 123…9 Copyright © 2003 - 2021 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
1.7k Jan. 31, 2020 Marry a man who understands feminism: A feminist wedding reading One of the most challenging aspects of organising our wedding for me and my wife was finding a reading that reflected our mutual values around feminism. I spent hours searching around for a reading to include during the ceremony… Read More 1.6k 22 Comments Mar. 6, 2019 Don't call me Mrs. Miller: last names, Lucy Stone, & why I'll be keeping my name Since getting engaged, I have been bombarded with well-meaning friends and family members congratulating the "soon-to-be Mrs. Miller" on her engagement. While my external response is generally, "Haha, thanks," my….. Read More 4.3k Mar. 14, 2018 The challenges of planning a straight wedding as a feminist queer bride Planning a straight wedding as a lifelong feminist and member of the LGBTQ community was a challenge wrought with emotion, guilt, and confusion (in addition, of course, to all the blissful feelings of being engaged and in love)… Read More 123…9 Copyright © 2003 - 2021 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
1.6k 22 Comments Mar. 6, 2019 Don't call me Mrs. Miller: last names, Lucy Stone, & why I'll be keeping my name Since getting engaged, I have been bombarded with well-meaning friends and family members congratulating the "soon-to-be Mrs. Miller" on her engagement. While my external response is generally, "Haha, thanks," my….. Read More 4.3k Mar. 14, 2018 The challenges of planning a straight wedding as a feminist queer bride Planning a straight wedding as a lifelong feminist and member of the LGBTQ community was a challenge wrought with emotion, guilt, and confusion (in addition, of course, to all the blissful feelings of being engaged and in love)… Read More 123…9
4.3k Mar. 14, 2018 The challenges of planning a straight wedding as a feminist queer bride Planning a straight wedding as a lifelong feminist and member of the LGBTQ community was a challenge wrought with emotion, guilt, and confusion (in addition, of course, to all the blissful feelings of being engaged and in love)… Read More 123…9