Tag: life
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The Shadow Bride
I started shopping for wedding dresses this weekend. The strangest thing happened: I expected to feel giddy and excited, maybe the way I did when I was eight shopping for my birthday dress — but I didn’t. I didn’t because this period is so romanticized (and socially scripted) for women. This is “supposed” to be…
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Thinking Through Literature: What is romance?
In the begging stages of my relationship, my now serious partner asked “What is romance?” It struck me because it feels like such an obvious fact. Yet—its seeming obviousness made it difficult to define in that moment. I’ve been thinking about this question for a year now: What is Romance? Romance is a set of…
Ellie The Bride 