Tag: writing
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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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Choosing Your Wedding Bouquet: Meaningful Flower Options
The idea of flowers having some kind of meaning attached to flowers comes out of the victorian era. While this idea is romantic, not everyone would want the victorian era to be their reference point when figuring out which flowers they in their bouquet or table decor. After all, it was under the victorian era…
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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 