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Oct 2022
1h 30m

Say Yes To the Debt

Julia Hava & Eliza McLamb
About this episode

The girlies walk you down the aisle through the history of American weddings — everything from the origins of the white dress to the deranged people who still decide to get married on plantations. Digressions include tomato soup activism, Ye’s antisemitic turn for the worst, and a DJ tag that couldn’t have dropped at a worse time. Support the podcast on patreon at patreon.com/binchtopia

SOURCES:

A Natural History of the Wedding Dress

The Wedding Complex: Forms of Belonging in Modern American Culture

The Radical Idea Of Marrying For Love

I Thee Dread (chapter in Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino)

Despite Everything, People Still Have Weddings at Plantation Sites

Tacky Trips Down the Aisle

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