Category: Education
As wedding vendors, we have to be mindful of not expecting our potential clients to fit into some neurotypical mold of how we’ve established our workflow. Many vendors encourage or…
Wedding vendor lists are an often overlooked way for us to turn our apathy into action. As wedding photographers, most of our clients book us early in the process, soon…
[CW: Heteronormativity; violence; gendered language; sexism; rape] The “best man,” like many wedding traditions, has a disturbing past that we rarely think twice about. Before digging deeper, I’d like to…
I work with a lot of clients who let me know that they live with anxiety. It’s always been important to me that I acknowledge this piece in my work,…
The myth of a wedding being a magical day that only happens “once in a lifetime” needs to be disrupted. It’s no secret that in the US, about 50% of…
Appropriation pops up constantly in the wedding industry. From tipis and sugar skull decor to photo booths with fake mustaches and sombreros. It’s not rare to search a wedding blog…
I struggled a lot with allowing myself to take up space within the disabled community. It took me seeing a TikTok from @crutches_and_spice speaking to someone essentially asking for permission to identify…
[CW: Mentions of slavery; capitalism] Let’s start by talking about wedding parties. I intentionally avoid using the words “bridesmaids” and “groomsmen” because I don’t like tying gendered words to people…
[Content note: This has been shared with our child’s consent, “so kids like me feel less alone.”] Last summer, our 6-year-old told us they were nonbinary and wanted to use…
Recently, I learned that using words with the suffix “-phobia” to describe oppression can perpetuate ableism. Phobias are real mental illnesses, so equating them with bigotry is where the ableism…