The Waves: Can You Really Have a Feminist Wedding?

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🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate’s news director, Susan Matthews sits down with former colleague and host of the Why Oh Why relationship podcast, Andrea Silenzi to talk about all things weddings. They get into the weirdness of weddings, the sexist nature of some of the traditions, and how to reckon with all that while still having a good time on the dance floor. In Slate Plus: Is The New York Times Vows column feminist? Recommendations: Susan: The new album, An Overview on Phenomenal Nature by Cassandra Jenkins. Andrea: A brand new pasta shape called Cascatelli. Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Susan Matthews and June Thomas. Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the waves.
0:02.0	This is the waves.
0:04.0	This is the waves.
0:06.0	This is the waves.
0:13.0	Welcome to the waves.
0:14.0	Slates podcast about gender, feminism, and this week getting married.
0:18.0	Every episode you get a new pair of feminists to talk about the thing we can't get off our minds.
0:22.0	And today you've got me, Susan Matthews, I'm Slates News Director
0:26.0	and I'm also the editorial director of this podcast.
0:29.0	And me, I'm Susan's old colleague Andrea Selenzi.
0:33.0	I founded Slates First Daily News Podcast and I used to host a popular relationships podcast called YYY.
0:39.0	This week we're going to talk about weddings.
0:41.0	Specifically we're going to talk about the weirdness of weddings, the sexist nature of some of the traditions associated with weddings,
0:47.0	and how we can deal with all of that and still try to have a fun time.
0:51.0	I'm particularly invested in talking about this right now because about a month ago,
0:55.0	after we've been dating for five years, my boyfriend and I got engaged.
0:59.0	And really, the story is that I asked him to marry me.
1:03.0	I love our engagement story and I'm going to talk about it a little bit more after the break.
1:07.0	But as we start to dive into the particulars of planning a wedding,
1:11.0	I have been thinking a lot more about what it means to be a bride and what it means to get married.
1:16.0	I'm not one of those women who has been waiting for her wedding her entire life.
1:20.0	I can honestly say that I'm pretty agnostic and skeptical about the whole thing.
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