Why I'm Not "Shedding for the Wedding"
Real Pod
Dear Media
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
A not-so-wise woman in the movie “Bride Wars” once said, "you don't alter Vera Wang to fit you, you alter yourself to fit Vera!” and it’s lived rent free in Victoria’s head until today! On this candid solo episode, Victoria opens up about the pressures of being a bride and why she will NOT be “shedding for the wedding.” Victoria shares what’s been keeping her up at night + more wedding day fears like why she’s not doing a first look, why weddings are low-key wrapped in patriarchal notions, and why we need to stop pressuring women to be glorified versions of themselves on their wedding day. She also finally tells us about her experience wedding dress shopping! Why she did AND didn’t cry, the offensive comment a sales associate said about her body, and how she actually knew her dress was “the one”. Whether you are a bride or have an event coming up this year, this episode is a must listen! (PLUS: Victoria has some exciting Galentine's Day news you won’t want to miss!!!
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.0 | Relationships are hard and that's why I'm here. |
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| 0:43.6 | Hey everybody and welcome to RealPod. I'm Victoria Garrick, former Dioan athlete and mental health |
| 0:49.3 | and body image advocate. Every Wednesday I'll be bringing you awesome guests, weekly inspiration, |
| 0:55.0 | and the realest conversations around everything and anything. Now let's get real. |
| 1:06.3 | Welcome back to RealPod everyone. Today is a solo episode. That's right, it's just you and me. |
| 1:14.8 | And we're going to be chit chatting about the toxic messaging and |
| 1:18.9 | diet cultureisms surrounding wedding culture and being a bride. Whether you are getting married soon, |
| 1:26.4 | which so exciting congratulations, or you already have gotten married but you came for the tea, |
| 1:31.7 | or maybe you just want to listen to this just because, or maybe you've got prom or a graduation |
| 1:36.8 | or something coming up right your own sort of big day and you might be feeling that pressure to |
| 1:42.2 | lose weight or change yourself for that moment. Then great choice in episode because we're going to |
| 1:48.3 | cover it all. Expectations, Diet culture, photos, unsolicited comments from others about our body, |
| 1:54.3 | pressure to look perfect. This is going to be a great time and I hope you enjoy it. I do want to |
| 1:59.6 | acknowledge the privilege I have as someone who is in a body that is not being oppressed by the |
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