Hey Apw,
Meg is out sick as I write this, so I thought I’d take Happy Hour as an opportunity to check in at the end of Growing Up month and see where everyone’s at. Michael and I celebrated our five-year anniversary at a friend’s wedding in Toronto last weekend, and it was the first marriage anniversary yet where I felt like real-life grown-up married people. My feelings echoed a lot of the sentiment I’ve been hearing this month, which is that adulthood is more of an internal shift than an external one. Sure we don’t have a house, or kids, and we’ve had pizza for dinner twice this week (it was Organic, does that count for something?), but we’re not the kids we were when we met a dozen years ago. It’s weird and exciting at the same time. If nothing else, it just feels less… fraught. What about you guys?
And now, I’m off to shoot my last wedding of the season (possibly ever?). But in the meantime, it’s your open thread, so hop on it!
Cheers,
Maddie
Highlights of APW This Week
Wedding shopping when you have a history of self-injury.
A wedding on a Monday and a Very Black Queer Wedding.
Short hair for your wedding? Go here.
When you can no longer compartmentalize the people you love.
Rings and things.
Date night, date morning: do you still date your partner?
The terror and joy of giving up.
My Big Fat Jewish Wedding meets the final scene from Meet Joe Black (minus the sadness, death, and fireworks).
Learning to let yourself off the hook.
Link Roundup
Watch: Ask Lena Dunham. I cackled, you guys. (And if anyone has an extra ticket to her SF event next week, holler at me.)
Thirty years ago, TV gave us one of its greatest feminists.
Emma Watson delivered a powerful UN speech earlier this week. But was it really “game-changing”?
How to eat toast for dinner.
A thirty dollar, crocheted wedding dress that is super hot.
The unlikely ballerina.
Remembering Lilith Fair.
UK readers, did you know you could buy a Krispy Kreme donut cake for your wedding?! You’re welcome.
Nine female pirates you should know.
Where is Olivia Pope when you need her?
A super fascinating profile on Ann Ross, the scientist who solved one of Raleigh’s most notorious murders.
In defense of cheerleading.
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