Let’s talk about Offbeat BIPOC Brides and couples of color
Based on reader feedback that it was “hard to find any weddings of people of color,” we started tagging posts that featured couples of color to make them easier to find. Tagging is how we make all sorts of things on the site easier to find: Kansas weddings, brides in glasses, grooms with long hair. We’ve got hundreds of tags. We wanted to make it easier for readers who were frustrated by the experience of feeling like they only saw white couples across wedding planning websites.
Battle cry of the Offbeat Lite
Sometimes I get the feeling that my fellow Offbeat Lites feel out of the loop on Offbeat Wed. They let themselves feel pushed aside, and unrepresented. I’m here to tell you that’s not the case.
How dowry traditions relate to modern brides
How the old dowry tradition morphed into the tradition of the bride’s parents paying for the wedding and the feelings and ramifications behind that tradition.
Scrabble-themed wedding shower
We feature very few posts about wedding showers, because wedding showers aren’t often, well, offbeat! But here’s a Scrabble-themed shower that we thought y’all might like!