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Weddings: A Beautiful Classist Exercise
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Ted Bauer
Jun 14, 2024
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I was about to write something on “weddings being a sham,” but that’s not true. I think weddings often do exactly what they’re supposed to do: they reinforce someone’s class (or the class their parents believe them to be) under the guise and cover of “We’d do anything for our kids.” It’s basically a romanticized version of college admissions, honestly. …

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