don't ask me why i look at a bridal blog

[ivy_chan]

I thought that this article from Offbeat Bride was very good: Blind Women Get Married, Too It's a look at the ableism inside the wedding industry, from the point of view of a blind woman and her own awesome plans for her wedding ceremony. As an ablebodied person, I can't imagine what she goes through on a daily basis, and her stories about trying

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[samatethecookie]

How can someone actually have the nerve to tell her (or imply) that her eye isn't "bridal"? What does that even mean? And why would someone think she's the assistant of the bride? What is that shit? ffs, humanity, grow up.

That steampunk cane is pretty badass.

[ivy_chan]

Yeah, seriously. How can anything about the bride not be bridal? Just...boggling. BOGGLING. You know what isn't bridal, people? YOUR ATTITUDES. >8( Asking her if she's the bride's 'assistant' is so- I mean, they were being patronizing about her typing and that is just a step even further, like they think a blind woman can't get a date, let alone get married. Ugh, ugh, ugh.

Seriously awesome cane. Her friend that made it is mad gifted.

[scdsam]

I love this article to death. Do you mind if I steal it for work (I get it's not YOUR article but still, ya know, politeness 'n all :D)? We like to pass around awesome blindness articles.

[ivy_chan]

Go ahead and yoink it and pass it around to your heart's content!

[lvsinsanity]

....How is wearing glasses not bridal? I'm with others on this one; how the hell can you tell a bride she isn't 'bridal enough'?

Aside from the rage, I'm more or less just utterly confused. This falls on the same principal (I would imagine) that would have these people probably telling a person in a wheelchair they aren't 'bridal' enough.

It's all icky.