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I think marriage in general is not a healthy institution in our society. If...
– bell hooks (via enumerate)
To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of...
– Roland Barthes, A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments (via foxesinbreeches)
July 2011
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To hell, to hell with balance! I break glasses; I want to burn, even if I break...
– Anaïs Nin (via doesyourmamaknow)
"beautiful bride"
the wedding is less than two weeks away, and people are asking the normal questions: do you have your dress? how are you doing your hair? what jewelry will you wear?
short answer: i don’t know, i don’t know, i don’t know. i’m busy overthinking the idea of beautiful brides. i’m not sure how i picture myself, how i want to present myself, how i want to look.
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The beef that I have is with the way that critics/bloggers/fans have been...
– Beyoncé in Weddingland | Bitch Media
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- You disconcert me. I find it unbearable, even for a second, to think of loving...
– Nicole Brossard, A Book to Translate in Mauve Desert (via journal de bord de simon pour julia)
mauve desert is one of our favourite books. this is a conversation between two lovers. this part felt particularly poignant when i re-read the book when we were apart for 3 months. for a couple who has...
June 2011
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ofanotherfashion:
There’s very little known about this photo taken in 1959 by the Kirksey Photo Studio but what I love about it is the bride’s eyeglasses. Today, more often than not, contact lenses replace eyeglasses during formal events - it was a happy surprise to find them here.
Credit: Anacostia Community Museum, Percival Bryan Collection
i hadn’t even thought about whether or not...
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…to be called Mrs. Davis or Mrs. Sutherland would simply inflame me. My name is...
– - Louise Brooks (via missclarabow)
louise brooks’ thoughts on name changing are similar to my own… save for the fact that i don’t plan on marrying and divorcing twice.
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four years ago today
we met.
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May 2011
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wedding day as a celebration of love, not of two...
i’ve been thinking more and more about our wedding day being about “love” in all of our relationships more generally than just “simon et julia” and our love. yes, of course, the reason for the day is about us, and our decision to spend the rest of our lives together, but! i don’t think the focal point needs to be solely on us.
simon has talked a lot about how...
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