April 18, 2008

A Fairy Tale, Revised; Conservative Women and the Red Threat; Office and Home

By KACIE GLENN

America's enduring fascination with the white wedding may seem strange to women who wore men's suits and rallied for equal pay in the 1960s and 70s. Instead of fading into obscurity, the ceremony has become ubiquitous in the 21st century, crossing barriers of class, race, and sexual orientation. Today it seems that traditionalists, feminists, and everyone in between are eager to be escorted down the aisle — boasting their white symbols of chastity, real or not — into the