I think this is a moment in social history that scholars and critics will be analyzing long into the future. There's a lot of matrimania going on -- the over-the-top hyping of weddings and marriage. But as I argued in Singled Out, I suspect that's not a sign of how secure we are about the place of marriage in our lives, but how insecure.
There are at least two ongoing rhetorical maelstroms. The first, and more narrow one, is...
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