It's her special day, and her rage can topple buildings. We're looking at the problematic trope of the mythic "Bridezilla," betrothed women who supernaturally destroy through their avarice for fancy dresses and ice sculptures. Can our plucky grooms survive?
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Spoilers for:
27 Dresses
Bride Wars
Very Bad Things
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Boy Meets World
Gilmore Girls
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Scrubs
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
30 Rock
Community
Bridezillas (Reality Show)
Say Yes to the Dress
Diva Brides

Outside Readings:
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=bBv5NmSHjYUC&oi=fnd&pg=PA11&dq=bridezilla+capitalism&ots=OkXdw4Ixut&sig=4cU_hqP4ycPxbOl--WwcEImGcS4#v=onepage&q=bridezilla%20capitalism&f=false
Domesticating Matrimonial Monstrosity: Bridezillas and Narratives of Feminine Containment
Alyssa Ann Samek

White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture
Chrys Ingraham
https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2009-0-12568-2&isbn=9781135928575&format=googlePreviewPdf

https://books.google.com/books/about/Skin_Shows.html?id=q10CzrWdwfEC
Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters
Front Cover by Judith Halberstam

Thanks to our editor, Logan for this one, fam.

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