My life looks so different to the women in my family who have come before me.
In order to have sex without being shamed or leave their family home, they had to get married.
They were forced to play by rules written by men and enforced by society; their work choices were extremely limited and poorly paid, and there was no possibility of financial independence given men controlled any money they did earn.
I love that I have been able to live a life not needing anyone else's permission or approval. For me, the Love Party was a celebration of that freedom; it was a political statement, a work of art.
It was not about saying 'I do', it was about saying 'I don't, and you don't have to either'.
Yes, you can just have the party. Marriage was invented, love wasn't.
