Weddings are not for the faint-hearted. Relentless forces bear down on the newly-engaged–cultural, economic, social, familial, and f**king Instagram–and thus what should be a simple and joyous process becomes fraught with headaches and heartaches. That sucks wedding balls.

What you really need is a secret superhero to show you how to pick your way through the minefield of modern weddings, to encourage you to live your life and love OUT LOUD, and to tell you it’s all going to be okay.

Badass Betty is your person–also your friend, confidante, and Cowgirl Kenobi.

The BadAss Bridal Blog is your fearless, funny, and sometimes ferocious guide through the turbulent waters of weddings and marriage. No more wedding industry bullsh*t or smoke up your bustle or bowtie. We speak truth about weddings, and can say with confidence that it really is going to be okay.

We are a community of professionals based in equality, respect, kindness, and rationality even if we do get pissed off and mouthy from time to time. We fiercely defend LGBTQ marriage equality rights and speak up about other political issues, too. If any of that bothers you, too bad. Betty’s Blog, Betty’s Rules.

We publish items of interest for engaged couples and wedding pros alike, social analysis, wedding news from around the world, humor, and yeah tips and trends but only the cool ones. We also occasionally put up sponsored articles, duly noted in accordance with the law, but we won’t advocate anything we don’t actually think is keen and kosher.

And you? You’re our inspiration and raison d’etre, so speak up and let us know what we can do for you. Sign up for our newsletter and social media; we appreciate feedback, story ideas, and tips via comments and email. We are not beneath accepting tips via Buy Me A Coffee or Patreon subs either. High-quality sass ain’t easy to come by and bandwidth is costly, so share the love if you’re able.

Thanks! We wish you wonderful weddings. Let’s do this thing!