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Throwback Thursday: Designer Patrick Kelly

September 24, 2020 by WendyB

Every time I think I’m settling back in to a daily blogging schedule, the urgent fight against white supremacists and dictatorship calls me away.  Sometimes breaking news even cancels planned protest actions, like last weekend, when the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg caused my team to postpone our #TrumpRat art project in…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: arrest trump, black lives matter, black women's march, fuck trump, impeach trump, trump rat, trumprat

What Wendy Wore: Art by These Pink Lips, Part 1

September 16, 2020 by WendyB

Last year, I asked artist Andrew Lyko to paint my old motorcycle jacket so that it would be appropriate for cold-weather protesting. I requested a tribute to Never Again Action, a grass-roots collaboration between Jewish and immigrant-rights activists that started protesting U.S. concentration camps last summer. I wear the jacket to other protests too, so…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, Fashion, pictures of me Tagged With: #closethecamps, abolish ice, black artists, black women artists, cosecha, customized clothes, defund the police, iris barbee bonner, movimiento cosecha, never again action, never again para nadie, painted clothes, these pink lips

Like Audre Lorde Said, Find Your Work and Do It

September 14, 2020 by WendyB

Nearly every day, someone asks me if I have hope, and shares that they feel hopeless. I wish I could pour people a serving of hope the way I might supply an imaginary neighbor with a cup of sugar. (Do people still do that somewhere? “Borrow” sugar?) To be honest, I feel low on hope…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism Tagged With: audre lorde, bravinlee programs, john post lee, trump rat, trumprat

Guess Who’s Back … With a Trump-Rat GoFundMe!

September 10, 2020 by WendyB

Hello? via GIPHY Is anyone out there? It’s been a long time since I’ve been on the blog, though I thought about it guiltily every day since my 13th-blogversary post in July. (By the way, unproductive, self-inflicted guilt: zero out of 4 stars, do not recommend.) If you follow my personal Instagram, you know that…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, pictures of me Tagged With: bravinlee programs, inflatable rat, trump rat, trumprat

RIP, Larry Kramer

May 27, 2020 by WendyB

Larry Kramer, a writer and one of the earliest AIDS activists, died today at age 84. You can read his full resume in the many obituaries that have been and will be published but, in short, Kramer was a co-founder of two AIDS activism groups — Gay Men’s Health Crisis, in 1982, which provided support…

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Filed Under: activism, In the News, obits, politics Tagged With: aids epidemic, anthony fauci, coronavirus, COVID-19, larry kramer

White Supremacy Is Terrorism

May 26, 2020 by WendyB

Yesterday, a black man named Christian Cooper asked a white woman named Amy Cooper (no relation) to put her dog on a leash in Central Park’s Ramble, where dogs are required to be leashed to protect the wildlife and plants. In response, Amy Cooper called 911 in fake hysterics and told the dispatcher that an…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism Tagged With: amy cooper, george floyd, white supremacy is terrorism

Taking to the Streets to Mourn COVID-19 Deaths

May 20, 2020 by WendyB

More than 90,000 people have died of the novel coronavirus in the U.S., but the White House hasn’t called for national mourning. To make up for that, grass roots activist groups arranged a Day of Mourning today to call attention to our losses. As #COVID19 infections in the US increase to over 1.5m and deaths…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism Tagged With: arrest trump, coronavirus, COVID-19, day of mourning, remove trump, we will not be silent

Wednesday, May 20: COVID-19 Day of Mourning

May 19, 2020 by WendyB

As of today, more than 90,000 people have died of the novel coronavirus in the U.S.  Tomorrow is a National Day of Mourning, organized by Indivisible, MoveOn, the Center for Popular Democracy, and other activist groups. As part of that, there will be a 24-hour livestream during which all the victims are named. You can get the…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism Tagged With: alpharetta georgie, coronavirus, COVID-19

Throwback Thursday: Leather Painted by Lyko

April 30, 2020 by WendyB

My painted motorcycle jacket has already appeared on the blog numerous times. Artist Andrew Lyko customized it for me last year, and now I like to wear it when I’m going to be arrested. I’m so glad I never purged this jacket from my closet like you’re “supposed to” with clothes you never wear. This jacket…

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Filed Under: 80s style, About Wendy, activism, Fashion, jackets, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: andrew lyko, christina castle, motorcycle jacket, never again action, never again is now, never again para nadie

What Wendy Wore: You Can’t Unsee the Babadook

April 29, 2020 by WendyB

While making final logistical arrangements for yesterday’s protest action with multiple banner drops around the city … … photographer George De Castro Day emailed me, “You know, the world might need a portrait of you with a mask and in that top hat.” For a moment, I was like, “How does George know I have a…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, Fashion, homegrown vintage, jackets, leather, outfit post, pictures of me, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: slow fashion, slow fashion movement, the babadook

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