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Jewels of the Month: Bye, Don! Welcome 46 & 47!

January 19, 2021 by WendyB Leave a Comment

Jewels of the Month: Bye, Don! Welcome 46 & 47!

I don’t know if I should call this the dawn of a new era or a return to form. After years of Jewel of the Month posts, I had ZERO last year because fascism and the pandemic had me that distracted from what I love to do. But now that would-be dictator Donald Trump has…

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Filed Under: activism, earrings, featured jewel, Good Causes, In the News, jewel of the month, Jewelry, necklaces, politics, silver, stud earrings Tagged With: run for something

Australia Is Burning: How to Help

January 5, 2020 by WendyB

If you’re wondering, “What can I do for Australia?,” here’s an answer: Donate to one of the organizations listed in this CNet article. If  you can’t donate even a dollar — that’s okay! You can still raise awareness by sharing the links with all your peeps. To get you started, here are six of the…

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Filed Under: charity, Good Causes, In the News, politics Tagged With: australian bushfires, climate change

Jewels of the Month: Time to Give Women a Hand

June 12, 2019 by WendyB

Jewels of the Month: Time to Give Women a Hand

I’ve got a limited number of my sterling-silver emoji earrings left. Ten of those depict hand gestures; they’re sold as single studs that you can mix and match. Through Sunday, June 16, at 11:59 p.m. ET, I will donate $10 from each $35 purchase of a single stud to your choice of She Should Run…

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Filed Under: #NOPE of the Day, earrings, emoji, featured jewel, feminism, Good Causes, In the News, jewel of the month, Jewelry, news, politics, rants, single earrings, stud earrings Tagged With: emoji earrings, joe biden, joe biden's finger, liuba grechen shirley, she should run, vote mama

Treat Yo Self While Supporting Abortion Rights

May 23, 2019 by WendyB

Treat Yo Self While Supporting Abortion Rights

Shout-out to gorgeous customer Ali, whose ring order enabled me to make a $25 donation to Access Reproductive Care – Southeast today! Like I said yesterday, all people deserve freedom, choice, and sovereignty over their own bodies, and that includes abortion on demand for anyone who has a uterus. Ali was the first to person…

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Filed Under: 1stdibs, charity, feminism, Good Causes, health, In the News, politics, racism, Shopping, shopping suggestions Tagged With: abortion rights, lipslut, naral

#StopTheBans: What *You* Can Do, Starting Right Now!

May 21, 2019 by WendyB

#StopTheBans: What *You* Can Do, Starting Right Now!

Shout-out to everyone who participated in today’s #StopTheBans national day of action! People rallied at statehouses, town squares, and courthouses across the nation to say … … to state politicians who are co-ordinating an attack on Roe v. Wade by passing draconian abortion laws that they know will be challenged in court. If you couldn’t…

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Filed Under: feminism, Good Causes, In the News, politics

New Zealand and the Week in Review

March 17, 2019 by WendyB

To donate to victims of the terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand, you can use a Visa or Mastercard to contribute to the official giving page created by the New Zealand Council of Victim Support Groups. Email helpdesk@givealittle.co.nz if you run into any technical problems due to being overseas. PBS NewsHour listed other…

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Filed Under: charity, Good Causes, In the News, news, racism, week in review Tagged With: fashion designer patrick kelly

Giving Tuesday: Support Press Freedom

November 27, 2018 by WendyB

Giving Tuesday: Support Press Freedom

I’ve been tempted all day to say something world-weary about Giving Tuesday — the way it’s supposed to absolve us of the shopping sins of Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday yadda yadda — but there are so many good causes getting attention that I had to go all Moonstruck (mentally) on my jaded ass. Cher…

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Filed Under: charity, Committee to Protect Journalists, Good Causes, journalism Tagged With: 2018 IPFA, committee to protect journalists, freedom of speech, international press freedom awards, Rappler

What Wendy Wore: International Press Freedom Awards ’18

November 20, 2018 by WendyB

What Wendy Wore: International Press Freedom Awards ’18

Two outfit posts in a row — it’s like the glory days of fashion blogging! Here’s what I wore to tonight’s International Press Freedom Awards dinner, a fundraiser for the Committee to Protect Journalists. What Wendy Wore Dress: Vintage Scaasi (my final purchase from Allan & Suzi in 2017) Unseen shoes: Prada (possibly 2004, previously…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Committee to Protect Journalists, Fashion, Good Causes, journalism, outfit post, pictures of me, vintage, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: international press freedom awards, ootd, prada shoes, wiw

Register to Vote, Or I’ll Tell Madonna

September 25, 2018 by WendyB

Register to Vote, Or I’ll Tell Madonna

Yesterday, I was talking about what you could do to get out the vote. Today is National Voter Registration Day, so it’s a good time to confirm that you yourself are all set to vote on November 6. Vote411.org is a great all-around voting website created by the League of Women Voters. You can use…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrities, Good Causes, In the News, madonna, music, politics Tagged With: find your polling place, get out the vote, rock the vote, voter registration, voting links

Sign of the Future: March for Our Lives

March 24, 2018 by WendyB

Sign of the Future: March for Our Lives

My industrious friend Victoria — who serves on the executive committee of my Indivisible resistance chapter with me — made three different signs for today’s massive anti-gun-violence March for Our Lives. I got a big kick out of this tribute to Parkland shooting survivor and outspoken activist Emma González. We marched in New York City,…

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Filed Under: Good Causes, In the News, politics Tagged With: emma gonzalez, gun control now, march for our lives

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