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Republicans Ran From Rat Into NJ Drama

December 17, 2020 by WendyB

Republicans Ran From Rat Into NJ Drama

In my last post — two weeks ago already, dang! — I wrote about how activists forced an unsafe-for-COVID New York Young Republican Club event out of Manhattan. The club managed to relocate to the Maritime Parc restaurant in Jersey City, but had to keep the venue secret until the last possible minute so it…

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Filed Under: activism, health, In the News, news, politics Tagged With: jersey city, maritime parc restaurant, matt gaetz, new york young republican club

RIP, Chiara D’Agostino

October 25, 2020 by WendyB

RIP, Chiara D’Agostino

A year ago today, I brought a cake to the hospital so my friend Chiara D’Agostino could celebrate her 48th birthday during her chemo appointment. Chiara died this August 4 of a complication of stage 4 triple negative metastatic breast cancer — leptomeningeal disease, in which the cancer invades the fluid around the brain and…

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Filed Under: earrings, health, Jewelry, models, obits, pictures of me, single earrings Tagged With: breast cancer, chiara d'agostino, triple negative metastatic breast cancer

PSA: Tele-Health Links for New York City

March 28, 2020 by WendyB

New Yorkers! Right now, city officials are advising people to NOT go to a hospital unless it is a true emergency and you feel like you can’t breathe. The system is so overwhelmed that if you have mild or moderate COVID-19 symptoms (fever of over 100F, dry cough, fatigue, loss of sense of smell/taste), you…

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Filed Under: health, In the News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, tele-health

Remembering the “Social Distancing” of AIDS

March 23, 2020 by WendyB

Remembering the “Social Distancing” of AIDS

While I would have liked to spread some … … tonight, I just can’t. I’m as angry as an Italian mayor who sees people jogging and throwing house parties instead of staying in quarantine to slow the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Italian mayor addresses his citizens about their irresponsible behavior (in a very…

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Filed Under: activism, health, In the News, politics Tagged With: ACT UP, coronavirus, COVID-19

Practical Accessorizing: Tiaras and Shields

March 17, 2020 by WendyB

Practical Accessorizing: Tiaras and Shields

Quick! Look at your fingers right now. Are you wearing any rings? An engagement ring and/or wedding band? Take them off! To avoid the novel coronavirus, you should be washing your hands more than Lady MacBeth, and that kind of scrubbing isn’t good for your fine jewelry. I never wear my rings at home, and…

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Filed Under: health, In the News, news Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, diy projects, how to clean rings, ring care, snake jewelry, tiara

Blogging in the Time of Coronavirus

March 12, 2020 by WendyB

Blogging in the Time of Coronavirus

At the beginning of February, I was saying to other activists that no one would take the failures of the American social contract seriously until we disrupted commerce.  It’s all about the money here.  (And petty inconvenience. People do hate a traffic jam.)  Then it was like someone flipped the switch, Drake-style. 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵….

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Filed Under: health, In the News, news Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19

Happy Birthday, Chiara!

October 25, 2019 by WendyB

Happy Birthday, Chiara!

A very happy 48th birthday to my new — but already dear — friend Chiara! We celebrated during her chemo today, because we’re crazy that way! Chiara has been living large with triple negative metastatic breast cancer since 2016, after first being diagnosed with cancer in 2014. I just met her this summer, thanks to Instagram. I can’t…

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Filed Under: health, In the News, pictures of me Tagged With: chiara d'agostino, metastatic breast cancer, triple negative breast cancer

The MTV VMAs and Newark’s Water Crisis

August 26, 2019 by WendyB

The MTV VMAs and Newark’s Water Crisis

The MTV Video Music Awards are taking place tonight at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The city has warned residents to expect bad traffic … while assuring visiting celebrities that they won’t be affected by Newark’s Flint, Mich.-style water crisis. The Newark Visitors Bureau released this statement: “We are elated to welcome world-class celebrities, entertainers,…

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Filed Under: activism, awards shows, Celebrities, health, In the News, MTV VMAs Tagged With: flint water crisis, missy elliott video vanguard award, newark water crisis

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

Still Life With Fibroids

May 3, 2019 by WendyB

Still Life With Fibroids

I was MIA on the blog this week because I was recovering from a minimally invasive embolization procedure to treat fibroids. For those who don’t know, fibroids are benign tumors of the uterus. Most people with a uterus have fibroids at some point in their lives, but not everyone experiences symptoms like pain and excessive…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, health Tagged With: fibroid treatments, fibroids, uterine artery embolization, uterine fibroid embolization, uterine fibroids

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