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Throwback Thursday: OMG, It’s Anya Phillips

November 12, 2020 by WendyB

In November 2010, I tumbled down many Internet rabbit holes while writing a post about 1970s New York style icon/fashion designer/Mudd Club co-founder/Debbie Harry friend Anya Phillips. It was so difficult to find any information about her. READ MY ANYA PHILLIPS POST. So tonight I almost lost my mind when I saw the New York…

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Filed Under: In the News, news, newspapers, obits Tagged With: anya phillips, blondie, debbie harry, mudd clubb, no wave, punk

Throwback Thursday: Jimmy Carter’s Bunny

April 9, 2020 by WendyB

Thanks to writer Anne Thériault for retweeting this PBS clip of swamp rabbits a-swimming. Swamp rabbits are shy creatures. This is the first time they've ever been filmed swimming. #NaturePBS pic.twitter.com/WZkdNcczlu — Nature on PBS (@PBSNature) April 9, 2020 This clip took me back to August 1979, when Jimmy Carter was two years into his…

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Filed Under: Animals, In the News, newspapers, politics, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: jimmy carter, killer rabbit

My Slogan for Warren: Pretend She Has a Penis 2020

February 11, 2020 by WendyB

Picture a white man in a suit who apologized for and learned from his mistakes; evolved his positions and clarified them when criticized; calmly answered aggressive questions; pinky promised with little children to remember important moments; and stood for hours to take pictures with every single person who wanted one — in heat or cold…

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Filed Under: activism, feminism, In the News, news, newspapers, politics Tagged With: elizabeth warren, resist fascism, vote blue

Tuesday’s the Day: Nobody Is Above the Law

December 16, 2019 by WendyB

“NOW’S THE TIME. Stop watching the news and getting depressed. Stop asking what you, as just one person, can do. You can do something — SHOW UP. There are more than 500 impeachment eve events THIS TUESDAY — find one, bring a friend, and SHOW UP.” – Ezra Levin, co-founder of activist network Indivisible If…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, In the News, news, newspapers, politics Tagged With: impeach and remove, nobody is above the law

#CloseTheCamps: Take to the Streets on July 2

July 1, 2019 by WendyB

Do you find yourself wondering when we’re going to take to the streets and protest human-rights abuses at our southern border? You have a chance to walk the walk on Tuesday, July 2, during MoveOn’s National Day of Action to #CloseTheCamps.  Stop wondering and start doing. You ARE the hero you’ve been waiting for! CLICK…

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Filed Under: In the News, news, newspapers, politics, racism Tagged With: #closethecamps, activism, border camps, concentration camps, no one is illegal

Don’t Wait: Activate! Also, Election Day Info for NYC

June 24, 2019 by WendyB

I spend a lot of time on Twitter — I’m a masochist, I guess — and I keep seeing people reacting to stories like this one about the warehousing of immigrant children in overcrowded and disease-ridden detention camps on our southern border. People tweet plaintively: Why aren’t we in the streets en masse? Why aren’t…

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Filed Under: In the News, news, newspapers, politics Tagged With: activism, chuck schumer, election day, indivisible, kirsten gillibrand, protests, tiffany caban, voting

International Women’s Day: The Women That Didn’t Fit

March 8, 2018 by WendyB

I’ve been thinking about canceling my longtime New York Times print subscription for months. With the exception of reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey — who broke the devastating and culturally significant Harvey Weinstein sex-abuse story — I’m disappointed in the newspaper I grew up with. For a start, the Times stumbled when confronted with its…

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Filed Under: feminism, In the News, newspapers, obits, politics Tagged With: international women's day

Time for R. Kelly to Face the Music

December 1, 2017 by WendyB

Post-Harvey Weinstein, it feels like there is no end to the list of badly behaved men who are finally being exposed. This week included two huge names. On Wednesday, glib morning-television personality Matt Lauer — he of the blatantly sexist 2016 presidential forum — was fired by NBC as exposés by Variety and the New…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, feminism, In the News, newspapers Tagged With: harassment, sexism

Recommended Reading: Letters to Democrats

May 29, 2017 by WendyB

Buzzfeed has published a wonderful story by Ruby Cramer called “The Place Where Letters To Hillary Clinton Go.” It’s about 30-year-old Rob Russo, who is in charge of Hillary Clinton’s political and personal correspondence. He’s drafted 110,000 letters for her since 2008, and it looks like he’ll double that number eventually, because, since Election Day,…

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Filed Under: feminism, In the News, news, newspapers, politics, sports Tagged With: Barack Obama, hillary clinton

Recommended Reading: “London Bridge” Plans

March 21, 2017 by WendyB

If you missed the Guardian’s article on the plans that are in place for the eventual death of Queen Elizabeth II, do yourself a favor and read it now. It is long, but full of interesting history, as well as the tiniest details of what after “… civil servants … say ‘London Bridge is down’…

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Filed Under: In the News, newspapers Tagged With: England, london bridge is down, queen elizabeth II, queen of england

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Award-winning designer of fine jewelry inspired by women's history and pop culture. A former journalist who writes about jewelry, fashion, medieval history, news, feminism, dogs, cats and whatever else is on her mind. Blogging since 2007.
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