If you’re in New York and you’re disgusted by the fact that crying and screaming immigrant children are being taken from their parents — while Border Patrol agents joke about it — and kept in cages, check out the action alert I sent to my Indivisible Upper East Side group. STILL HAPPENING RIGHT NOW Tuesday,…
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Get Informed and Inspired With Politics 101
If you’re in New York this Thursday, you’re invited to come to my Indivisible Upper East Side activist meeting (regardless of where you live!) for what I expect will be a lively Politics 101 workshop, presented by Ben Yee of You Matter. I heard Ben speak at a different meeting months ago, and he was…
Thoughts on Kate Spade
I was saddened to learn today that designer Kate Spade died by suicide at age 55. Embed from Getty Images In addition, I was appalled by much of the news coverage, which failed to follow readily available guidelines for reporting on such deaths. In 2014, I blogged about suicide and mental health issues after another…
Good News in Ireland & the Weeks in Review
This week — while the right wing in the U.S. worked on making abortion harder to obtain — Ireland went the other way. A large majority voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution, which was one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the developed world. Embed from Getty Images The 1983…
Resist the Gag Rule
The failed businessman currently occupying the White House is back to attacking women this week. In a move worthy of a George Orwell novel, he announced an abortion-related gag rule for health clinics that he says isn’t really a gag rule because he says it’s not a gag rule. The rule applies to clinics that…
You’ve Got One More Day to File Your Taxes
I was going to wish you a “happy” tax day, but a miracle has happened: You’ve got one more day to file your taxes. The Internal Revenue Service had such bad technical problems today that it extended the filing deadline through tomorrow — Wednesday, April 18. What did go on as scheduled: The Trump Tax…
“Do Not Be So Presumptuous”: A Note From Richard Kimball
In my last post, I redacted the name of a jeweler who publicly criticized my ANZA PURE x Wendy Brandes collaboration because I didn’t want to create undue trouble for him even though I was like … I figured it was one thing for me to write about his mean-boy comment, but another thing for…
Mean Boys and Rough Jewelry
One of the great things about the jewelry business — in my 13 years of experience, at least — is the dearth of mean girls. via GIPHY The majority of the women I’ve encountered in the industry have been friendly, collaborative, and supportive. Their encouragement has often kept me going through challenging times. But, to…
Week in Review, Including March for Our Lives
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Wednesday, March 21: A picture is worth a thousand words, except when it comes to jewelry. Then you need video too. Thursday, March 22: Viv Albertine of the Slits popped up in Vincent Gallo’s batshit-crazy letter to the world. Friday, March 23:…
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,…