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NieNie on Oprah and Thoughts About Gender Roles

October 8, 2009 by WendyB

I have a memory like a sieve when it comes to important things — unless you’ve offended me, in which case I have a memory like an elephant. So even though several gorgeous bloggers told me that NieNie, the blogger who was severely burned in a plane crash last year, was going to be on…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, feminism, rants, TV Tagged With: oprah

Tartan Two Ways and a Broken Clock

September 13, 2009 by WendyB

On Friday, I wore Zang Toi’s tartan dress to his Spring 2010 show, then changed into a tartan Francis dress for my Fashion’s Night Out after-party at Christian Francis Roth’s studio. Zang’s presentation was in his showroom. Before it started, I was pondering Miss Universe’s French pedicure until Ivana Trump sat down in front of…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, christian francis roth, designers, dresses, leader of the pack, pictures of me, rants, red lipstick, zang toi Tagged With: christian francis roth, toreros collection, zang toi

Confession: I Worked for “Birther” Lover Lou Dobbs

August 5, 2009 by WendyB

Lately, immigrant-hating CNN maniac Lou Dobbs is getting a lot of publicity for giving airtime to “birthers” — people who are convinced by the aliens who control their minds via chips installed during anal probes that Barack Obama was born in Kenya, instead of Hawaii. Some of you know that before I was a jewelry…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, In the News, insanity, rants, TV Tagged With: lou dobbs

Things That Annoyed Me Today

June 25, 2009 by WendyB

In my profile on the right, I say that in addition to other topics, I write about things that annoy me. Here are the things that annoyed me today: People who are shocked — shocked! — by Farrah Fawcett’s death. What? She was diagnosed with cancer in 2006 and was clearly terminal in recent months….

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Filed Under: Celebrities, In the News, obits, rants, zang toi Tagged With: farrah fawcett, michael jackson, zang toi

Sunday Styles Strikes Again

June 9, 2009 by WendyB

You’d think that after this recent post, I would have stopped reading the non-fashion articles in the Sunday Styles section of the New York Times. I know I should avoid exposure to quotes from incredibly annoying people, but I still couldn’t resist last Sunday’s section. The latest irksome article, about abandoned blogs, was called Blogs…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, In the News, insanity, rants

This Post Is Not for the Sensitive

June 5, 2009 by WendyB

Last week, I went to see “Whole in the Wall,” an exhibit of graffiti art at the Helenbeck Gallery, accompanied by my designing friend, Christian Francis Roth, and my gorgeous, non-designer friend, Maggie Kneip. I wrote more about the show on my brand-new Francis blog today. [UPDATED TO ADD: That blog is now defunct.] As…

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Filed Under: art, Celebrities, christian francis roth, In the News, insanity, movies, rants

What Really Grinds My Gears

June 2, 2009 by WendyB

I’ve mentioned my love for the animated series Family Guy before. On one episode, Peter Griffin gets his own segment on the local news called “What Really Grinds My Gears.” Take a look. The incest/period portion of that clip isn’t relevant to my post today. I don’t even have a brother, for God’s sake! You…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, designers, Family Guy, insanity, rants, TV

Happy Holiday, Goyim!

December 24, 2008 by WendyB

Every December 25, I get into the holiday spirit by reminiscing about an idiot I knew in my freshman year of college. This self-described born-again Christian once went into a rant about the secularization of Christmas as symbolized by the use of “Xmas.” She thought that evil secular people had X’d the “Christ” out of…

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Filed Under: Beatles, holidays, insanity, music, rants

I Don’t Want Your Charity

December 3, 2008 by WendyB

I’m putting my foot down. I’m tired of people giving to a charity in someone else’s name in lieu of a holiday gift. It’s so damn smug, like we benighted souls would never think of giving if these saints didn’t light the way with their powerful sunbeams of goodness. Naturally, these gifts are never to…

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Filed Under: charity, holidays, rants

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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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