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Super Halftime: The Shakira & J. Lo Show

February 4, 2020 by WendyB

The Shakira and Jennifer Lopez Super Concert on Sunday was so much more meaningful than I expected! I’m told there was some kind of big sports event before and after their performance, and — if that’s correct — I just hope both sides had fun. More importantly, we had two Latinx women headlining the show…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, Celebrities, In the News, news, politics, racism, sports Tagged With: j. lo, jennifer lopez, shakira, super bowl

RIP, Kobe Bryant

January 26, 2020 by WendyB

After the death of my friend Elizabeth Wurtzel earlier this month, I spent a lot of time thinking about how complicated people leave complex legacies. I returned to that line of thought today, as the country reacted in shock to the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, 41, in a helicopter crash that killed a…

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Filed Under: In the News, news, obits, sports Tagged With: elizabeth wurtzel, kobe bryant

Lipstick Icon: Hammer Thrower Gwen Berry

August 13, 2019 by WendyB

A huge thank you to reader Catherine, whose comment on yesterday’s lipstick post alerted me to hammer thrower Gwen Berry and her blue lipstick. Berry won a gold medal at the Pan American games in Peru over the weekend. While she was on the podium with the American anthem playing, she raised a fist —…

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Filed Under: blue lipstick, Fashion, In the News, lipstick, makeup, pictures of me, politics, sports Tagged With: gwen berry, pan american games

Mood: Megan Rapinoe

July 7, 2019 by WendyB

I am inspired by the triumph of the USA women’s soccer team in the World Cup and the athletes’ fight for equal pay. I am especially inspired by Megan Rapinoe. “behold the field in which I grow my fucks and see that it is barren” -megan rapinoe pic.twitter.com/cEjuHzOmEz — lady (@LadyLovesTaft) June 28, 2019 Big…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, feminism, In the News, sports Tagged With: women's team, world cup

#WCW: Tiffany Cabán, Megan Rapinoe, Alanis, and Warren

June 26, 2019 by WendyB

“Woman Crush Wednesday” — hashtagged as #WCW — is a Social Media Thing that gives peeps a good excuse to share lists of women they admire. Most of you probably know that, but it’s come to my attention that MrB, despite reading my blog since July 2007, still asks sincere questions my use of basic…

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Filed Under: feminism, In the News, news, politics, sports Tagged With: #wcw, alanis morisette, elizabeth warren, megan rapinoe, tiffany caban

And the Best Super Bowl Ad of 2019 Is …

February 3, 2019 by WendyB

To be honest, I barely looked at the game. I was there just for Cardi B’s Pepsi commercial — and she was barely in it! — so I was gratified by Burger King’s 45-second-long ad starring the late Andy Warhol. I appreciate expensive corporate risk-taking … when it causes no harm. How many people watching…

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Filed Under: art, Arts & Entertainment, Business, In the News, sports Tagged With: andy warhol, super bowl 2019

Throwback Thursday: Appropriate for Tennis

August 30, 2018 by WendyB

Ten years ago — as part of a runway collaboration with a fashion designer — I created an enormous silver tennis-racquet necklace. Here is a photo of it next to regular-size tennis balls. I took that photo to help people judge the size of the piece (I had the measurements on my website too, but…

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Filed Under: Fashion, feminism, In the News, sports, Throwback Thursday, wear what you want Tagged With: serena williams, tennis, U.S. Open

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

Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Show Reminds Me of Someone

February 6, 2017 by WendyB

Lady Gaga slayed last night’s Super Bowl halftime show in a GIF-worthy way. via GIPHY Wrestling memes quickly followed her breath-taking entrance — a plunge from the stadium roof. LADY GAGA FROM THE TOP ROPE pic.twitter.com/DNgEW6bTW3 — ️ (@imWaavey) February 6, 2017 But I was more awestruck by her exit, which involved running up stairs…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, In the News, lady gaga, sports Tagged With: falcons, lady gaga, patriots, super bowl, super bowl LI

Throwback Thursday: Rhythmic Gymnastics in Rio

September 15, 2016 by WendyB

Last month, while I was at the gym during non-primetime television hours, I caught an hour of the rhythmic gymnastic competition from the Olympics in Rio. I was like this … … totally glued to the screen, jaw dropped. Embed from Getty Images We’re all captivated by regular gymnastics — properly called artistic gymnastics —…

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Filed Under: feminism, In the News, sports, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: artistic gymnastics, gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, rio olympics

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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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