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Follow Me on Instagram for a Silver Surprise

March 24, 2020 by WendyB

Follow my business Instagram, Wendy Brandes Jewelry, because I’ll be giving away some sterling-silver statement rings via IG stories! I started doing this last week with the remnants of my silver collection. I figured people need some cheering up during the coronavirus quarantine, and if somehow my jewelry business — and the jewelry industry in…

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Filed Under: giveaway, Jewelry, rings, silver, swear rings Tagged With: jewelry giveaway, letter rings, nyc rings, omg rings, word jewelry

Remembering the “Social Distancing” of AIDS

March 23, 2020 by WendyB

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

Throwback Thursday: Arresting Bitch Face

March 19, 2020 by WendyB

After my February 5 arrest for civil disobedience in Washington, D.C., I teased photographer/activist George De Castro Day for not getting a photo of me actually being handcuffed in the Capitol rotunda. No one had gotten a photo of me being arrested a week earlier on the Capitol steps either, and I was like, “Dang,…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism Tagged With: refuse fascism, remove trump

The #Rotunda10: Membership Has Its Prisoners!

March 18, 2020 by WendyB

Six weeks ago today — on Wednesday, February 5, in the hours before the GOP-led Senate acquitted the impeached president without holding a proper trial — I sat down on the floor of the Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., with nine other women for a final act of protest ahead of the vote. Meet the…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, In the News, politics Tagged With: #rotunda10

Practical Accessorizing: Tiaras and Shields

March 17, 2020 by WendyB

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

Take Off Your Rings and Wash Your Hands

March 15, 2020 by WendyB

In December, when actress Emma Stone showed off the pearl engagement ring given to her by writer/director Dave McCary, my first thought was, “I have to write that ‘Pearl engagement rings are bad‘ blog post AGAIN? Nah … I’m not gonna.” A few weeks later, actress Michelle Williams was spotted wearing what looked like a…

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Filed Under: diamonds, engagement rings, Jewelry, rings, wedding bands Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, ring cleaning

Blogging in the Time of Coronavirus

March 12, 2020 by WendyB

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.Β  It’s all about the money here.Β  (And petty inconvenience. People do hate a traffic jam.)Β  Then it was like someone flipped the switch, Drake-style. 𝗙𝗹𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 π˜π—΅π—² π˜€π˜„π—Άπ˜π—°π—΅….

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

We Coulda Had a Bad Bitch, Presidential!

March 5, 2020 by WendyB

As expected, Senator Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the presidential race today. As expected, she did so with more wisdom, honesty, and graciousness than her remaining male rivals have exhibited in their combined public lives. Because that’s what women do. Elizabeth Warren is asked by @maddow if the end of her candidacy means we should…

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Filed Under: feminism, In the News, news, politics Tagged With: elizabeth warren

“Be a Lady, They Said”

February 27, 2020 by WendyB

Wow! Wow! Wow! This Girls. Girls. Girls. Magazine video — narrated by actor Cynthia Nixon — blew me away! Be a Lady They Said from Paul McLean on Vimeo. The old-school fashion snob/nostalgic in me particularly appreciates the Helmut Newton/Chris von Wangenheim/Guy Bourdin aesthetic of the fashion clips. And the way those images are interwoven…

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Filed Under: feminism, In the News, magazines Tagged With: cynthia nixon, girls girls girls magazine

Activism Inspiration: White Rose Leaflets of WWII

February 22, 2020 by WendyB

On this day in 1943, Nazis beheaded three young Germans — Christoph Probst and siblings Sophie and Hans Scholl — for their part in writing, printing, and distributing six leaflets urging nonviolent resistance to the fascist regime. Embed from Getty Images The leaflets were produced by the White Rose — the name chosen by a…

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Filed Under: activism, History, In the News, news, politics, racism Tagged With: hans scholl, sophie scholl, white rose leaflets

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