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Jewelry From Suffragette City

October 24, 2016 by WendyB

Wham bam thank you Becky Stone of Diamonds in the Library for this myth-busting post about suffragette jewelry. It turns out that the oft-told story that suffragette-related jewelry in green, white, and violet stood for “Give Women the Vote” is just a story. Becky writes: “At least one of the most popular suffragette groups –…

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Filed Under: earrings, In the News, Jewelry, politics, stud earrings Tagged With: donald trump, election 2016, election day jewelry, hillary clinton, i'm with her, presidential debate, suffragette jewelry, suffragettes, vote, voting

Oldchella Day 1 and Thoughts on the Trump Tapes

October 8, 2016 by WendyB

I’m enjoying a weekend at “Oldchella,” aka the Desert Trip music festival, in California. Last night, I saw the Rolling Stones. I missed the opener, Bob Dylan, but the reason why is kind of great; you’ll get that story later. Tonight I’m seeing Neil Young and my almost-husband, Paul McCartney.  Sir Paul showed up last…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Beatles, concerts, In the News, music Tagged With: bob dylan, desert trip, donald trump, grab them by the pussy, oldchella, rolling stones

Pet Peeve: A Woman’s Work

July 20, 2016 by WendyB

Like many other people, I’ve been amazed and amused by the story of Melania Trump’s plagiarized speech at the Republican National Convention on Monday. Big shout-out to reporter Jarrett Hill for breaking the story of the speech’s substantial overlap with the speech Michelle Obama gave at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. (Note: Hill wasn’t one…

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Filed Under: feminism, In the News Tagged With: donald trump, feminism, meredith mciver

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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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