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RIP, Ms. Sheila Michaels

July 10, 2017 by WendyB

Sheila Michaels — the woman responsible for popularizing the honoric “Ms.” as a substitute for “Mrs.” or Miss” — died last month of leukemia at age 78. As her New York Times obituary by Margalit Fox notes, Michaels didn’t invent “Ms.,” nor did she claim to. The abbreviation appeared in a Massachusetts newspaper in 1901,…

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Filed Under: feminism, In the News, obits Tagged With: gloria steinem

ICYMI: My MTV VMAs Posts From 2007 to 2015

August 28, 2016 by WendyB

The MTV Video Music Awards are tonight at 9 p.m. ET. You can always count on this event to produce memorable moments, even in worst years. And this shouldn’t be a bad year. As the New York Times reported, music videos matter again! That’s due to YouTube rather than television, of course, but who cares,…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrities, MTV VMAs, music Tagged With: eminem, gloria steinem, jennifer lopez, miley cyrus, mtv, triumph the insult comic dog, VMAs

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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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