{"id":39102,"date":"2018-02-18T23:48:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T04:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=39102"},"modified":"2018-02-19T01:03:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T06:03:04","slug":"the-weeks-in-review-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/the-weeks-in-review-21\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weeks in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here&#8217;s what was on the blog recently.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, Feb. 6: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/rip-john-mahoney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RIP, John Maloney of <em>Frasier<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, Feb. 7: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/wednesdays-video-behind-the-scenes-at-the-photo-shoot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I&#8217;ve got some great new imagery coming out for the jewelry line<\/a>. See a video from behind the scenes at a recent photo shoot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AZ_CGj2IaHE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, Feb. 9: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/seattle-jewelry-lovers-get-your-invitation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I hope some of you jewelry lovers in Seattle got to check out the official ANZA Gems launch<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, Feb. 11: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/things-on-my-mind-halftime-and-the-grammys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Timberlake&#8217;s mediocre halftime show reminded me of Janet Jackson and some things that piss me off about the Grammys, including the oblivious-to-bias president of the Recording Academy, Neil Portnow<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, Feb. 13: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/candid-camera-athleisure-and-resistance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Candidly speaking, if you&#8217;re not using ResistBot, are we even friends? Text &#8220;RESIST&#8221; to 50409 for an easy way to become more politically active<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, Feb. 14:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/wednesdays-video-behind-the-scenes-on-youtube\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Another behind the scenes video &#8230; this time in the office<\/a> plus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/happy-valentines-day-from-hi-rez-and-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day, from me, Hi-Rez, and McDonald&#8217;s<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3wOwrZ_Usrs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, Feb. 15: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/throwback-thursday-partying-like-its-1998\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MrB and I celebrated our 20th date-a-versary<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Going back to my &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/things-on-my-mind-halftime-and-the-grammys\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grammys suck&#8221; post<\/a>, I was excited to see that Fiona Apple is among the many women who share my feelings about the Recording Academy&#8217;s president, Neil Portnow (that&#8217;s the guy who said women would do better in the music industry if they would just &#8220;step up&#8221;). It&#8217;s a little hard to see in this video screencap, but Fiona wore a &#8220;Kneel Portnow&#8221; t-shirt during <a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/biz\/news\/fiona-apple-slams-grammy-chief-with-kneel-portnow-t-shirt-watch-1202686903\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a guest appearance with Garbage\u2019s Shirley Manson at the Girlschool L.A. festival earlier this month<\/a>. Ha! <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39105\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=4&amp;v=YQw_r9ptlL0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39105\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/fiona.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"282\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/fiona.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/fiona-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for original video.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I found out about this belatedly<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/shirley-manson-women-in-music_us_5a7b3444e4b08dfc92ff2996\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> from a great Huffington Post interview with Manson by Noah Michelson<\/a>.  I love that Shirley tells it like it is about everything she&#8217;s asked. As for Portnow, she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;With regards to Neil Portnow, I think he should step down. I think he\u2019s shown his true colors. I think he\u2019s shown how he thinks. I think that he\u2019s a sexist misogynist, and I think it\u2019s time for him to go. I think it\u2019s pretty simple. And I think any other female musician feels the same way \u2014 and if they don\u2019t, they don\u2019t understand what the fuck is going on.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Manson, along with Girlschool artistic collective founder Anna Bulbrook, did another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/girlschools-anna-bullbrook-shirley-manson-women-roaring-back-massive-way-020110647.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">outspoken interview with Yahoo!<\/a> that&#8217;s also worth reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here&#8217;s what was on the blog recently. Tuesday, Feb. 6: RIP, John Maloney of Frasier. Wednesday, Feb. 7: I&#8217;ve got some great new imagery coming out for the jewelry line. See a video from behind the scenes at a recent photo shoot. Friday, Feb. 9: I hope some of you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/the-weeks-in-review-21\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1291,598],"tags":[1503,1502],"class_list":{"0":"post-39102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-video-about-wendy","8":"category-week-in-review","9":"tag-fiona-apple","10":"tag-shirley-manson","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39102"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39107,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39102\/revisions\/39107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}