{"id":42834,"date":"2019-06-02T23:54:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T03:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=42834"},"modified":"2019-06-02T23:54:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T03:54:17","slug":"the-weeks-in-review-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/the-weeks-in-review-28\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weeks in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here&#8217;s what&#8217;s been in on the blog in the past two months.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday, April 7: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/purrkoy-and-the-wonderful-people-of-catstagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A tribute to the wonderful people of Catstagram<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Monday, April 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/fashion-repeats-itself-high-heel-flip-flops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High-heel flip flops are back<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, April 9: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/recommended-viewing-reconstruction-on-pbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">If you missed <em>Reconstruction<\/em> on PBS, catch up on it now, and learn some history that will make your blood boil<\/a>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/reconstruction-part-1-hour-1-n0g1em\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for Part 1<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, April 10: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/jewel-of-the-month-lauras-tourmaline-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Jewel of the Month for April 2019 is Laura&#8217;s tourmaline self-engagement ring<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BYw3B8aMcy4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, April 11: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/what-wendy-wore-double-vintage-ossie-clark-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Double-vintage Ossie Clark maxi dress from Vintage-a-Peel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, April 13: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/the-mother-of-dragons-is-a-real-life-badass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emilia Clarke &#8212; who portrayed Daenerys on <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> &#8212; is a real-life badass who worked through a life-threatening brain condition<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, April 14: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/spoiler-the-winner-of-game-of-thrones-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I really wanted a Ser Pounce <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> spinoff<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Monday, April 15: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/notre-dames-bell-towers-survive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">There was a fire at Notre Dame and all the billionaires threw money at it<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, April 17: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/wednesdays-video-self-engagement-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn about the process of having a custom ring design like Laura did<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, April 19: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/time-to-get-crazy-lover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Have you heard &#8220;Crazy Lover&#8221; by my friends Christina Castle and Gangsta Boo<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M4pUqbo28bw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday, April 21: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/easter-egg-jewelry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Easter egg jewelry<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Monday, April 22: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/coachella-2019-what-wendy-wore-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holy crap, I can&#8217;t believe Coachella was so long ago already<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, April 23: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/every-bacio-della-morte-begins-with-k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jewelry-industry giant Signet is horrible to women<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, April 24: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/wednesdays-video-stephen-burrows-toga-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toga party<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qq8_uhyroaY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, April 25: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/nope-of-the-day-bad-jewelry-biz-tweets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oh, just another jewelry-industry giant making us all look bad.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Friday, April 26: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/rainy-day-fashion-for-dogs-and-wimmins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rainy day lewks<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, April 27: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/foot-fetish-80s-style\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I covet these &#8217;80s-style booties<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, April 28: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/game-of-thrones-ill-miss-them-most-spoilers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">That episode of<em> Game of Thrones<\/em> was so dark that my eyes still haven&#8217;t recovered<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Monday, April 29: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/going-wide-with-frame-jeans-and-diane-keaton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wide-leg jeans<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, May 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/still-life-with-fibroids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Damn, I&#8217;ve got to get back to writing about fibroids. I&#8217;ve been procrastinating<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Monday, May 6: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/met-gala-2019-preview-from-bitter-party-of-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My wardrobe was full of options for the Met Gala; only my invitation was missing!<\/a> Luckily, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2019-met-gala-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Janelle Monae was there to pick up the slack<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, May 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/2019-met-gala-best-of-the-rest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The best of the rest at the Met Gala<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Also Wednesday, May 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/wednesdays-video-how-to-cast-a-model\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out my video about how I cast models so that people see some diversity in the jewelry world.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CViWfLnBPzg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, May 9: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/wendy-brandes-jewelry-x-the-style-crone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Style Crone is the new face of Wendy Brandes Jewelry in my &#8220;Immortal Style&#8221; campaign<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, May 14: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/rip-tim-conway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RIP, Tim Conway and Doris Day<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, May 15: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/wendy-brandes-jewelry-x-the-style-crone-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The second image from my &#8220;Immortal Style&#8221; campaign starring Judith Boyd, aka the Style Crone<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, May 16: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/what-wendy-wore-columbia-spectator-slow-fashion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slow fashion at the Columbia Spectator dinner<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, May 17: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/shes-not-a-mad-queen-shes-an-angry-queen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I didn&#8217;t like this historically inaccurate business of turning Daenerys into a mad queen on <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>. I decided she wasn&#8217;t a mad queen &#8212; just an angry queen<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, May 19:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/dracarys-now-were-all-angry-queens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Dracarys<\/a> is a mood; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/game-of-thrones-conclusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also, I have questions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, May 21: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/stopthebans-what-you-can-do-right-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We have to stop these abortion bans &#8212; here&#8217;s a list of places to donate.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, May 22: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/wendy-brandes-jewelry-x-the-style-crone-part-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The third &#8220;Immortal Style&#8221; image from Wendy Brandes Jewelry x Style Crone<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, May 23: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/treat-yo-self-while-supporting-abortion-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treat yo self while supporting abortion rights for all. Through June 22, I&#8217;ll donate a portion of the proceeds from any jewelry purchase over $100 to the abortion-rights organization of your choice<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, May 29: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/wendy-brandes-jewelry-x-style-crone-and-fenty-too\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A fourth image from my &#8220;Immortal Style&#8221; campaign with Style Crone, and memories of Miuccia Prada claiming she wasn&#8217;t powerful enough to feature older women on her runway. WTF. Nice to see Rihanna is doing better.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thursday, May 30: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/jewel-of-the-month-a-throwback-necklace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Jewel of the Month for May 2019 is a vintage Wendy Brandes necklace<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here&#8217;s what&#8217;s been in on the blog in the past two months. Sunday, April 7: A tribute to the wonderful people of Catstagram. Monday, April 8: High-heel flip flops are back. Tuesday, April 9: If you missed Reconstruction on PBS, catch up on it now, and learn some history that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/the-weeks-in-review-28\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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":[598],"tags":[623,2029,622,2025,2008,2007],"class_list":{"0":"post-42834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-week-in-review","7":"tag-daenerys","8":"tag-fenty","9":"tag-game-of-thrones","10":"tag-immortal-style","11":"tag-judith-boyd","12":"tag-style-crone","13":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42834","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=42834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42835,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42834\/revisions\/42835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}