{"id":5919,"date":"2010-06-23T15:05:46","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T19:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=5919"},"modified":"2010-06-23T20:33:09","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T00:33:09","slug":"wendyb-talks-with-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/wendyb-talks-with-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"WendyB Talks With the Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2007, a dude named Chris Crocker got his 15 minutes of fame by crying through a video defense of Britney Spears called “Leave Britney Alone<\/a>.” Now I’ve done a “Leave Hillary Clinton Alone” video, but I did it without weeping. Dang! My 15 minutes of viral fame might have to wait until I can manage an on-camera breakdown.<\/p>\n

Hillary (and Michelle Obama and Sarah Palin) came up during an interview I did with the Washington Post’s Holly Thomas for the Post’s “On Leadership” series. Holly and I discussed queens, the politics of fashion and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg<\/a>. I compared Zuckerberg’s leadership failings to those of the 12th century’s Empress Matilda<\/a>. While Matilda had her flaws, she’s still one of my favorite royal ladies so I hope Zuckerberg won’t yank down my Facebook fan page<\/a> in a fit of pique. I’m already having flashbacks to the time my blog was frozen after I criticized a search-engine company whose name is two letters away from “poodle<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Thanks to Holly, Andrea Useem, Liz Tenety and Madeline Marshall for producing the video and telling me I look like Brittany Murphy “in a good way.” Thanks also to Washington Post managing editor Raju Narisetti for including me in a series that’s featured an admiral, a general, a college president, numerous billionaires and Rudy Giuliani.<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s “On Leadership: Wendy Brandes on why fashion ‘torments’ women leaders.<\/a>” The transcript is here<\/a>. Don’t forget to “like” it on Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg would want you to!<\/p>\n