Better late than never: My dear friend and groundbreaking rapper Gangsta Boo was recognized in the "In Memoriam" portion of the Grammys tonight. I guess the Recording Academy became aware of the ...
https://www.wendybrandes.com/blog/2024/02/gangsta-boo-gets-her-grammys-tribute/
I've always been interested in the story-telling aspect of fashion -- on the societal level as well as the personal one. As I debated whether or not to write one of my old-school "What Wendy Wore...
https://www.wendybrandes.com/blog/2023/12/2023-in-review-what-wendy-wore/
Today is my birthday. I turned 56. Today was also the birthday of a little girl named Reem Ali Badwan — a birthday she shared with her adoring grandfather, Khaled Nabhan. Reem would have turned...
I'm devastated that Michael K shut down his long-running celebrity-gossip blog Dlisted this June. First, because Dlisted WAS the Internet for me from 2005 to 2010. Second, because he would have...
https://www.wendybrandes.com/blog/2023/10/sans-fards-strikes-again/
Post-Covid, I can't write or even think about 9/11 as I once did. I see that many people feel the same -- these comments were among those that caught my eye: On 9/11 in 2020, I wrote of my hor...
It's been a long time since I did an outfit post, but glimpsing my all-time favorite supermodel, Linda Evangelista , gave me some fashion-blogging inspiration. Linda Evangelista at Bookmarc Lind...
https://www.wendybrandes.com/blog/2023/09/what-wendy-wore-black-white/
My irrepressible and irreplaceable friend Lola Mitchell — aka Gangsta Boo of the trailblazing rap group Three 6 Mafia — would have turned 44 today. But, tragically, Lola died on January 1 i...
https://www.wendybrandes.com/blog/2023/08/happy-birthday-gangsta-boo-2/
Sixteen years ago today, I posted a "placeholder" announcement on wbjewelry.blogspot.com, saying I'd be launching a blog soon. Two days later, a distressed Britney Spears fled a photo shoot clad...
https://www.wendybrandes.com/blog/2023/07/back-for-a-sweet-sixteen/
I was sad to see that Richard Belzer died today, aged 78. Belzer first rose to prominence as a stand-up comic, but he became famous with a capital F when he was cast as television’s sardonic De...
https://www.wendybrandes.com/blog/2023/02/rip-richard-belzer/
If you don’t get my weekly activism newsletter, why not subscribe now? I’ve been writing this newsletter since 2017 and I have expanded it from NYC-only to include national options. If you wa...
https://www.wendybrandes.com/blog/2023/01/martin-luther-king-day-activism/