Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. I’ve always thought it odd that people commemorate days that people died (birthdays seem a much more fitting honoring of their life), but for better or worse more people pay their respects to the original American idol during this mid-way point through August. It…
Perhaps it’s the dog-days of summer or my idea factory is on strike right now. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, I’d love to get some contributors to The Sin City Siren. Feminism. Politics. Environmentalism. LGBTQ issues. The field’s pretty vast and I am no expert. Perhaps there are a few brave…
So I already gave you my top-ten list of easy and practical enviro tips that can save the earth and your money. (And my rant against plastic bags.) Here’s No. 11: Stop using bottled water for all your water-drinking needs. For one, most commercially sold bottled water comes from the same-old source you and I get it…
This makes me a little queasy. The usually admirable store The Body Shop has unveiled a charity product campaign designed to help victims of domestic violence. Normally I support using your consumerism to support charity, but this is a little weird. The product they are hawking is “Stop the Violence in the Home Hi-Shine Lip Treatment.”…
Some cultural stuff going on Las Vegas in the upcoming days, for your consideration: Now through Aug. 12 Las Vegas is ground-zero for RollerCon 2007, a national convention for roller derby leagues from around the country. Learn how to skate! Watch some scrimmages! Get a tattoo! Have some bad-ass fun! Anything’s possible as these awesome ladies crash…
Let’s take a breather from my long-winded tirades and see what some other folks are ranting about: What’s so wrong with being a girl? If you’re a girl in a comic book, maybe everything. Mother Jones explains. Southern Nevada’s newspaper by and for the homeless population, Forgotten Voice, has officially become a non-profit. Congrats to them!…
You’ve seen my list of fav feminist books, now here’s the list of movies. It’s by no comprehensive and it’s not in any kind of order. Please feel free to leave me more suggestions in the comments. We need to spread the word about the movies we’ve seen because so many of the good ones…
Erin Davies’ Fag Bug is going to be sponsored by Volkswagen of America! Awesome! Here’s what she wrote on her blog today: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 Day 106: Fagbug and VW of America So today I feel rested and am heading to the morman temple to talk to people there and see what the reaction…
Coupla things got me thinking about Hillary Clinton today. One is that while I was away in Portland, my site visits went through the ceiling over some little post I put together about Clinton’s non-issue “low-cut top” that was written up in the Washington Post a couple weeks ago. Frankly, I wrote about it because…
On Friday I traveled to Portland with my hubby to attend the wedding of my best friend Josh. He and I have been best buds since we met as freshman in college and bonded over Tori Amos, being the only two poor kids on a rich-kid campus and just generally being interested in things outside…
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