If I took my emotional cues from the breathless excitement of feminists everywhere reporting about Hillary Clinton’s new twitter account, I’m sure I’d have a more inspired headline for this post. I’m afraid all I can drum up is: So, Hillary Clinton didn’t have a twitter account? Um, what? To be sure, she has one…
Today’s post comes courtesy of Vicki Cowart, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, the region hub including Las Vegas. Legal Birth Control: An Overlooked Milestone Today marks the 48th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Griswold v. Connecticut, which struck down a state law that made the use of birth…
I’ll be back soon with fresh SCS, but while I’m on a mini-vacay, please enjoy this vintage Sin City Siren post from May 21, 2007 (aka the first month of The Siren!): Why is there grass at the gas station? I was waiting at a red light today when I noticed that on the corner a…
Dear readers, your humble Siren is heading out on a much-needed mini-vacation. Let’s just say this legislative session has me frayed around the edges and a respite is in order. I’ll be out a few days, but while I’m gone, I’ve got some vintage SCS posts — like the one below from July 2012 —…
Without a doubt, the 77th regular session of the Nevada Legislature will be one for the history books. This session started with the unusual and slightly disturbing situation of Assemblyman Steven Brooks expulsion — a dubious first in Nevada history — after he threatened violence and demonstrated mental instability. (He would go on to be…
[UPDATE: Applications must be received no later than June 21, 2013!] The Sin City Siren is looking for an intern(s) (or highly motivated volunteers)! If you want to learn about journalism, online media and communication, with a dash of grassroots organizing and media relations, The Sin City Siren internship is for you! About SCS: The…
Anyone who follows my twitter and Facebook feeds already knows that I am having a moment with Kate Elliot’s Soraya Chemaly’s post The Problem with ‘Boys will be boys’. To say I love this post is an understatement. As she explains how three different boys approached playing blocks with her daughter, it is like getting…
(Trigger Warning) I am so excited to give you the update that the #FBrape campaign, launched on May 21, has scored a major victory! Facebook has agreed to update its policies on hate speech regarding images and memes depicting violence against women. Yes! Here is more information from Women, Action & Media! Last Tuesday, Women,…
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