One thousand posts. It doesn’t really seem possible that I’ve written that much. (And, in fact, I haven’t. Thank you, guest contributors!) It’s amazing what you can do in almost five years! I’m not sure what I expected when I started this blog on May 6, 2007, but I know I wasn’t expecting the kind…
So, admitted drug addict and destroyer of “traditional” marriage Rush Limbaugh shouted “Slut!” into his microphone this week and the country has turned on a dime. (Cue: Sound of record scratch.) Well, well, well lookey what we have here, folks. We’ve got ourselves a good old-fashioned slut-shaming! Honestly, I feel a little disappointed in Rush.…
Inspired by the #LoveYourBody tweet chat coming up today (1pm Pacific), I wanted to share this classic Siren post on body image that I wrote for the Love Your Body Day Blog Carnival back in October: Today is Love Your Body Day, an event designed to remind us about the power of negative energy and…
NOW is having a Love Your Body tweet chat today in honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week and I’ll be participating! Please check it out and follow my tweets @TheSinCitySiren! Here’s the event details. Hope to see you there!
Was it just me or was Oscar-fest 2012 one of the most sexist in recent history? I know I’m a bit late in getting this posted, so let’s just dive right in… Angelina Jolie: Let’s just go right to it, right away. Forget the leg coverage, which is it’s own kind of sexism, when you…
It’s the last sketch in this clip, but worth the wait. There’s nothing quite like seeing Oprah clock someone over the head with a lamp. Hilarious! PS: Stay tuned for some belated post-Oscar thoughts later today…
Folks, we need to step up and help one of our own. LGBTQ greeting card company Teazled, which was founded by a fantastic lesbian couple and is based right here in Las Vegas, is in a fight over intellectual property and copyright infringement with the megalith Hallmark. (Full disclosure: The couple go to my church.)…
If all the UFC track-record of hate speech and rape jokes has you mad as hell… now’s your chance! There’s a Nevada Athletic Commission hearing Feb. 22 at the Grant Sawyer Bldg. starting at 9 am and they are looking for public comments! Below is a Letter to the Editor that I wrote and submitted…
Yesterday we reached an amazing milestone with the petition calling for The UFC to enact a code of conduct! The 500th person signed on to join this campaign (thanks Nick!) to get The UFC to join the big leagues with other major sports organizations and create a clear rule book that outlines what is unacceptable…
Wanted to share this from my friends at the ACLU of Nevada: ACLU Calls on Nevada Equal Rights Commission to Protect Public School Students FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 15, 2012 CONTACT: Katrina Rogers, Legal Fellow: 702.366.1536×208 rogers@aclunv.org Staci Pratt, Legal Director: 702.366.1536×207 pratt@aclunv.org Las Vegas, NV – The American Civil Liberties Union…
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