While this is certainly not a local story, I thought it an interesting topic as Christmas approaches this week. Rev. Benedict Thomas Viviano, a renowned Gospel of Matthew professor, Dominican friar and priest, has a new biblical theory that may change nativity scenes across the globe: there was one (or more) Wise Women among the…
Here’s the Senate voting record, courtesy of HRC: The Senate’s vote to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was a landmark victory and an unforgettable moment in our history. Now we need to let our senators know we were paying attention to how they voted. 1. Find your senators below and see how they voted –…
If you haven’t already, please check out my other blog, The Tired Feminist, which has unique content from The Sin City Siren. It’s about life as a stay-at-home feminist and navigating the world of feminist parenthood. This week The Tired Feminist got a shout-out on Joy Rose‘s weekly online TV show! Here’s what was happening…
As feminists have been saying all week, this business with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says a lot more about how we feel about rape than any government conspiracy ever contrived. The spin is mind-numbing! Conservatives want Assange’s head on a platter for leaking sensitive and classified US documents through his Wikileaks site. Meanwhile, many high-profile…
In the spirit of the season, I wanted to share a list of some of my favorite holiday songs. Please feel free to share yours in the comments! Happy Holidays, Everyone! Christmas Time is Here by Vince Guaraldi Trio (The Charlie Brown song) Welcome Christmas from The Whos of Whoville (The Grinch Who Stole Christmas)…
Dear Regular Siren Readers: Sorry about the random changes in the look of The Sin City Siren. I have to come clean and admit it is basically because I made a mistake. I changed the look to red for World AIDS Day but in the change I lost my previous design settings. Doh! (Now you…
Hello SCS Book Clubbers! How’s the reading going? Wait. You haven’t started reading Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself by Amy Richards, yet? No problem! There’s still plenty of time. How’s Jan. 22, 2011 sound for a deadline? I’m so there! If you haven’t started yet, Opting In is a smart look at…
Sexual harassment has been in the news a lot lately. And how we talk about it — or rather, don’t talk about it — says a lot. Like rape, domestic violence and many other crimes that happen primarily to women, it’s relegated to he said/she said reports and raised eyebrows. As a society, we just…
Here’s some news we should be getting used to — unfortunately — as Nevadans: We suck. Yet again we find ourselves at or near the bottom of an important life-index list. This time it comes from the Health Care Report Card by the National Women’s Law Center, which analyzed the health care conditions for women…
From NOW: ACTION NEEDED: Contact your Senate and House members to urge them to pass the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) (S. 2982/H.R. 4594). The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to consider this bipartisan bill, but very few days remain in the lame duck session. Adoption in this Congress of IVAWA would be…
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