The Reuters survey says: Most Americans don’t read political blogs. That’s okay, no personal offense. The jury’s still out on whether Sin City Siren is or isn’t a political blog. Interestingly, more older people than younger people read political blogs, according to the Harris Interactive poll. But still, even of those 63 and over –…
If you know of a good sex story published in 2007 in Las Vegas, submit it for The Sexies. The Sexies, or Sex-Positive Journalism Awards, are looking for a few good sex stories. Apparently, mainstream media hasn’t done a good job of covering sex. Rather, it hasn’t done a good job of covering sex in…
I’m reading Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier, science writer for the NY Times. In short, it’s fabulous. This passage from the chapter “One Perfect Solar Cell,” about eggs, struck me. She’s discussing the millions of eggs that don’t make it to even menstruation, that perish in apoptosis for whatever reason: “For our purposes……
Watch it before it gets taken down: I’m not going to go into the possible election/advertisement rules Fey might be breaking here. I just thought it was funny. Also, as a writer, I was pretty amused by Fey’s opening monologue on SNL: http://showhype.com/video/saturday_night_live_tina_fey_w_steve_martin_snl_intro/ –Natalie
I’m calling this a web flow chart because I’m inserting lots of links and stuff. I’m very high tech in my disdain, you know. By now most of you are aware that the beef industry is experiencing the largest recall in its history. More than 120 million pounds of beef has been recalled, most of…
My sister works at an RV Park on a busy street. The other night, from her office window she sees a pedestrian get hit by a car. She calls 911. She rushes out to the man, who is bleeding profusely from the face (!), and tells him that everything will be all right, an ambulance…
She’s cool. He’s hot. She’s from the Bush/Clinton clan. He’s not. Forgive me for borrowing the tag line from Valley Girl to head into an entry on the Democratic primary. Sigh. Is anyone else pissed that the Democratic primary is even close, considering that Clinton and Obama look nearly identical on paper except for the…
Or just another whimsical, quirky rom-com? Anyone have thoughts they’d like to share? Here are mine: I really really enjoyed it. To be honest, I was moved by it… Almost to tears. And I’m not a sap. There’s nothing more fem than pregnancy. It’s an experience that a man will never be able to drag…
My friend Bjoern left a comment on the Siren blog from a while back called “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun…” He was interested in knowing how those Rutgers researchers defined feminism. He said: “They probably use it as a synomyn for people who approve of gender equality. Though that’s what I do as well, I…
Interesting take by Salon commentators on an Internet rumor that a certain film studio won’t be spitting out movies starring a woman, because supposedly women can’t carry a movie. Or something. Anyway here it is. I think Salon does a good job of pointing out the BS in this ‘theory’. Here’s the link since apparently…
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