Stuff’s happenin’ folks. Before we completely lose our minds to the holidays, check this shit out. Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder but the free Defining Beauty conference is scheduled for Dec. 1 at UNLV. There are lots of sweet things planned for the one-day event, including a keynote address by Naomi…
The International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers is coming up on Dec. 17. My friend Crystal e-mailed me the details of local plans to honor the day: Physical and sexual violence against sex workers is often ignored or silenced. Please join us as we bring their experiences to light and demand an end…
So today is one of my favorite days of the year, as far as activism goes. It’s Adbusters’s Buy Nothing Day. The idea is to backlash against the uberconsumerism that is the Day After Thanksgiving by, well, not buying anything. It’s, as they say, “A 24-hour moratorium on consumer spending. Participate by not participating.” Also…
Call this the slow burn. I’m always a little on edge about what I call The Uterus Wars — access to reliable, accurate health care; access to birth control; access to abortions; access to the morning-after-pill; insurance companies refusing to cover birth control while doling out Viagra (an entirely elective drug, might I add) like…
OxFam posted this nugget and felt the need to pass it along … Farmworkers who pick tomatoes for Burger King earn 40 to 50 cents for every 32-pound bucket of tomatoes they pick, a rate that has not risen significantly in nearly 30 years. Workers who labor from dawn to dusk must pick two tons…
It seems like there’s a giant pile of things that are about to fall off the desk if I don’t at least give ’em a mention … so here ya go, in no particular order: The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of So. Nevada is hosting a Democratic presidential candidate debate tomorrow (Thurs.) at the…
Sounds very interesting and it’s organized by some awesome women, many of whom helped out with behind-the-scenes planning for the Fag Bug event in town. Kudos! (And they’re so awesome they even thought of providing childcare!) — Emmily
While I’m not a Hollywood writer, I am still very much in support of the writers’ strike. As a writer myself, I can’t help but feel solidarity with those trying to get a fair shake. And even in journalism, I felt the unfair reality of being the “talent” without being compensated, as certainly others were…
Okay, so maybe everyone’s not ready to think about holiday shopping just yet, per my post yesterday. (I’m actually not ready myself, but thought I’d help out those proactive folks who are.) But certainly Thanksgiving is the next traditional holiday. But what about the folks who are going to go hungry? What about the folks…
“Tis the season.” Or so it goes. Anymore “the season,” which is to say the mass-consumer-materialism-orgy that is Christmas starts two weeks before Halloween — if not earlier. Already, the big-box chain stores are launching their holiday ads with “wishlists” and celebratory “magic.” The whole buy-Buy-BUY part of Christmas is vulgar to me. But I…
The Sin City Siren 