The alternate headline for this post was, “Environmentalism: The long-view on dismantling oppression.” When I first launched The Sin City Siren seven years ago, one of the issues I wrote about often was environmentalism. After a while I got tired of defending the importance of talking about environmental concerns on a feminist site: Why do…
With the news that The Boy Scouts of America is toying with ending its discriminatory policy against GBT (and presumably L) people, I can’t help but compare them to The Girl Scouts. In fairness, I must admit up front that I am an alum of the organization. But that’s not enough to completely cloud what…
I hope you have been enjoying the Romney Creature Features in honor of the last full week of the presidential campaigns and Halloween. If you’ve missed any, catch-up here: The (Ecological) Creature from the Black Lagoon! Romney’s Bride of Frankenstein, how would he slice and dice reproductive rights? Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on health…
In the spirit of Halloween and this final full week of the presidential campaign season, I present The Sin City Siren’s very own Creature Feature… What if Romney wins?! Are you ready for the frights that await you? In our first installment, meet The Creature from the Black Lagoon… Behold a chilling landscape in a…
Passing this along: Green Girl Music & Arts Festival The Green Girl Music & Arts Festival it back for its second year! The festival raises awareness about the need to green our environment by reusing, repurposing, reducing and recycling, and at the same time empowering women in the arts! The festival will feature local as…
So it’s Earth Day. Do you care? Does it matter? When I started this blog four years ago, I wrote a lot about environmental stuff (click here for classic SCS). I have always been a little bit closet-hippie. (Don’t tell my punk friends!) I mean, what’s wrong with caring about the environment anyway? How many…
Ready to chuck your tree? You can recycle it for free! Here’s some info from the Springs Preserve: Join the Springs Preserve and the Christmas Tree Recycling Committee in giving our community a gift: Recycle your tree. Each year from Dec. 26 to Jan. 15, you can take your cut Christmas trees to one of…
Christmas has never been my favorite time of year. In fact, my favorite holiday is Halloween. Perhaps it’s because I grew up near the poverty line and we struggled so much to just have food on the table that Christmas was too out of reach. The luxury of gift-giving is shoved in your face everywhere…
At 8 months and 3 weeks pregnant I won’t be able to rally, but I’ll be there in spirit! As images from the oil spill in the Gulf Coast continue to pour in this week, we are vividly reminded of the potential consequences of our choices for energy sources.This spill – and others like it…
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