Today is Love Your Body Day, an event designed to remind us about the power of negative energy and imagery that is all around us. There are a lot of ways that this comes to pass, from sexist marketing campaigns (like the ones I write about in the Tired Marketing FAIL series) to self-esteem crushing…
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…
Did you know that there are not only toning shoes for women but there are also toning shoes for … girls? “Toning shoes” are sneakers with rounded soles designed to create an unstable walking surface and theoretically force the wearer to engage different muscles while walking. But not only are the claims that they can…
As part of Pride week, the Community Counseling Center is taking part in Threads of the Community, a fashion show fundraiser at Krave nightclub on April 26. Staff members will be modeling tshirts in rainbow flag colors that were designed by community organizations. Other organizations involved in the event include AFAN, SNAPI and The Center.…
One of my favorite local eco-activists, Tara Pike was featured on the TLC program What Not to Wear tonight! I loved that the Rebel Recycling program got some national TV time (as well as spotlighting that there are people in Las Vegas who are not completely obsessed with gross consumerism and a throw-away culture)! Tara…
The weather may be hampering voter turn-out in Ohio, but things are just lovely here in Vegas. Suckers! Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada is hoping to continue the momentum of the nascent activist group formed last month. The monthly meetings are the first Wednesday of each month (hey – that’s tomorrow) from 6 to 7:30…
Great news! On Tuesday Whole Foods announced it will completely do away with plastic bags at its 250+ stores by Earth Day. The store will encourage folks to bring in their own reusable bags and will still make recyclable paper bags available upon request. According to the Nevada Conservation League, Americans throw away 100 million…
If you haven’t put the Nevada Conservation League blog on your regular Internet reading list, I really recommend it. Erin does a great job of finding good nuggets of information and giving you everything you need to do something with the info you’ve just gotten. Take yesterday’s post. In one post she talked about bans…
I have a brand new thing to be grateful for today. There is a new, locally owned, organic dry cleaners now in Las Vegas! I’m so happy about it I’m willing to plug it on the blog for nothing in return. It’s owned by this sweet couple who have been in the dry cleaning business…
I know I’ve been living in Las Vegas too long when I don’t see the hubub over a short skirt. Is everyone sick of the whole Southwest Airlines fiasco yet? (Sigh.) I certainly was and then I read message boards that called Britney Spears’ VMA outfit that of a hooker or stripper. (Which, by the…
The Sin City Siren 