Maybe Secretary of State Hillary Clinton didn’t say, “Did I stutter?” in so many words. But the intention behind her words was pretty clear in her Congressional testimony on the Benghazi attacks. Check out this clip and see if you can spot the subliminal — What the fuck?! — moment: Yeah… Just in case you…
While I continue to recuperate from the Flu-pocalypse, I happened upon my old cell phone. (A lemon that a certain phone company that shall go unnamed had the balls to sell me even though it was defective and when I went back to get my money back, they told me they knew the bluetooth didn’t…
I wrote a series of posts in anticipation of the 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade on Tuesday, Jan. 22. What is the state of Roe today? What is our legacy? These questions and more are examined in the links below. 40 Years of Roe: Choice in a Post-choice Era Abortion and Maternal Instinct People…
When it comes to Roe, I always circle back to access. My mom was in high school when she got pregnant with me in 1976. She contemplated abortion but there were many hurdles, just three years after the Roe decision, in her small, rural Midwest town. (I wrote about it in a post a few…
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision handed down on Jan. 22, 2013. The case validated a woman’s right to privacy, a right guaranteed by the due process clause within the 14th Amendment. Perhaps it is no accident that it is the 14th Amendment — the very…
I couldn’t help laughing during Gov. Brian Sandoval’s State of the State address tonight. They say hindsight is 20/20, but it damn near felt like Gov. Sunny had bought rose-colored glasses when he talked about the last session of the Legislature. All that talk about bipartisan work to get Nevada back on its feet, it…
From our friends at Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada: Join PPSN in commemorating the 40th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade! January 22nd, 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. In commemoration of this important event, Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada will be holding a wonderful and engaging panel of speakers…
While researching a post on the 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade (stay tuned for that one), I came across this handy graphing tool on the Guttmacher Institute website. I can’t get it to work on my blog hosting platform (hint, hint, WordPress!). Plug in your state, and you will find the latest numbers on…
Thank God I do not have to be beautiful for a living. (I will not wear spanx. You can’t make me.) Thank God I do not have to worry that every little nuance of my life is up for public scrutiny. Thank God that I get the honor and (mostly) joy of making a living…
There’s so much news, I had to squeeze in another Feminist Files this week! Legislative Pre-game: The always-on-it Desert Beacon has a quick and dirty preview of some of the bills already proposed for the next session of the Nevada Legislature, which starts Feb. 4. (Look for another shot at comprehensive sex education this session,…
The Sin City Siren 