From our friends at Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada: Interested in getting more involved with Planned Parenthood? Now is a great time to start! We are phone banking every Tuesday and Thursday from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Phone banking is a great way to get involved with Planned Parenthood, and it’s an amazing opportunity…
In modern warfare, rape has become a tool of combat. From Bosnia to Afghanistan, attacking forces have used the brutality of rape to control those they wish to conquer or punish. And if that is the case, there is a silent war happening right here in our country where Native American women are more than…
I’m nursing a sick two-year-old, so we’re gonna keep this quick: Mitt Romney hates you: And by you, I mean people who think food is an entitlement. I suppose now we’re going to be hearing about the 47% — those Romney claims don’t pay any income taxes. And I’m sure this is in part because…
Jobs R Us: According to this story, Nevada is one of the top seven states with the most new jobs on the horizon. I’m sorry, I just laughed so hard that my coffee came out my nose. The premise is that each of the seven states in this list will have job growth of more…
In the September issue of More Magazine, Hanna Rosin has a piece called “Why Testosterone is the New Estrogen.” (I can’t find a link on their site, drat!) In the piece, the author of the new book The End of Men argues that our culture has shifted so much on gender issues — more women…
Do you ever think to yourself, “I wonder what that gal that writes The Sin City Siren sounds like?” You’re in luck, my curious friends! I’m going to be on the real-live radio on Friday around 9:30 a.m. Tune in to KNPR, 88.9 on the dial, as they used to say on the radio when…
It’s a new week, a new month and it feels as though the slow-moving storms of Isaac and the Republican National Convention are just hazy shadows from a bad dream now. (Well, except for the lasting carnage to the Gulf states from the storm.) Mitt Romney is probably wishing the convention was a dream after…
I didn’t watch Ann Romney speak last night at the Republican National Convention. Sacrilege? Perhaps. But let me ask you something — whatever your political persuasion is — did you learn anything substantive? Did you move from a maybe to a yes or no? I am willing to bet not, and I’m not a betting…
When news broke yesterday about Paul Ryan’s new comments about rape, I was just finishing a new post for the Independent Voter Network about the Todd Akin news cycle and what it showed us about media bias (and our own biases). Wait. You didn’t hear about the new Paul Ryan rape comment? The one where…
In honor of the back-to-school season: Elmo is the answer: New study reports kids were more likely to eat vegetables if the package had Elmo’s (or Mel-mo, as my daughter calls him) face on it. Good Bento Box ideas here. Bic You!: Amazon UK reviewers are pissed about the gender labeling behind the new BIC…
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