It’s been quite a year on The Sin City Siren. Here’s the first post, of two, featuring the top 10 SCS posts of 2013. Enjoy, and catch numbers 5-10 tomorrow! 1. When anti-choice terrorists tried to silence an assemblywoman, #fierceflores was born: It’s not surprising that one of the biggest stories of a surprisingly controversy-packed…
[Trigger Warning: fat-shaming, eating disorders, body image] On Christmas Day it was right there in my social media feed, like invasive annual weeds: Diet ads. To be fair, as an American woman in my 30s, the diet industry targets my social media feeds with some regularity. I hit several of their demographic markers: female, 30s,…
A look back at, well, my looks since the start of The Sin City Siren in 2007, for your Throwback Thursday enjoyment. But more importantly, a thank you to everyone who supports The Sin City Siren. Whether you just found me or you’ve been reading SCS since day one, my work wouldn’t be successful without…
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As we count down the final days of 2013, the inevitable year-in-review stories start popping up. Two recent ones caught my eye, as much for what they said as for what they left out. In RH Reality Check’s Top Pro-Choice Heroes of 2013, we are treated to a diverse round-up of “sheroes” who put it…
The Clark County School District may be updating their sex education curriculum. Maybe. If they ever get around to voting on it. At a meeting last week, the school district — which serves the Las Vegas metropolitan area and is the fifth largest school district in the country — voted to do nothing regarding a…
*Rage-ahol: Rage that is so potent, it is like alcohol in your veins. I was not going to write about the black Santa thing. It’s stupid. It’s a trumped-up controversy that is the TV version of click-bait. I mean, do we really care what Megyn Kelly thinks about “historical figures” like Santa and Jesus? Well…
On Dec. 17 sex workers all over the world congregated to remember lives lost and assert their rights. International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, held each December for the past eleven years, is both a somber day and one of agitating for the basic human rights and respect that all people deserve. It’s…
Let’s face it, over the years feminism has not always played well with others. Whether it has been a shocking lack of inclusion (for instance, fat politics) and intersectionality (ahem, Beyonce, lesbians, trans* people, et al) or as simple as alienating those who would be our friends, feminism can be an identity that is sometimes…
I’ve been ruminating on innovation, art, and why things touch us. By now you’ve heard about Beyoncé’s self-titled, secret album that was released late last night. It was a rare and curious feat that the ubiquitous singer could not only maintain complete radio-silence about the secret album, but that there was no promotion leading up…
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