Having babies — touchy subject, to be sure. And I don’t think there are any easy answers. What I would like is if, as a society, we all stopped hating on each other when it comes to reproduction. Having children. Not having children. Being physically unable to have children but desperately wanting them. There are heartbreaks…
This really irritates me. There is a product called The Pink Stinger, a 50,000-volt stun-gun disguised as a set of pink tampons. I don’t know where to start. Why would you choose a tampon shape for a stun-gun? (Menstruation as lethal weapon?) Why is it pink? (Evil men everywhere fear pink?) Why is the promotional material so blantantly bad? Ladies…
A group of us went to the True Colors concert on Friday and it was really fun. I wasn’t going to miss it because I love Cyndi Lauper and it was finally a chance to see her without being billed with some band/performer I don’t like. Plus, Margaret Cho performed throughout the concert (there were…
On Friday the Feminist Majority Foundation released results from a poll of Americans about their attitude toward birth control (for? against?). A whopping 86 percent of Americans believe everyone should have access to safe birth control, including emergency contraception. The results of a survey conducted by Celinda Lake and released this week by the Women…
As always, there are more things happening in the world than there is time to blog or talk about it. But I don’t want to let these things completely slide off the map without a mention. Forgotten Voice, the newspaper for the homeless (started by a feminist alum of the Women’s Research Institute of Nevada’s…
I’m conflicted about the latest celeb trend to bring SexyBack to the environment. Case in point, designers hawking “trendy” resuable shopping bags. On the one hand, as I’ve said before I’m elated any time we can do a sort of image rescue of eco-concerns because of that whole “dirty hippie” stigma. (All apologies to my…
My feminist crush, Jessica Valenti, was on the Colbert Report last night. (And Stephen Colbert is definitely my intellectual comedian crush.) When crushes collide, magic happens. Check it:
Just a quick update on the “fag bug” project. I’ve been e-mailing Erin and she is excited to come to Las Vegas next month. Still need to set up an event and think about pre- or day-of fundraising options. Also, does anyone have connections to LGBT groups in the high schools or at local colleges?…
Even though I dropped almost completely off the radar last week, somehow the world didn’t. I wanted to be sure to share some of these items with you before they become obsolete. (I promise, as I get better each day, I’ll stop slacking a little more each day.) Believe in reducing your carbon footprint? How…
Sometimes I really love Las Vegas. As if having the Miss Exotic World weekend (June 7-10) here every year weren’t awesome enough, this year they are looking for a few beautiful breasts in the name of charity. On June 8 there will be a “casting party” where selected women (including some famous folks such as…
The Sin City Siren 