**TRIGGER WARNING** In recent weeks I’ve been writing a lot about sexual violence . It’s been in the news a lot lately, from indicted football coaches to professional athletes tweeting rape jokes. For someone who is a survivor, like me and like my friend Kris Hill who contributed today’s post, it can feel like you…
As regular readers know, The Sin City Siren has joined with organizations and concerned individuals — many of them parents — to urge the Ultimate Fighting Championship to enact a code of conduct to discipline fighters and management when they have used offensive and inappropriate language, including a rash of recent episodes of hate speech…
Earlier tonight I was in a room filled with women who were all talking about one thing: menstruation. Sounds like every guy’s worst nightmare, right? Well actually, it was by turns funny, insightful, inspiring, and frustrating. And no men were hurt in the process. See? We come in peace. Or rather, we menstruate in peace.…
After news broke of the 7-year-old transgender child who wasn’t allowed to join Girl Scouts, my heart sank a little. You see, I was a Girl Scout for seven years. Denver’s Bobby Montoya has made national headlines because of a Girl Scout leader’s refusal to let him join because he had, “boy parts.”Oh, right. Boy…
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…
So, it’s October and as if there wasn’t already enough going on with Domestic Violence Awareness month, Halloween, and early Christmas stuff already creeping into stores the American consumer landscape has also gone all rose-colored, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. But just what are we getting out of “Pinktober” anyway? And does it…
The National Women’s Law Center is hosting a Title IX webinar tomorrow called Rally for Girls’ Sports. Title IX, which became law in 1972, is designed to create equity for girls and women in the education system. Most notably, it has been used to create equal access to sports. Coaches, educators, parents and anyone interested…
Last night, Slut Walk Las Vegas made some serious noise on The Strip. With an escort from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department at every turn, approximately 200 people rallied at the Erotic Heritage Museum and walked to The Mirage and back (approximately two miles round-trip). While the crowd was mostly young people, there were…
Score one for the social-media savvy feminists! JC Penney removed a sexist shirt for girls that read “I’m too pretty for homework so my brother has to do it for me” within hours of posting it for sale on its website, thanks to the efforts of feminists circulating a Change.org petition, including Shelby Knox (who…
It’s hot out there, and I don’t just mean the weather: Have you been watching the week-long series on sexual violence airing on My News 3’s Healthline segment? It features Nevada Coalition Against Sexual Violence Executive Director Andrea Sundberg speaking on a variety of issues related to sexual violence. (Full disclosure: I am on the…
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