Passing this on from my friends at the Women’s Research Institute of Nevada: MARK YOUR CALENDARS… On March 7, 2013, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m., please join the UNLV Office of Diversity Initiatives as it marks Women’s History Month with a forum discussion moderated by Dr. Marya Shegog, Director of Health Programs, The Lincy Institute.…
While I may not personally have to navigate the Nemo Snowstorm madness, I know many of you are hunkered down. Having grown up in Alaska, I know the drill. Be careful. Stay calm. And remember: Work, groceries… It’ll all be there after the snow stops and the plows and salt trucks have tamped down a…
Today marks the start of 77th (regular) session of the Nevada Legislature! Can you feel the excitement? For the next 120 days of the (regular) session, people across the state will be watching (and hopefully participating in great events like Grass Roots Lobby Days) as our representatives tackle the business of the Silver State. And…
Make it rain: Today is the fourth anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. But we still don’t have a Paycheck Fairness Act, which would give Ledbetter the teeth to go after wage discrimination. And just a reminder, women are still working more than 100 days into the following year to equal what a…
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…
Even in the last moments of 2012, there’s never a dull moment. NYE resolutions: My Fem2.0 colleague Erin Belitskus offers a great wish list for good tidings for women and children in 2013. (Hint: It starts with reauthorizing VAWA.) Thanks SCOTUS! The Supreme Court decided to deny a temporary hold on the contraceptives coverage in…
With December 1 comes World AIDS Day. The timing of this commemoration of those gone, those still fighting, and our hopes at prevention (and dare-we-hope an end?) to this epidemic always strikes me as curious. For Americans, World AIDS Day comes on the heels of Thanksgiving (and Black Friday) and nearly smack in the middle…
I have a longer post on World AIDS Day in the works (been delayed by a sick toddler)… But until then, let’s celebrate all the good things with a Salt-n-Peppa music break:
For Giving Tuesday, The National Network of Abortion Funds is asking folks to complete the following statement: I support Abortion Funds because… And while you’re at it, why not snap a pic and share it on their Facebook page? (Tag The Sin City Siren so I can see ’em, too!) This is what I came…
The Sin City Siren 