They call Alaska “The Great Land.” And it is! I should know, I’m from Wasilla, Alaska… or as TLC branded it Sarah Palin’s Alaska. Okay, I know I said I didn’t want to write about Palin ever again, but the Giffords’ shooting in Arizona (and all the chatter about Palin’s crosshairs map – see previous…
The shooting in Arizona — which killed six and wounded 12, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head — is a shocking and terrible incident. No matter what your politics are, there is no doubt this tragic. As we learn more about those who were there, we see just how tragic. There’s…
We’re barely into 2011 and I already feel behind. While I get my bearings, check out these quick hits: No matter how you feel about New Year’s resolutions, I highly recommend a perusal of the Abortion Gang‘s 2011 list. (My personal fav: For state and federal governments to spend their time and resources on improving…
I’m not doing a year-in-review this year. And it’s not because nothing interesting happened. Indeed, I’d say 2010 was a pretty full year: health care reform, Prop 8 overturned, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, natural disasters (including devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Chile as well as the Icelandic volcano), the BP oil spill, Team Coco,…
Maybe we should thank Michael Moore for bailing out Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and essentially being a rape apologist. Maybe we should thank mainstream media feminists like Naomi Wolf for their sarcastic, dismissive remarks that have ignited such a firestorm in the online feminist world. In case you haven’t heard, the Wikileaks founder was accused…
Here’s the Senate voting record, courtesy of HRC: The Senate’s vote to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was a landmark victory and an unforgettable moment in our history. Now we need to let our senators know we were paying attention to how they voted. 1. Find your senators below and see how they voted –…
As feminists have been saying all week, this business with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says a lot more about how we feel about rape than any government conspiracy ever contrived. The spin is mind-numbing! Conservatives want Assange’s head on a platter for leaking sensitive and classified US documents through his Wikileaks site. Meanwhile, many high-profile…
Hello SCS Book Clubbers! How’s the reading going? Wait. You haven’t started reading Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself by Amy Richards, yet? No problem! There’s still plenty of time. How’s Jan. 22, 2011 sound for a deadline? I’m so there! If you haven’t started yet, Opting In is a smart look at…
Sexual harassment has been in the news a lot lately. And how we talk about it — or rather, don’t talk about it — says a lot. Like rape, domestic violence and many other crimes that happen primarily to women, it’s relegated to he said/she said reports and raised eyebrows. As a society, we just…
The Sin City Siren 