Remember the whole birth control costs rising 900% thing? Remember how all it would take is an easy vote in Congress to fix it (at no cost to taxpayers, since it would just reestablish an existing program)? Well, the electeds have done jack about it and now there are women who are really struggling to get access to affordable birth…
My how the world loves a sex scandal. Eliot Spitzer. David Paterson. James McGreevey. All three current/former governors came out with new or on-going sex scandals this month. Predictably, the mainstream media (in particular the 24-hour news channels) have had a field day drumming up real, live prostitutes/madams/pimps to explore the world of sex work.…
The Reuters survey says: Most Americans don’t read political blogs. That’s okay, no personal offense. The jury’s still out on whether Sin City Siren is or isn’t a political blog. Interestingly, more older people than younger people read political blogs, according to the Harris Interactive poll. But still, even of those 63 and over –…
The weather may be hampering voter turn-out in Ohio, but things are just lovely here in Vegas. Suckers! Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada is hoping to continue the momentum of the nascent activist group formed last month. The monthly meetings are the first Wednesday of each month (hey – that’s tomorrow) from 6 to 7:30…
Watch it before it gets taken down: I’m not going to go into the possible election/advertisement rules Fey might be breaking here. I just thought it was funny. Also, as a writer, I was pretty amused by Fey’s opening monologue on SNL: http://showhype.com/video/saturday_night_live_tina_fey_w_steve_martin_snl_intro/ –Natalie
“Vulva Las Vegas!” It’s easy to get my attention with a phrase like that! It’s from the kindest request I’ve ever gotten to put something on The Siren to spread the word about an event. And I would have done it without the cool phrase because I love The Vagina Monologues! There’s a few local…
Something to pass along from the fabulous Crystal Jackson … Curious about the tenacity of prostitution? Do you enjoy stimulating academic lectures? Dr. Teela Sanders, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds Wednesday, February 27 – 7:30 pm Dr. Sanders will talk about why the practice of prostitution — so thoroughly disapproved, and…
News you can use: Sometimes the system works! Federal court over-rules ban on sex toys in Texas. Ladies, start your engines! Just in time to make you feel guilty about those non-fair-trade flowers: A brilliant story from PBS’ Frontline. Speaking of Valentine’s Day, did you know that this is National Condom Week? Me either. The…
Grist has a nice feature on their site where you can look through back interviews and fact sheets to see “How Green is Your Candidate?” For instance, here’s Clinton’s fact sheet. And Obama‘s. — E
Anticlimactic primary gorge-athon (aka Super Tuesday) comes to a close. Left feeling … unfulfilled. For conclusion on Dem results I go to the Magic 8 Ball. Outlook cloudy. Ask again later. Did Clinton pull enough ahead? Can Obama make up enough ground to still compete? McCain brought the pain. Is it possible that we might…
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