Please welcome another new writer to The Sin City Siren! Lazara Paz, 30, is a self-described Latina with a LOT to say! A product of Cuban and Puerto Rican parents, she was born in New Jersey. She has a Master’s degree in Public Health from UNLV and is currently working on a multitude of health…
When I was an college student back in the 1990s (oh what an angst-filled, self-important era I came of age in!), I used to get all worked up about the abortion fight. I’d sit in my Women’s Studies classes (I have a minor) and go to work at the campus women’s center and get in…
The National Abortion Funds’ Blogger Bowl-a-Thon ends tomorrow! But we still have time to make a difference in the lives of women all over America! (You can donate – pretty, pretty please – by clicking here.) But maybe you’ve never heard about National Abortion Funds. What are they? Abortion Funds are local, grassroots groups that…
Latte at a coffee shop: $7 Night at the movies (couple): $40 Tank of gas (approx): $40 Helping make the difference between having access to an abortion or not: Priceless All this week I’m participating in the National Abortion Funds’ Blogger Bowl-a-Thon. Please support the cause by joining my team or making a donation of…
Sirens, I hope you will support me — better yet, support women in our community and across the country — by joining my team or giving a donation to my team for the National Abortion Funds’ Blogger Bowl-a-Thon! The dual goals of the National Abortion Access Bowl-a-thon are to raise awareness of economic barriers to…
Even though I can’t enter The Vagina Monologues photo contest, I still thought it would be fun to take some photos of what makes me happy and hopeful for a sexual-violence-free world. (PS: There’s one day left to enter the contest! See below for details and rules!)
Quick hit: The hearing is happening right now (11:30 a.m. PT)! You can watch the Personhood v Bristol hearing right now at this link: http://nevadajudiciary.us/index.php/webcast-of-oral-arguments You can also follow my live tweets here.
The local production of The Vagina Monologues is coming up in a week and The Sin City Siren is supporting this event. Now you can, too, by entering for a chance to win two tickets to one of the shows on Friday (April 9) or Saturday (April 10) night! (Of course, you can go without…
I really don’t feel like writing about health care reform. Yes, it’s historic. But the road to get there was a total cluster fuck. I’m pissed off that the bill that was signed into law today was written on the backs of women’s reproductive health care. So I’m just going to get this over with…
Nevada Women’s Lobby 20th Anniversary Celebration: Please join us in celebrating 20 years of legislative advocacy and recognizing 19 women legislators for their dedication to women and family issues Tuesday March 23, 2010 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM 6:15 -7:00 PM Program Blue Martini in Town Square 6593 Las Vegas Blvd So. $35 at the door Light refreshments/Cash bar To…
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