With the news of the cancellation of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, I’m re-posting my ode to his particular brand of comedy and a thank you for always standing up for sexual assault survivors with genuine outrage. When it comes to comedy, it’s rare that survivors of sexual violence aren’t served up as the…
When it comes to comedy, it’s rare that survivors of sexual violence aren’t served up as the punch line. Even otherwise smart, feminist comedians get tripped up with how to crucify the ones who deserve it – the rapists – without stumbling into the low-hanging fruit of blaming the victims. (It’s actually not that hard…
Are you ready for this? This is The Sin City Siren’s ninth birthday! That’s right. The Sin City Siren started on May 6, 2007 – a month before the first iPhones went on sale and the same summer that J.K. Rowling released Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It was also the same year that…
[Trigger warning: rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse] In this week’s Vegas Seven I wrote about Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the good work happening at the Rape Crisis Center. One program in particular, the Enough Abuse Campaign, resonates with me personally as a survivor of sexual abuse. The program is designed to teach adults how…
[Trigger Warning] As April brings another Sexual Assault Awareness Month into effect, I can’t help but think about self-care. I’ve written about sexual assault in a variety of ways throughout the past eight years here on The Siren. Somehow, I just can’t bring myself to write another post about rape. I know it’s important. I…
[Trigger Warning: rape] In case you missed it, I got to bring a bit of The Sin City Siren spirit into the pages of Vegas Seven (my day job) this week. Here’s a taste: When Lady Gaga sang The Hunting Groundanthem, “’Til It Happens to You,” at the Oscars—flanked by sexual assault survivors onstage who…
[Trigger Warning] Dear Steve Sebelius, I was disheartened to see your opinion piece, titled Beware of the ‘safe space’ movement. In the decade we’ve known each other, I have seen your usually unfailing support for the oppressed. Despite your occasionally borderline sense-of-humor and brash public persona, I know you to be kind and (probably hard…
[Trigger Warning: Sexual violence, sexual assault, sexual abuse, suicide, depression] Yesterday news broke that du Pont family heir Robert Richards IV will not be going to prison following a conviction of raping his three-year-old daughter. You read that right. A man who was convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting his daughter for at least two years,…
Trigger Warning: Sexual assault and gun violence Of all the dirty campaign tricks, this latest one from Republican lieutenant governor candidate Sue Lowden (or is it Chuck Muth?) has to be one of the vilest. Late Saturday, Steve Sebelius broke the news of a repugnant piece of propaganda released by Lowden’s camp. The six-page letter,…
Because I can’t even pick just one part to love the most to quote and i can’t say this better than Rosie already has … THIS is the the post to read to put that whole New Republic fuckery into proper perspective. And if you need further validation for why in the world we need…
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