Enough is enough! Now the Siren finds out that there is a clause that re-victimizes rape survivors because of a “contributory conduct” rule?! Disgusting! According to an Aug. 19 Las Vegas Sun story, the clause is part of the Nevada Victims of Crime Compensation Program, which seeks to help survivors with costs related to their attack. So…
You know how much I love it when you can do double-duty with your shopping dollars. If you are going to buy something anyway and can give a portion of that money to charity why wouldn’t you? So I’m always happy to spread the news of new ways to do just that. At nonprofitshoppingmall. com,…
“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…
My friend Bjoern left a comment on the Siren blog from a while back called “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun…” He was interested in knowing how those Rutgers researchers defined feminism. He said: “They probably use it as a synomyn for people who approve of gender equality. Though that’s what I do as well, I…
Things worth mentioning: Obama will be the first to launch Presidential campaign ads in Nevada. [Update: Clinton announced her ads are starting, too.] Speaking of Dem Prez hopefuls, I like The Minx’s take on the Clinton conspiracy du jour. Nevada’s HDQ of the National Environmental Trust issued a statement Friday saying they applaud Sen. Reid…
“Tis the season.” Or so it goes. Anymore “the season,” which is to say the mass-consumer-materialism-orgy that is Christmas starts two weeks before Halloween — if not earlier. Already, the big-box chain stores are launching their holiday ads with “wishlists” and celebratory “magic.” The whole buy-Buy-BUY part of Christmas is vulgar to me. But I…
I just wanted to put up a quick post for all the new people who might be finding the site today, nearly the end of my second week as a blogger! (I can’t believe The Sin City Siren is the first thing that comes up when you plug this blog’s name into Yahoo! Wow!) Super…
On Thursday judge in Mass. ruled that the only valid definition of rape under that state’s law is if sex is forced. Or as this (rather inflamatory and sexist) ABC News story put it, “by force and against [the] will” of a victim. In the controversial case a woman who lived with her boyfriend says…
Should we track domestic violence abusers (or rapists and pedophiles for that matter) by implanting GPS chips in convicted offenders? It’s an interesting question and one explored in an article on Slate by Maura Kelly. Just as GPS can find a lost driver, it can also alert cops and targets whenever a domestic-violence offender enters…
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