Well, it was bound to happen eventually. Hillary Clinton does something that makes her a target for thinly veiled gender slander. (I mean aside from having breasts and a vagina.) Now Clinton is caught tearing up on the campaign trail and John Edwards is the guy who pounces first. (sigh) I am so weary of…
My high school friend Monika Thomas, of Sexploration with Monika fame, got a sweet write-up in the San Francisco Gate. Ironically, it wasn’t the sex that got the writer going. It was Monika’s gig as a professional housesitter. Classic! — Emmily
Need a laugh break? I love homestarrunner.com. It’s ridiculous! — Emmily
Nevada NOW, PLAN and the Human Services Network are urging folks to contact Gov. Gibbons to tell him not to go forward with planned budget cuts. The e-mail stresses contacting the governor’s office Jan. 2 and 3 but I didn’t get it until today. But I think it still works: Proposed budget cuts from Gov.…
I admit that during most of December I traded my normal media gluttony for actual gluttony. It being a shiny New Year and all, I thought it was time to pull my head out of the cookie jar and start paying attention to the world around me — or at least what the media’s covering…
Are you between the ages of 18 and 44 and have you used Plan B? NARAL has forwarded around a survey by the non-profit group AED. The point is that there is very little research on Plan B’s use so far. If you’re interested, you know what to do. — Emmily
Hey kids! Just wanted to point out that there’s a couple of new tabs — Eco Stuff and Simple Gifts — at the top of the blog. These are basically slightly updated mash-ups of some popular Siren posts. Simple Gifts is a more year-round version of A Holiday Shopping List with a Purpose. And Eco…
While not technically the first post of the New Year, this will certainly be my first post with any discernable feminist outrage. (Admit it, you missed me!) Here I go, in no particular order: Damned if this article in the January Elle (forgive me, it was an impulse buy in the Seattle airport) doesn’t make…
Just a friendly reminder to consider the three earth-friendly Rs as we end the season of mass consumerism and gluttony: Reuse; Reduce; Recycle. (Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, Americans throw away an additional one million tons of garbage each week, including all those pretty wrappings.) If you already feel like you’re under the bootstrap…
Interesting take by Salon commentators on an Internet rumor that a certain film studio won’t be spitting out movies starring a woman, because supposedly women can’t carry a movie. Or something. Anyway here it is. I think Salon does a good job of pointing out the BS in this ‘theory’. Here’s the link since apparently…
The Sin City Siren 