In case you missed me on Ralston Live on Vegas PBS last week, here’s the link to watch online: http://watch.knpb.org/video/2365706705/ We talked about Donald Trump’s recent string of increasingly bizarre comments about abortion. I’m happy to say that the prolife guest and I had a civil debate about this passionate issue. Check back for more…
[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…
Happy Women’s History Month! If you haven’t seen it, yet, there’s still time to pick up the latest copy of Vegas Seven, in which I have three stories that celebrate badass local feminists! Its the unofficial Women’s History Month issue, by yours truly! First, check out my profile of Cristina Hernandez, the director of the…
Ever since the Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuted a week before Christmas [mild spoilers ahead], parents and fans have been asking — nay begging — where’s the merchandise for Rey, one of the three most important characters in the entire movie. Fans desperate to find Rey toys, clothes, and other ephemera launched the now…
Could this be the year that the Clark County School District — the nation’s fifth largest — updates its sex education curriculum? A Jan. 11 meeting of the district’s Sex Education Advisory Committee points to that possibility. Then again, we’ve been here before. According to the agenda and backup materials for the Jan. 11 committee…
As the news of the Flint Water Crisis unfolds, I can’t help thinking about when Kanye West looked into the camera during a Hurricane Katrina telethon 11 years ago and said, “President Bush doesn’t care about black people.” Except, when I see the news about Flint, Michigan and their water poisoned with lead by those…
[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…
There is no doubt that June 26, 2015 will go down as an historic day for civil rights and equality for all people in America. Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that same-sex marriage is legal in all 50 states! The closing paragraph of the decision, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, pretty…
At the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department “Choose Purity” event on Saturday, girls (and only girls) were treated to such a feast of fear-mongering and baseless scare tactics that it’s hard to believe that the event happened in real life and not as the plot point of a dark comedy in the vein of Election…
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