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…
It seems the Obama Administration is making good on its campaign to prevent sexual assault on college campuses — and by proxy provide teachable moments about rape culture to the entire nation. Earlier this week, the White House released the first report (PDF) from the newly created sexual assault task force. In tandem with the…
Originally posted on Desert Beacon:
Old news, Erin Bilbray is running for the Nevada Congressional District 3 seat, incumbent Representative Joe Heck. New news, she’s already the target of the Congressional Leadership Fund Super PAC [Ralston] — and what a lovely group of donors they have. During the 2011-2012 cycle 98 donors made contributions of…
The collective gasp following Welfare Cowboy Cliven Bundy’s assertion yesterday that slavery has its merits (video here) may be sending shockwaves throughout urban white enclaves, but it was hardly surprising to those of us used to uncomfortably sharing common-space with such “patriots,” as Sen. Dean Heller refers to the Tea Party media-darling. Even as folks…
Originally posted on Desert Beacon:
When the Department of Health and Human Services ran the numbers for TANF recipients in a comprehensive FY 2010 study it reported 10,269 “active case” families in Nevada. [DHHS pdf] 20% of those were single individuals, 35.4% were two member households, 23.7% were in three member households, 12.6% were in…
Just a note to let you know that I’ll be on vacation all next week. Feel free to check out all the feminist outrage The Sin City Siren archives have to offer — seven years worth! Like this! Or this! I’ll be back at it in no time! Until then, enjoy this bit of absurdity…
Originally posted on The Belle Jar:
I need to take a moment here to talk about the Men’s Rights Movement, because there seems to be some confusion. Actually, there seems to be a whole lot of confusion. Over the past little while, I’ve had a number of people challenge me on calling out men’s rights…
This is an interesting post, considering the backlash against the new (and highly sexist/transphobic/homophobic) Veet hair remover ad campaign. (More on that here: http://feministing.com/2014/04/08/having-body-hair-will-literally-turn-you-into-a-dude-according-veets-new-ad-campaign.)
Unless you’ve been living in a far-flung locale off the grid, it would be hard to miss the hullabaloo about the Veronica Mars movie, which debuted in limited release and video-on-demand on March 14. Whether you’re on Team Reboot or Team I-DON’T-CARE-PLEASE-SHUT-UP-ALREADY, there is no denying that the record-breaking fan-funding that breathed life back into…
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