Did you know that there are not only toning shoes for women but there are also toning shoes for … girls? “Toning shoes” are sneakers with rounded soles designed to create an unstable walking surface and theoretically force the wearer to engage different muscles while walking. But not only are the claims that they can…
Thank you to everyone who donated coloring books and crayons! As you might recall, these goodies are going to kids who are undergoing chemo treatments. It’s just a little something to make their time at the hospital a little less, well, gray. Through the generosity of many friends, including members of Northwest Community Church, I…
As the dust settles following the end of the legislative session, there are going to be a lot of takes on winners and losers. But the truth is that the story of this legislative session is pretty much the same as every session: The rich and powerful got theirs and the working-class Average Janes and…
As I write this, everyone is anxiously awaiting the end of the legislature. Bills are bounding through. And the twitter hashtag #nvleg is on fire. I’ve got my eye on it, too. But it ain’t over until it’s over. So, I’m holding out until the real end before I unleash my snark on this beast…
With all the big news today about the big budget deal — which could mean that the biggest hurdle of the session is all but behind the governor and legislators, and dare I say it, that the Legislature may end on time this session (the first time in 10 years)? — there has been action…
Here’s something easy you can do to feel good this week. Why not pick up a new coloring book and box of crayons (or 5 or 12 or…) and donate them to local kids receiving chemo? Carolyn Hayes Uber, President of Stephens Press here in town, is doing a drive to get coloring books and…
Has it really been two years since Dr. George Tiller was shot while walking into a Kansas church by an anti-choice terrorist*? A frequent name in lists of “targets” on anti-choice terrorist websites, Tiller worked at a medical clinic in Wichita, Kansas which was known as one of only three nationwide that provided abortions after…
The Gay and Lesbian Center of Southern Nevada‘s second annual ARTrageous Vegas! event is on the horizon and they have put out the call for artists (PDF), fashion designers and models (PDF). Here’s the event details:
Friends, fans and random readers: Today is a very special day for me and my family. Today is my daughter’s first birthday! So, I’m taking a personal day. But, well, this blogging gig is really an unpaid labor-of-love. Can you have a personal day from work you do for no benefits, money or other compensation?…
It’s all over the feminist internets…. So, let’s talk about SlutWalk. SlutWalk, which originated in Toronto, was a march in April in response to the recommendation by police officers that if young women wanted to avoid sexual assault and harassment, they should avoid dressing like a “slut.” Oh boy. Sadly, this kind of misogynistic thinking…
The Sin City Siren 