In honor of the Fourth of July*, and because these days the 19th Amendment and the promise of the ERA are not enough, I present to you The Sin City Siren’s version of a Feminist Bill of Rights (loosely based on the actual Bill of Rights): If the First Amendment guarantees us the freedoms of…
This day in feminist history: June 19 is the anniversary of the day in 1873 a court fined Susan B. Anthony $100 for attempting to vote, at which point she goes totally badass and speaks some truth to power, saying (in part), “The only chance women have for justice in this country is to violate…
After an unscheduled bit of time off (my apologies), let’s get right into it: Boy meets world: Turns out, TV isn’t bad for you… if you’re a white boy. Anyone else — especially girls and boys of other races — not so much. Boys club: Former NFL defensive back Wade Davis came out last week,…
All week I’ve been thinking about how to write about the third anniversary of Dr. Tiller’s death — an abortion provider in Kansas who was shot dead while he was in church by an anti-choice terrorist. Meanwhile, the HERvotes blog carnival for the Paycheck Fairness Act is today, too. So, to recap: The hyperbole of…
Mama’s got the magic… of Prozac: New study finds the stay-at-home moms are more depressed than either their working-mom counterparts or working women without kids. They also are more likely to report that they are “struggling,” angry, stressed, and sad. Study authors posit that this is at least partly due to the fact that most…
As if we weren’t already looking down the barrel of a barn-burner of a presidential campaign season, President Barrack Obama just raised the stakes today by becoming the first sitting US president to come out in favor of same-sex marriage rights. (Kinda makes Vice President Joe Biden’s pro-equality comments last week — however hackneyed by…
Food for thought: An interesting discussion happened last week about the phrase “War on Women.” Even in the movement we’re not all comfortable with the war-themed rhetoric. But how do we “rally the troops” without a call to arms? Waiting list: In Utah you have to wait 72 hours before having an abortion, the longest…
My dear Sirens, thank you so much for supporting team Sin City Sirens as we bowled — virtually and literally — for abortion access in the National Network of Abortion Funds bowl-a-thon! For the third year in a row, you have made access a little more within reach for women all over the country. AND…
Are you going to be at the Unite Against the War on Women march tomorrow in downtown Las Vegas? (I am.) The grassroots event is part of a nationwide day of action. Starting at 2pm at the Plaza, participants will march throughout downtown and there will be speakers, including Congresswoman Dina Titus and Annette Magnus…
There are only FIVE more days of the National Abortion Access Bowl-a-thon. So far we have raised $340! That’s $200 MORE than last year! But is that the best Las Vegas can do? I think we can go the distance! We only need $160 more dollars — which can come in 5s, 10s, 100s, whatever…
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