This year for Mother’s Day you can keep your flowers, candy, and spa gift certificates. What I want is some change — some real progressive change for women and their families. That’s a gift that will keep on giving all year long and help a lot more people than just moms! Here’s the Sin City…
As many rejoiced throughout the land at the dawn of Aug. 1 — a landmark day when new requirements of the Affordable Health Care Act went into effect, granting some 47 million women (about 400,000 here in Nevada) access to birth control without co-pays, preventative care, and more — some of us were also gathering…
The Olympics are inspirational in many ways. We sit breathless watching people do what seems impossible — super-human, if you will. As I wrote in the last post, the 2012 London games have been an inspiration to girls and women all over the world who are seeing someone of their gender compete for their country…
HuffPost Women has a new campaign called “The Moment I Knew I Was a Woman, Not a Girl” in which users submit videos chronicling their exile from Girlville. It’s an interesting question, especially considering how dangerous it feels to be Living While Female these days. And it strikes to the core of gender, really. Because…
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…
The Sin City Sirens bowling team for the National Network of Abortion Funds bowl-a-thon will be playing Sunday (April 15) at 1pm at the South Point Bowling alley! Sign up for the team here! Or click on the link in the right-hand column to sign up now! ——>> Don’t have time to sign up online?…
Tomorrow is national Back Up Your Birth Control Day. It’s a good time to really consider what you would do if your birth control failed (or, if you have no birth control). Here’s a handy fact sheet (PDF) about EC (emergency contraceptives) and how they can be a part of your birth control plan. It’s…
Whenever I’m sick I give myself license to watch whatever trashy TV I want. And since my toddler started daycare, well… I’ve had a lot of colds lately! And with all this bed rest, has come a lot more time in the world of reality TV. It’s my guilty pleasure! While watching Kourtney & Kim…
Let’s look at the news circulating on the eve of the next big Republican primary/caucus (PS: Don’t forget that Nevada is 5th in the line-up, so things are just getting started!) (PPS: Confused about what the difference is between a caucus and a primary… or want to get involved? Check out Planned Parenthood’s training session…
Today is Love Your Body Day, an event designed to remind us about the power of negative energy and imagery that is all around us. There are a lot of ways that this comes to pass, from sexist marketing campaigns (like the ones I write about in the Tired Marketing FAIL series) to self-esteem crushing…
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