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Clarification 4/25/2008
I just realized that I didn’t tell you all HOW I got all this information!
What I did was devise a set of questions to ask the Southern Nevada Family Planning Clinic, Planned Parenthood and the Women’s Resource Medical Center. Basically, the question [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Las Vegas’
Your Options (Major Story)
Posted in About, Data, Feminist Photo & Video, tagged abortion, adoption, Las Vegas, parenting, teen pregnancy on April 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Grocery store workout
Posted in Data, tagged food stamps, grocery shopping, Las Vegas on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week, my journalism professor assigned us to write a blog post about what you can eat for the measly $91 a month the government gives locals in food stamps.
Because of my allergies, I’ve cloistered myself at home sipping aguapanela, so I decided to use previous data from an article I wrote and researched last [...]
Int’l HeraldTribune: On the Vegas Strip, wagering on the public arts
Posted in Feminist Photo & Video, In The News, tagged Las Vegas, guerrilla girls, MGM, arts, women artists, international herald tribune, maya lin, henry moore, frank stella, jenny holzer, nancy rubins on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Photo of Maya Lin. (Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times)
From the International Herald Tribune:
In a boisterous town legendary for shining the spotlight on Elvis, Sinatra and Céline, it’s a safe bet that few could have envisioned these names as Strip attractions:
Maya Lin. Henry Moore. Frank Stella. Jenny Holzer. Nancy Rubins.
As unlikely as it may have [...]
Interview with a feminist: Jessica Brown, president of Nevada NOW
Posted in Interview With A Feminist, tagged feminists, interview, jessica brown, Las Vegas, nevada now, southern nevada now, unlv on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is the first volume of what I hope will be an ongoing series.
On Feb. 11, I had the pleasure of lunching with president of Nevada NOW state chapter, Jessica Brown. Apart from volunteering for NOW, she works at the Office of Information Technology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as a coordinator for [...]
Guerrilla Girls Swing Into UNLV
Posted in Rebel Yell Articles, tagged feminism, Las Vegas, unlv, guerrilla girls, theatre, feminists, rebel yell on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From my article in the Rebel Yell:
What started out as a protest against biased art galleries not showing works by women or people of color has turned into an internationally known activist group.
The Guerrilla Girls have been plastering posters all over New York City since 1985, demanding equality in the art world.
Their so-called “five-minute research” [...]
Bienvenue, Willkommen, Welcome
Posted in About, tagged feminism, Las Vegas, neon feminism on February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Women are plastered on practically every surface in Las Vegas: billboards, advertisements, magazine covers, flyers, posters…you name it, they’re on it. They are the biggest marketing tool in the shed. But rarely does any tourist or local stop and think – who is she? How does she feel about her 300 time magnified body displayed [...]
Feminists do it better
Posted in Science, tagged feminism, Las Vegas, psychology, relationships, Science, sex on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This post is a wee bit late on the study, but I find it interesting to write about as one of my first posts.
Two scientists from Rutgers University, Laurie Rudman and Julie Phelan, performed a study on the relationship between romance and feminism. Contrary to popular belief, heterosexual relationships where either the man or woman [...]
