Some TEXAS MONTHLY Stories on Womens Issues
Girl Gone Mild »
After spending her adolescence largely out of view (except for a few scrapes with restaurant and bar employees), presidential spawn Jenna Bush is emerging as a public person in her own right. But her return to private life can’t come soon enough.
by Skip Hollandsworth [November 2007]
Making Up Is Hard to Do »
How the cosmetically challenged among us manage to save face.
by Anne Dingus [April 2005]
My Choice »
How can I be a Christian and support legalized abortion? Tough question, but after weeks of soul- searching, I have an answer.
by Gary Cartwright [December 2004]
Hell on Wheels »
Roller Derby's nun on the run.
by Ashley Aretakis-Fredo [November 2004]
Mentionables »
From bullet bras to panties emblazoned with the Lone Star flag, a brief history of women’s underwear in Texas.
by Anne Dingus [November 2004]
She’s a Lady »
Executive editor Mimi Swartz, who wrote this month’s cover story, “The Good Wife,” on biographers’ failure to capture Laura Bush.
Interview by Kimberly Jeffries [November 2004]
McKenzie Mullins Has Cow »
Which means she's an expert at reading bovine body language, and that makes her, at the absurdly young age of thirteen—only four years after overcoming her fear of horses—one of the world's best practitioners of the art of cutting.
by Katy Vine [January 2004]
Tough Call »
Senior editor Pamela Colloff discusses abortion, access, and what it's like to work on an emotionally charged story.
Interview by Patricia Busa McConnico [July 2003]
Crosses to Bear »
Every day the new politics of abortion play out at clinics like the one in Bryan-College Station, where emotions run high and Roe v. Wade is almost beside the point.
by Pamela Colloff [July 2003]
Queen for a Day »
At this year's Miss Texas Teen USA pageant, girls from big cities and small towns stuffed their bras, slicked Vaseline across their teeth, and prayed that their thighs were toned enough. Anything for the crown.
by Pamela Colloff [February 2003]
All About My Mother »
Widowed at 38, a Mexican citizen with no money and a sixth-grade education, she raised three proud American daughters—and embraced life on her own terms.
by Cecilia Ballí [February 2003]
The Warrior's Bride »
Cynthia Ann Parker was nine when a Comanche snatched her from her East Texas home in 1836. Yet throughout her life as her captor's wife she remained strong, brave, and devoted to her husband and children. Which is to say, she was the original Texas woman.
by Jan Reid [February 2003]
Cover Girls »
From Ann on a Harley to Anna Nicole on a Bum Steer binge, we present our fifty favorite Texas Monthly issues with a female face.
by Anne Dingus [February 2003]
Who's Next? »
San Antonio's Marshevet Hooker is not just any old high school sprinter; she's an Olympic gold medalist in the making. Meet her and nine other women we're betting will lead the new Texas—and the world.
by Jim Atkinson, Cecilia Ballí, Paul Burka, Jason Cohen, Jeff McCord, Patricia Sharpe, Mike Shea, Evan Smith and Katy Vine [February 2003]
Texas Women »
They shouldn't be messed with. But you knew that already.
by Jan Jarboe Russell [February 2003]
Homemade »
You can take the six-time Oscar nominee out of the small town . . .
As told to Michael Hall [February 2003]
Head of the Class »
How I got from the Fifth Ward to the Ivy League.
As told to Katy Vine [February 2003]
Ex Marks the Spot »
Being governor was great, but not being governor is even better.
As told to Patricia Kilday Hart [February 2003]
Mother Nurture »
The secret to running Southwest Airlines? Be sentimental. Share. And love.
As told to S. C. Gwynne [February 2003]
Supreme Moment »
Thirty years after Roe v. Wade, I'm still that lawyer.
As told to Pamela Colloff [February 2003]
An Unmarried Woman »
My divorce made me what I am today.
As told to Jan Jarboe Russell [February 2003]
Pom-pom and Circumstance »
Why you can't spell "cheerleader" without "leader."
As told to Joe Nick Patoski [February 2003]
30 Texas Women »
Texas women have a reputation that precedes them.
by Jennifer White [February 2003]
A Q&A With Gloria Feldt »
Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood® Federation of America, has traveled far from her birth place in Temple, Texas.
Interview by Irene Kosela [February 2003]
Death and the Matrons »
What could drive a suburban housewife to murder? The bizarre cases of Rowlett’s Darlie Routier and Fairview’s Candy Montgomery hint at the answer, and it may be closer to home than we’d like to think.
by Jim Atkinson [October 1996]
45 Years (Sat Nov 22 at 5:28 PM)
Can You Spare Some Change I Can Believe In? (Sat Nov 22 at 4:10 PM)
Even Worse, They're Cutting Back on Monocles (Fri Nov 21 at 8:39 AM)
