Film & TV
June 13, 2023
Meet the Texan Director Behind Some of Your Favorite TV Shows
‘Mad Men.’ ‘Homeland.’ ‘Love & Death.’ The current golden age of television wouldn’t be the same without the work of Dallas native Lesli Linka Glatter.
Sexism
Sports
August 16, 2016
How We Talk About Women In The Olympics
The dangers of an unfortunate local paper headline in the viral era.
The Daily Post
April 17, 2015
Dress Code-Related Internet Outrage Is Fine, But Probably Won’t Change a Thing
A Facebook post documenting a Texas student’s dress code violation went viral earlier this month, but the school hasn’t and probably won’t change its policy.
Music
April 9, 2015
The Dallas Observer’s Music Editor Is Under Fire for Being “Confused by Women Who Play Music”
Dallas Observer music editor Jeff Gage published a weird paragraph last year in reference to how a female punk singer looked—and Gawker is still holding his feet to the fire for it.
Sports
May 22, 2014
San Antonio’s Campaign To Prove Charles Barkley Wrong Kind Of Reinforces Why What He Said Was Offensive
The problem with Barkley's statement wasn't that it ignored the young hotties, it's that he dismissed the city because there were women he wasn't attracted to there.
Texas History
February 1, 1994
The Twilight of the Texas Rangers
Are the legendary lawmen necessary? Yes, but their inability to grapple with the modern world threatens to make them irrelevant.
Politics & Policy
October 1, 1990
Meet the Governor: Clayton Williams
Onward to the past.
Being Texan
April 30, 1977
Unfinished Women
In which our author hints that Texas men are in for a rude awakening.