Art
October 12, 2021
In Houston, a Pioneering Feminist Artist Finally Gets the Spotlight
Niki de Saint Phalle fired rifles at her canvases, creating dazzling explosions of color.
Feminism
Books
September 15, 2021
Brutally Suppressed in Her Lifetime, Gertrude Beasley Is Finally on Our Bookshelves
A searingly feminist 1925 memoir of life in small-town Texas rises from the dustbin of patriarchy.
Texas History
January 5, 2021
Until 1968, a Married Texas Woman Couldn’t Own Property or Start a Business Without Her Husband’s Permission. This Dallas Attorney Changed That.
Louise Raggio fought to pass a landmark law that gave equal rights to Texas women.
Books
January 3, 2019
Amy Gentry’s ‘Last Woman Standing’ Evens the Score
In her second novel, Gentry mines women’s commonplace experiences with abusive men to create a page-turning thriller.
Politics & Policy
September 30, 2005
Flipping Out
The letter-sweater-wearing, pom-pom-shaking, pep-rally-leading girl next door has been a beloved Texas icon for generations. So why do so many people today— lawmakers and lawyers, preachers and feminists—think cheerleading is the root, root, root of all evil?
Politics & Policy
July 1, 1989
The Mommy War
Kids in T-shirts bearing political slogans, ideological confrontations in the supermarket, skirmishes at the PTA. Welcome to the battle between moms who work and moms who don’t.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1978
The Good Old Girls
At the National Women’s Conference, the feminists changed their sandals for pumps and embraced mainstream America.
Being Texan
April 30, 1977
Unfinished Women
In which our author hints that Texas men are in for a rude awakening.