Being Texan
April 17, 2024
Rule One of Wind Turbine Repair Work: Don’t Leave Your Phone at the Top
A Big Spring wind turbine technician says the views three hundred feet above West Texas are magnificent—just watch out for the flying ants.
Women
Sports
December 19, 2023
Repeat Women’s Volleyball Championships for Texas? That’s Aces.
The Longhorns dominated Nebraska with a record-breaking service performance in the NCAA women's volleyball finals.
Politics & Policy
September 18, 2023
The Biblical Womanhood of Angela Paxton
Throughout the impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton, his wife, a state senator, shared her internal struggle one Bible verse at a time.
The Texanist
April 11, 2023
The Texanist: Why Do So Many Texas Women Have Men’s Names?
A New Mexico resident is puzzled by all the female Jimmies and Johnnies.
Style & Design
February 28, 2023
Incarcerated and in Search of Color
For many women inside Texas prisons, a crumb of color—such as a red ribbon or a floral postage stamp—is against the rules, but worth the potential risk.
Best Thing in Texas
November 2, 2022
CrossFit Star Dani Speegle Handles 215-Pound Logs Like Pick-Up Sticks
The CrossFit athlete and #GirlsWhoEat impresario stole the show at the annual Rogue Invitational in Round Rock.
Tacos
October 8, 2022
Mexican and Indigenous Women Deserve Credit for Creating Tex-Mex
While Anglo businessmen are often lauded for contributions such as Eagle Chili Powder, it’s important to remember the originators behind the cuisine.
News & Politics
June 28, 2022
‘It’s An Earthquake’: This Texas Author Has Long Predicted Our Post-Roe Reality
Merritt Tierce, writer of the viral essay “The Abortion I Didn’t Have” and lauded novel ‘Love Me Back,’ speaks to our “hateful, ominous” moment.
Texas Country Reporter
April 27, 2022
A West Texas Roundup, Without All That Hoopin’ and Hollerin’
After Becky Smith took over the B-C Ranch in Alpine, her all-women team took a different approach to wrangling cattle.
Sports
September 22, 2021
Meet the Fearless Women of the Lone Star Mower Racing Association
Ladies, start your engines.
Books
May 10, 2021
‘The Hunting Wives’ Is an East Texas Thriller That Takes Women’s Relationships Seriously
May Cobb’s second novel explores how the members of a women-only shooting club love, betray, and protect one another.
Tacos
April 29, 2021
11 Great Texas Taquerias Owned by Women
This niche of the food industry is still male dominated, but women have always done the real work behind the scenes.
The Daily Post
June 19, 2015
Pharr Is the Best Small City in the Country for Working Women
The small town in the Rio Grande Valley ranked first in the country on NerdWallet’s list of best cities for women in the workforce.
The Daily Post
May 13, 2015
A Training Session at Austin City Hall Taught Staffers How to Work With Women
No word yet on the specifics of the cootie-avoidance techniques recommended.
Politics & Policy
May 10, 2015
Dear Mamas
In honor of Mother’s Day, I’m defecting from the War on Women
Politics & Policy
March 10, 2009
Tone-deaf, defined by Fraser
Freshman Senator Wendy Davis was questioning Fraser when he asked her to speak up: “I have trouble hearing women’s voices,” he said. Really? Rodney Ellis certainly couldn’t let that one go. He interrupts and asks Duncan: “I thought I heard my wife’s voice…Is she calling me?” Davis tries to get
True Crime
June 1, 2003
Ciudad de la Muerte
Ten years. More than three hundred women murdered. What is going on in Juárez? And why aren't the Mexican authorities doing something about it?
News & Politics
January 1, 1996
Not Playing Around
Paving the way for girls in cyberspace.
Style & Design
February 1, 1990
The Truth About Texas Beauty
She might have long legs, blond hair, and eyes as blue as a Panhandle sky. But a Texas woman isn’t really beautiful unless she works at it.
Being Texan
November 1, 1987
Head, Heels, and Heart
For team ropers on the All-Girl circuit, the true reward is the happiness of pursuit.
Business
July 31, 1985
The Pink People
A new recruit to the ranks of Mary Kay beauty consultants struggles valiantly to do his part in reaching the woman of the eighties and keeping the company in the pink.
News & Politics
February 1, 1982
Waiting for Mommy
If you leave your child at a day care center, you are hardly unique. If you know what your child does there all day, you are indeed unique.
Business
April 1, 1979
The Hot Pink Empire of Mary Kay Ash
She learned the truth about selling cosmetics. Her customers didn’t want to buy products, they wanted to buy dreams.
Being Texan
March 1, 1979
Sisters
An album of female kinship.
Being Texan
May 31, 1975
Retreat from Liberation
A different sort of women’s movement has this basic belief: give in and ye shall receive.
Business
December 31, 1969
Publishing: Christy Haubegger
Pitching to a rich niche.