Texas
How Mainstream Media Failed on the Texas "Feminist Army" Filibuster
Photos of Davis’s pink Nikes went viral, as did images of hundreds of orange-clad protestors. The internet treated the bill like it was the Red Wedding episode of Game of Thrones or the arrival of Hillary Clinton to Twitter.
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On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s what’s on our radar this morning…
Devestating news from the Supreme Court: The Voting Rights Act has been gutted and has stripped back... Read more »
Five Things You Need to Know About Texas's Terrible Abortion Bill
Orange-shirted pro-choice protesters fill the Texas legislature. Photo by Nick Swartsell, Texas Observer.
The Texas House passed some of the nation’s most... Read more »
BitchTapes: Lone Star Ladies
Approximately 100% of the time that someone mentions the name Selena outside of Texas, they are talking about Selena Gomez. Approximately 100% of those times, I wish they were talking about Selena Quintanilla, and I pretend in my heart that they are. In Hill Country, though, que viva La Flor.... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Ann Richards
Ann Richards, born Dorothy Ann Willis, was Texas’s second female Governor and one in a long line of Texan women badasses.
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Tuning In: Redistricting, Christian rock, and teen girl bassists on Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights continues its fourth season tonight on NBC, to the excitement of one Texan feminist music geek.
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GAYbiGAYGAY, y'all!
As most of you are aware, a few of us from Bitch Headquarters traded rainy Portland for sunny Austin, Texas, last week where we spent six days burning our Pacific Northwest skin to a crisp and listening to some bands at SXSW. The highlight of the week for me, without a doubt, was GAYbiGAYGAY, a... Read more »