Grassroots Leadership Responds to Abuse Accusations

Activist claims Grassroots staffer verbally abused her and others

"...a lengthy post detailing the emotional, sexual, and verbal abuse she says she received from Alejandro Caceres of Grassroots..."

Dec. 5, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Satanic Abuse Scare

By the early Nineties, satanic abuse allegations at day care centers had become a national trend

"...across the country had been charged with ritual sex abuse of children, and 20 day care workers had been..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Rebooting Kitchen Culture With a Novel Concept: Sober Living

Food industry support groups encourage healthier lifestyles for restaurant workers

"...they are now sober and fighting to change the culture within their own kitchens and with the help of..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Government's Ambivalence Toward Prisoner Abuse

"...Editor, Our government’s ambivalence toward prisoner abuse and torture illustrates once again its schizophrenic nature. On..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Postmarks

State Capitol Sexual Abuse Policies Remain a Work in Progress

After flood of allegations, House and Senate pressed to revise rules

"...D-San Antonio, are among those specifically identified as alleged abusers in this state; both men have denied the allegations...."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

The life and pain of the jazz great in his own words and music

"...The legacy in American popular culture of the great jazzman Miles Davis looms almost as..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

No No: A Dockumentary

Famous for pitching a no-hitter while high on acid, Dock Ellis the man was so much more.

"...against-all-odds no-hitter is handled playfully here, alcohol and drug abuse become necessary talking points, especially as Ellis’ addictions affected..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Felt

In this psychological horror story, an artist uses her craft to fight rape culture

"...who works with fabrics and other elements from pop culture to create bodysuits with prominent sexual genitalia. She regards..."

July 17, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Once Were Warriors

"...their native heritage with an urban lifestyle. As the abused wife Beth, Rena Owen creates a spectacular presence. She..."

May 5, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hidden Costs of Free

Is free Wi-Fi killing coffeehouse culture?

"...was a coffee shop that was actually its own subculture. In 1999, due in part to the cost of..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

In the Company of Men

"...but it's also an evil that's bred in our culture and is embedded in the corporate work structure. In..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tokyo Decadence

"...between the powerful sense of ceremony that pervades Japanese culture and the more, uh, secretive ceremonies that infuse its..."

Aug. 27, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Call Me Lucky

Bobcat Goldthwait directs doc about fellow comic Barry Crimmins

"...and before the Internet and YouTube clips spread popular culture like wildfire. He was the virtual president of the..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Factory Girl

Sienna Miller nails Edie Sedgwick's gamine naivete in this biopic, but the film feels far too pat for its own good.

"...and ultimately beyond the crass cookie jar of pop culture detritus, a persona that pays cheap, brassy coinage to..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Freddy Got Fingered

"...(somehow) sat through. For those out of the pop culture loop (you lucky, lucky people), Tom Green is a..."

April 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beyond the Mat

"...connoisseurs of naive (or perhaps not so naive) kitsch culture. But now, as in the bygone days of 1am..."

March 17, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Fantasia Review: The Columnist

Doomscrolling turns deadly in this Twitter troll satire

"...satire The Columnist, an attack on our confrontational online culture...."

Sept. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Real Story of Lolita

Sarah Weinman on the true crime story behind Nabokov’s novel

"...crime renaissance and #MeToo has us grappling with our culture's cycles of abuse and predation, there seems no better..."

Oct. 28, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

How Austin Restaurants Are Leading the Trump Era Resistance

Economically culture-jamming the new administration

"...The potential for Austin restaurants to economically culture-jam the values of Trump and his team of ideologues..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Cinema of the Americas

A Festival of Latino Films Showcases New Visions of an Old and Resurging Culture

"...to the rich plentitudes and mysteries of Latin American culture? What commonalities exist between our America and the Americas..."

April 13, 2001 Screens Feature by David Garza

Final SXSW List: No. 10

Nas, Vince Staples, Lucius, and 198 more

"...Sphynx, Subkulture Patriots, the Sun Machine, Team Next, Total Abuse, Hailey Tuck, Wavedash, and Y2...."

March 4, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Under the Skin

Psychological thriller Felt slices into rape culture

"...in a world that re-enforces the messages of your abusers.'"..."

July 17, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: 'No No: A Dockumentary'

Riveting doc drops acid, racial tension, and an MLB All-Star

"...riveting lens on seismic change in baseball and American culture at large...."

March 12, 2014 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Reefer Roundup: 3/3/11

Your drug war news for the week

"...needle exchange, limiting public assistance to people with substance abuse issues, and lowering criminal penalties for pot possession –..."

March 3, 2011 SXSW Post by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Thinking Outside the Box

Stacy Mitchell examines the megaretail culture and the tools required to dismantle it

"...The companies' structural abuse of labor, here and abroad, is also well-known. Yet..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Rep. Talarico Shocked at Inhumane Border Facility Conditions During Tour

Austin-area lawmaker part of delegation that visited El Paso, Clint

"...Amid recent reports of abuse and neglect at U.S.-Mexico border facilities housing detained migrants,..."

July 2, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Playback: Friday the 13th Reaps Austin Music

Joe Valentine, Ponty Bone, Fai Jow all pass on the same day

"...Epitaph Records, home of Refused, Descendents, Bad Religion, and Culture Abuse. The local quartet, whose Austin Town Hall Records'..."

July 20, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Review: Damian Abraham

Fucked Up frontman podcasts from Sherwood

"...David Kelling, disarmingly hilarious singer for fellow SOS performers Culture Abuse, used his time with the talking stick to..."

Nov. 6, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

A Tough Year for Women Online

But is Internet culture moving in the right direction?

"...harmful purposes, for example, to perpetrate online harassment and abuse, especially towards young women"; and that "it would take..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Amy Kamp

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...rampant scare stories, and obvious misuse, overuse, and outright abuse -- it's still very much here in the midst..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

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