The Luv Doc: Love Is Blind

When you make a presentation you should have some visual aids

"...A few years ago, a good friend of mine..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin at Large: You Can’t Take Our Sons Away

On gun violence, white supremacy, misogyny, and fatherhood

"...do and (I hope) you do about race and culture and gender as essential components of human dignity, and..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Essentially Relevant Performance

"...indignity, anger, and helplessness as jealous gods trick and abuse her and a dominating culture arises from her children..."

July 9, 2019 Postmarks

ATX Fest Recap: Indie Film Studio Blumhouse Is Taking Over TV on Its Own Terms

The House That Horror Built – Inside Blumhouse Television

"...currently developing the terrifying tale of gaslighting and mental abuse chronicled earlier this year by New York magazine in..."

June 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Dispatches From Beyond Deadline

New book collects final reports of those who gave their lives

"...reporters have occasionally been subject to vile threats or abuse, a brick through a window, and inevitably the pseudonymous..."

April 12, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Here We Go Yet Again

Michael Ventura revisits his "Letters at 3am" Columbine column

"...angst or parental powerlessness. Nor did we invent substance abuse: Gluttony and drunkenness were the charges against Deuteronomy's children...."

Feb. 16, 2018 Chronolog Post by Michael Ventura

(Blake) Farenthold Your Nose

Are we finally done with the congressman?

"...Congress amid growing allegations of sexual harassment and verbal abuse. "I'd never served in public office before," U.S. Rep...."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Filigree Theatre’s Betrayal

The studied, steady cast make bold choices with Pinter’s familiar script and show us a side of adultery not often considered

"...for its problematic misogyny and cavalier attitude toward spousal abuse (a particular line is addressed in the program), and..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

DVDanger: Tales From the Hood

In the wake of Get Out, a classic anthology revisited

"...tone for what's to come: tales of race, domestic abuse, police corruption, and everyday horror, with a karmic balance..."

April 25, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Making Tragedy Funny Again at Moontower Comedy

Stand-ups pull punch lines out of personal traumas

"...than politically topical opportunities – though health care, sexual abuse, and the national opioid epidemic will certainly come up..."

April 21, 2017 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

Lege Lines: Bathroom Bill Steals Spotlight

"Texas Privacy Act" isn't about privacy – it's about transphobia

"...addition to the obvious destruction SB 6 and other culture war bills could beget this session, the attention lawmakers..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Page Two: Loving and Hating John Wayne, Meryl Streep, Free Speech

Public or private, unspoken or expressed, the rights of every citizen are guaranteed

"...discussions over personal political opinions being offered at public culture events, such as Meryl Streep's comments at last Sunday's..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Point Austin: American Horror Story

What can you say when you can't say "It's Only a Movie"?

"...After a campaign of persistent rhetorical (and occasionally physical) abuse of Mex­icans, Muslims, foreigners, non-whites, reporters, and women (etc.),..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Column by Michael King

"No Kill" for Traffic

Vision Zero action plan aims to eliminate traffic fatalities

"...be attributed to one of six specific factors: substance abuse, speeding, failing to yield, distracted driving, improper movements, or..."

July 8, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Top 10 Local Stories

"...1992 after a fantastical witch-hunt prosecution for alleged child abuse at their Oak Hill day care center. Their convictions..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Page Two: The Road Goes on Forever

Moving forward, or stuck in the mud

"...dying from car crashes but just washed up by abuse...."

Dec. 4, 2015 Column by Louis Black

Collateral Damage

Assessing the cost of service for minority veterans

"...are male, suffer from mental illness or recurring disorders, abuse drugs and/or alcohol, and are from and live in..."

July 17, 2015 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Official Oppression

Do APD officers have a pattern of dismissing sexual assaults?

"...house in Aug. 2013 in response to her domestic abuse call. Toon remembers Lytle as being notably unsympathetic to..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

School for Scandal

In Scandals of Classic Hollywood, UT grad Anne Helen Petersen analyzes the machinery of celebrity gossip

"...something really salacious like leaks of nude photos, domestic abuse, severe mental health issues, and Charlie Sheen. We expect..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

The New Nerddom

Wizard World Austin Comic Con tackles diversity

"...If the two panels dealing with diversity in geek culture &n-dash one anchored by the contributors to Weird Girls,..."

Oct. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The Nixon Tapes'

What historian Douglas Brinkley heard from the 37th President may surprise you

"...of Nixon and his willingness to obstruct justice and abuse power made him unsuitable for the presidency. I know..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Arts Feature by Rod Machen

Point Austin: Race Does Matter

Sotomayor on the willfulness of judicial 'colorblindness'

"...rancher who refuses to pay for his use (and abuse) of public lands was celebrated by right-wing media and..."

May 2, 2014 News Column by Michael King

DVDanger: 'Byzantium,' 'Kiss of the Damned,' 'Nosferatu,' 'Aeon: The Last Vampyre on Earth'

Time for a real vampire weekend

"...arguably the definitive film from Weimar-era Germany, where a culture of ideas and innovation survived near obliteration in the..."

Nov. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: What's Your Point of View?

For Halloween, some beastly releases of the haunting month

"...If nothing else, it gets points for the best abuse of the legendary line, "They're coming to get you,..."

Oct. 20, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Unit 7'

Spanish cop drama is a short, sharp, sweet shock

"...World Expo, a celebration of the best that Spanish culture had to offer the globe. But like the creators..."

Sept. 1, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Egg & I

How an experimental treatment for major depression introduced me to the medical magnet and the return of 'energetic' medicine

"...The role of bacteria, inherited genetics, trauma, and substance abuse are also understood to play a role, and research..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Greg Harman

Playback: ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! ¡Cuatro!

SXSW Music begins coming into focus

"...wake of the meltdown, Armstrong entered rehab for substance abuse, and the band canceled one tour and postponed another...."

March 1, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ebony Stewart Kisses Fear on the Mouth

'Love Letters to Balled Fists' puts slam poetry on the printed page

"...in the poem "Village," where she rails against a culture that romanticizes the entanglement of sex and violence: “Where..."

Feb. 27, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Against Single-Sex Schools

"...prejudice that trans and nonbinary-gendered people face in our culture. Those among us who feel as though their sex..."

Jan. 29, 2013 Postmarks

DVD Watch: 'Fat Kid Rules the World'

Matthew Lillard's directorial debut has a big heart

"...region's glam/grind fusion, his own well-recorded history of substance abuse is echoed in Marcus' self-destruction. (There's even a few..."

Jan. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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