I Scream Social: A Cool Feminist Treat

Host Publications’ Annar Veröld and Claire Bowman talk about the feminist reading series origins

"...In her early career, I Scream Social feminist reading series organizer Annar Veröld experienced her fair share..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Arts Feature by Amaya Austin

Feminist Edit-a-Thon Makes Wikipedia More Diverse

The annual event returns to Austin with brand new organizers

"...Wikipedia gets its yearly feminist makeover this Saturday, March 11. Stephanie Creaghan, Aditi Ohri,..."

March 10, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Theatre Review: The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body

Lisa B. Thompson creates a community space with “choreopoem”

"...Vortex and Fusebox Festival’s world premiere of The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, but we need to..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

'Galactica': Feminist Propaganda That Shamelessly Denigrates Men

"...a laser pistol, it has been gussied up as feminist propaganda. A writer to the Chronicle plugs the show..."

Jan. 15, 2007 Postmarks

A Gen X Feminist Mom’s Approach to Holiday Greetings

Holiday staples and folded

"...As a Gen X feminist, it’s in my contract to be into zines. I’ve..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Feminist Flirt

Kate X got to chat Ms. Steinem up-close and personal.

"...more a photo opp for the array of fellow feminist activists and a quick preview of her upcoming public..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Decades Into Her Career, Jenny Lewis Is Still Bringing Effortless Feminist Energy to the Stage

ACL taping highlights a pristine voice and career-spanning catalog

"...night, her second as a solo artist, featured comfortable feminist energy. In a climate where, by necessity, many prominent..."

July 27, 2023 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Faster Than Sound: Vivien Goldman’s Lasting Echoes of Feminist Punk

Vanguard journalist brings new book to Austin, the Larriva family remembers their friend Elliott Smith, and local musicians pop up all over the place

"...Vivien Goldman's new book, due out May 7, mentions feminist writer Tillie Olsen's Silences. The landmark 1978 text pointed..."

April 26, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Feminist Who Stole Christmas

Maybe it’s cold outside, but we still want to go home

"...Before you call me out as the Feminist Who Stole Christmas, think about the Christmas tunes that..."

Dec. 13, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

'Retro-Feminist Sexism'?

"...Apparently his delicate sensibilities have been offended by this "retro-feminist sexism," and while I really don't want to explore..."

March 31, 2008 Postmarks

Obey Giantess: Mega Mural of Feminist Proportions Pops Up Downtown

Artists Sandra Chevrier and Shepard Fairey give Austin a 12-story tribute to the centenary of the 19th Amendment

March 20, 2020 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

MFA and Prevenge Give the Revenge Genre a Feminist Spin

Vengeance is hers

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Feminist Values Forum (Angela Davis Segment)

Jan. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fat Girl

"...De Rienzo, Arsinée Khanjian and Albert Goldberg. Words like “feminist” and “provocative” are frequently bandied about when talking about..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Female Misbehavior

"...Misbehavior is a compilation of four short documentaries by feminist film director Monika Treut (Seduction: The Cruel Woman, Virgin..."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Punk Singer

Kathleen Hanna, the ultra-charismatic co-founder of the third-wave feminist riot grrrl movement and full-on DIY icon is the subject of this documentary.

"...of Kathleen Hanna, the ultra-charismatic co-founder of the third-wave feminist riot grrrl movement and full-on DIY icon, is a..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Light It Up

Director Lizzie Borden revisits her incendiary 1983 feminist classic, Born in Flames, showing as part of the Austin Film Society's series "Dance, Girl, Dance: Women Directors of the 70s and 80s."

"...Born in Flames shows Borden in full glory, a feminist filmmaker bursting with ideas and vision...."

June 22, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Antonia's Line

"...community -- the movie is thoroughly original in its feminist simplicity. Antonia and her “line” of descendants generate a..."

March 22, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Revenge

Bloody vengeance fit for the #MeToo era.

"...than anything I’ve seen in a long time. Fargeat’s feminist cri de coeur argues, rightfully, that just because a..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Female Trouble

With mounting debt and rising rent, BookWoman faces closure, again

"...$5,000 donation. It was a lifeboat for the only feminist bookstore in Texas – and one of only a..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Books Feature by Joe O'Connell

I Am a Sex Addict

If you leave the theatre with that awkward too-much-information feeling after peering into the director's self-exposed psyche, you will also remember his high-wire act that combines fact and fiction, drama and self-deprecating humor, honesty and self-delusion.

"...the beginning of the film that he is a feminist, it would behoove the filmmaker to take a closer..."

June 23, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Quest for Camelot

"...distaff market with its central female protagonist and contemporary feminist overtones. Of course, it's only the contemporary layering of..."

May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Female Perversions

"...is the most intelligent, entertaining, provocative, absorbing, and, yes, feminist movie to grace our theatres in quite some time...."

May 23, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott's March sisters remain resonant in a new season.

"...Wickes, Gabriel Byrne and Eric Stoltz. Using the term feminist in this day and age is surely grounds for..."

Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Love Crimes

"...quite as spectacularly and as totally as it does. Feminist agendas and the unspooling of dominant ideology have always..."

Jan. 31, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Real Wendy Davis

New website attacks lawmaker for being too attractive

"...sit down for this. Sen. Wendy Davis, who dazzled feminist circles with her recent filibuster, has a dirty secret...."

July 2, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Radical Itty Bitty Titties

IBTC@aGLIFF rulz!

"...film Itty Bitty Titty Committee and boy did this feminist, Le Tigre-loving nerd FLIP OUT!..."

Oct. 3, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Blink Twice

In her directorial debut, Zoë Kravitz delivers a distinctive, post-#MeToo thriller

"...her thriller – originally titled Pussy Island – with feminist underpinnings that seem to be outgrowths of the #MeToo..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

No Bears

The acclaimed Iranian filmmaker plays himself in feminist meta-cinema endeavor

"...Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s feminist views have consistently been at the center of his..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Passion inflamed in this study of women repressed and resurgent

"...French filmmaker Céline Sciamma gives the Gothic romance a feminist workout. Set in the late 18th century, the story..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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