Beanpole

Post-war Russian drama reappraises the position of women veterans through a strange compact

"...became snipers and bomber pilots during the war as feminist trailblazers - in the process ignoring the immense damage..."

April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Swallow

Pregnancy horror reclaimed as a woman’s issue

"...unexpectedness comes from Mirabella-Davis’ ability to bring a true feminist perspective to a story that has previously been monopolized..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Opinion: Suffragettes of White Supremacy

Ashley Cheng, co-host of the Rabble podcast, looks at the history of racism in Austin’s suffrage movement

"...prohibition part, this could be from any number of feminist Facebook posts leading up to Super Tuesday. Alas, this..."

March 13, 2020 Column by Ashley Cheng

Little Women

Relish the contemporary touches in this new version of Alcott’s classic

"...time jumps to explicitly frame the film from a feminist perspective: not just in terms of the story, which..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Revenge of the She-Punks

"...unsung force of women in shaping punk, subtitled: "A Feminist Music History From Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot." Goldman's..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Music Review by Rachel Rascoe

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

This spell isn't as bewitching the second time around

"...in Maleficent had depth, beauty, humor, and a much-appreciated feminist twist on the classic children’s fairy tale – after..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Sarah Marloff

More Austin LGBTQ History

"...“Nothing doing,” they answered, and proceeded to mount a feminist argument and analysis against us in The Rag and..."

Aug. 14, 2019 Postmarks

Wild Nights With Emily

Molly Shannon breaks the myth of the staid Emily Dickinson with this vibrant biopic

"...Alien Seeks Same, Olnek has not only placed another feminist comedy in her cap – she shows how a..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Music: Beastie Boys Talk Ill Communication in Austin Studio

Ad-Rock & Mike D detail the origins of “Sabotage” and “Sure Shot”

"...track’s third verse that came to represent the Beasties’ feminist awaking, following the previous decade’s meathead antics...."

March 15, 2019 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

50 Years Black & Queer at UT's Black Studies Biennial Conference

Historical analysis of the Caribbean’s queer, black activism

"...Panelists include associate professor Lyndon K. Gill; Afro-Chinese queer feminist gender, sexuality and tourism scholar Dr. Angelique Nixon; and..."

March 13, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Alex Puente

Little Women

The Louisa May Alcott classic charmlessly updated

"...high literary aspirations but no artistic compass normalizes Alcott’s proto-feminist heroine. Without the historical context provided by Alcott’s book,..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Glenn Scott Fought for Her Life, and Yours

A comrade in arms

"...and colorful wardrobe of the longtime labor activist and feminist, a founding member of the Democratic Socialists of America,..."

Sept. 28, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...Not only is she female, but also a lesbian feminist. Her politically charged anthems about destroying the patriarchy brought..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Filmmaker Bruce LaBruce Gets "Provocative and Political!"

Getting explicit and merciless in The Misandrists

"...Contrast Film Festival, gives us just that. One part feminist battle cry, one part queer camp, and one part..."

July 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Pivotal Punk at SXSW Music

Don't miss this gang of 10

"...on guitar who appears perpetually hungover create the harshest feminist art-punk howl to emerge from Los Angeles since Hole's..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...8pm; Wed. 14, Hotel Vegas Annex, 9:35pm "You're a feminist until I won't fuck you," scowls Eilidh McMillan in..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

BPM (Beats Per Minute)

France's AIDS community battles big pharma in the 1990s

"...ago, particularly as a rallying cry of the second-wave feminist movement. Yet the truth of the expression gained extra..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where Does Margo Price Get Off?

Willie, Billy, Loretta, and Nashville’s crossover queen

"...line. It’s very tongue in cheek, like, “Don’t say ‘feminist’ like it’s a bad thing,” because obviously I am..."

Jan. 25, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Una

A woman confronts an older ex-lover with devastating results

"...In the midst of #metoo, Lecher-in-Chief, and a right-wing, anti-feminist zeitgeist that threatens to roll back decades of progress,..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

The origins of the iconic Amazon princess

"...a psychologist who had his own free-wheeling and avowedly feminist attitudes that came together on the only-a-dime, four-color, pulp..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dolores

A stirring portrait of a social-justice pioneer

"...annals of Mexican-American history, the workers’ rights struggles, and feminist legacies. Huerta, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, is..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Battle of the Sexes

Billie Jean King takes on Bobby Riggs

"...Woman, a clash between the Male Chauvinist and the Feminist, a duel on the center court between the Lobber..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The F Word

"...at least in my experience of her. I guess "feminist" has a bad odor to some people these days,..."

June 30, 2017 Postmarks

Gay Place

Black Pride is here, and it's queer

"...Intersectional Advocacy: Feminist Action Project/QTSA Conference The Feminist Action Project and Queer..."

March 31, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Prevenge

March 17, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Cuesta and Olivia Prendes are Krudas Cubensi, a queer, feminist, Afrocentric, Cuban flag-waving hip-hop duo hellbent on smashing the..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

A Day Without a Woman

General strike planned for Wednesday, March 8

"...Susan Post, owner of BookWoman, Aus­tin's last remaining feminist bookstore, echoes Fiero's sentiments. She told the Chronicle she..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Gay Place friends share their vices

"...BookWoman BookGroup Discussion Head to the feminist bookstore to discuss Sonia Patel's novel Rani Patel in..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Love Witch

Blood sugar sex magick

"...genre are masterfully done, and she inserts a brilliant feminist subversion as a through line in her work...."

Nov. 11, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Gay Place

Bats and balls in play at the Gay Softball World Series

"...The Feminist Bookstore Movement: Reading & BookSigning with Kristen Hogan Austin..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

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