4 Little Girls/One Huge Legacy

The Texas Documentary Tour

"...between the legendary and near-mythical status of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s and the intimate..."

April 3, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Johnson

Live Nude Girls Unite!

"...of Dr. Joyce Wallace, medical expert and renowned prostitution rights advocate. See, the kicker is, Mom doesn’t know about..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Opinion: An Open Letter to My Girls in a Post-Roe World

Opinion: A mother explains why she left Texas and what she pledges to do to provide abortion care access to her children

"...This is the day that you both have fewer rights over your body than your parents and the previous..."

July 1, 2022 Column by Savanna Essig-Fox

Girls Girls Girls' Broad Ambition

In this improvised musical, the women of this acclaimed troupe take it to the Eighties and take over the workplace

"...you're a fan of improv, Eighties ladies, or equal rights, you will absolutely delight in this show. Whatever songs,..."

April 27, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

'Chipping Away': A Texas Abortion Rights Timeline

"...Legal abortion rights began in Texas with the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Where the Girls Go/ATX: Off The Grid Edition

The best DL events to find the cutest GTQs this weekend in ATX

"...Saturday: Queers descend on Cheer Up Charlie's tonight –..."

July 18, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Panel: Fighting for Their Rights – A Discussion on the Beastie Boys

More lawyers for the Beastie Boys, stat

March 13, 2014 Music Post by Michael Bertin

The Girls on the 50-Yard Line

Documentarian Mylène Moreno always wanted to be a professional athlete. Instead, she made True-Hearted Vixens, a film about women who did. Moreno brings Vixens, documenting the attempt to create a women's professional football league, and her short "Cormac's Trash" to the Alamo Drafthouse this Wednesday.

"...Hector Galán's Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement series for PBS. But what I never knew..."

May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Where the Girls Go/ATX: Queerbomb Edition

Where to find the glitter-covered queers in ATX this QB weekend

"...tonight to support her. Equality Texas and The Human Rights Campaign are hosting a pricey fundraiser to help put..."

June 6, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Girls Can Tell

Gadding about

"...slate of live acts to benefit the National Abortion Rights League. Ironically, this is a great day party to..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Carolyn Cohagan's Time Zero

With her new YA novel and her program Girls With Pens, the Austin author promotes literacy as girl power

"...without consequence. As much as her intense interest in girls' rights, that reflects the author's early reading habits. "I..."

May 20, 2016 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

For a movie about magic pants, this film shows a surprising level of sophistication – in its performances, its production values, and its emotional maturity.

"...chronicling of losers. The magic pants, which get visitation rights with each girl over the summer, serve to unify..."

June 3, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Do Not Miss This Deeply Inspiring Documentary

'Half the Sky' circles the globe to look at women's rights

"...and inspiration I gained from reading journalists and human rights activists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s book Half the..."

Oct. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Newest Adam Sandler comedy Chuck & Larry is a movie full of weak moments, contrived to the point of painful, that quickly turns from wild farce to gay-agenda movie.

"...to proclaim that this is really all about gay rights, equals a flick to skip this summer...."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Offside

Deeply immersive, thought-provoking, and quite often funny, Offside depicts the resourcefulness women in Iran must rely on in order to enter a stadium to watch, no less play, soccer.

"...not a “smart comedy illustrating the fight for women's rights in Iran," as the promotional material says (or even..."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Telling...

Does Parental Notification Bill Trod On Abortion Rights?

"...pro-choice or anti-abortion, says this bill is about parental rights, and should not be mired in a debate about..."

March 7, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Never Goin' Back

Augustine Frizell ingeniously revamps the stoner buddy comedy

"...Goin’ Back and its overworked tropes should, by all rights, be a trifle of a film, but what Frizzell..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Amplify Austin 2015: Centered Women

How the Women's Community Center keeps it all together

"...have had it rough the last few years. Our rights and well-being have been under attack, and we’ve fought..."

March 4, 2015 Chronolog Post by Julie Gillis

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.

"...Gloria Steinem and 1972's failed bid for the Equal Rights Amendment, Anita Hill vs. Clarence Thomas, and so on..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Selma

Although it's dramatically uneven, this film is a commendable historical drama about Martin Luther King Jr. that sidesteps the common pitfalls of adulatory biopics.

"...50 years to the day of the Selma, Ala., voting-rights marches that are depicted in the film, comes this..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSWedu: Steady as She Goes

Women's rights advocates push for educational equity

"...to the head for speaking out in support of girls' education in their native Pakistan...."

March 16, 2015 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

Warrior Marks

"...an avalanche of party jokes and reflections on the rights of the battered and abused. But who amongst us..."

Oct. 14, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

Martin Lawrence revisits his FBI undercover alter-ego, Big Momma.

"...comics to emerge from the turbulent Vietnam and post-civil rights years, hosted his own cross-culturally successful variety show on..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chasing Papi

"...and Rush Hour 2) in Chicago, a buttoned-down civil rights attorney who reads poetry with Tomas (and I have..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Whistleblower

The international crime of human sex trafficking is the subject of this melodramatic and often harrowing drama.

"...the attention of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Madeleine Rees (Redgrave), who appoints her to head the..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Guardian

Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher co-star in this action drama about the Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers, which is a surprisingly engaging character-driven picture.

"...Geraghty, Dulé Hill and Shelby Fenner. What by all rights should have been a typically empty Hollywood action movie..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Ladies, You're Topps

Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls opens aGLIFF 23

"...Topp Twins jumps in short order from the girls' childhood farm frolic to bouyant Eighties busking, political graffiti..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

SXSW Film Review: We Are the Radical Monarchs

Oakland's next generation of activists gets a place to learn

"...In 2019, knowing how to campaign for civil rights, and teaching self-care, are skills just as vital as..."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

This week's recommended shows include mini-fests celebrating rockin' girls, Latinx talent, and Christmas shopping

"...De Casper as a special guest speaker on LGBTQIA rights.  – Mars Salazar ¡Eso Es!Mohawk, Saturday 17..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Amy Ray, Amplified

Q&A with the Indigo Girl

"...AC: The Indigo Girls' last four albums have been released independently. Before that,..."

July 12, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

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