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May 4, 2012
Texas Can't Kick Planned Parenthood Out of the WHP After All, Appeals Court Says
Earlier this week, Judge Jerry Smith of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a preliminary injunction that kept Texas from kicking Planned Parenthood out of the Women's Health Program. It looked as though that was the first step toward a decision allowing Texas to keep Planned Parenthood out ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2012
Planned Parenthood Wins Battle in War on Women as Judge Puts Off Exclusion from WHP
The scuffle between Texas and the feds over women's healthcare was supposed to get real tomorrow, when Planned Parenthood was scheduled to be barred from being a provider for the state's Medicaid Women's Health Program. But earlier today, Federal District Judge Lee Yeakel granted the non-profit its ... More >>
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April 9, 2012
Anti-Abortion Prayer, Politics and Tornadoes from God Raise Spirits at Pastor Lou Engle's Rally
By 7:15 on Thursday night, women were already crying. By 7:30, a few were speaking in tongues, their arms raised heavenward, or kneeling in the chilly concrete aisles of the Dallas Convention Center's Area Hall C. Onstage, a muscular, clean-cut guy with sandy hair and a black V-neck T-shirt strummed ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2012
Texas Alliance For Life Executive Director Not Sure Why No One Is "Cheering For Rick Perry"
Pro-life groups in Texas are in an awkward position these days, as the Medicaid Women's Health Program fights for its life. On one hand, they celebrate anything that they perceive as a blow to Planned Parenthood (which Catholic Pro-Life Committee of North Texas Executive Director Karen Garnett once ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2012
So, About This Jessica Simpson Elle Cover...
There's much being said about the April issue of Elle magazine, which features Dallas' own Jessica Simpson as the latest star to pose nude and pregnant on the cover of a magazine. Because there's apparently no other way to photograph a woman with child than nude on the cover of a women's fashion mag ... More >>
Music
January 19, 2012
Loretta Lynn
Sunday, January 22, at the Winspear Opera House
Blogs
January 10, 2012
Judge OKs Texas's Sonogram Law, Making Governor Rick Perry Very, Very Happy
Texas's dandy new "sonogram law" -- which requires abortion-seeking women to look at a sonogram, hear a description of it from her doctor and listen to a fetal heartbeat -- is legal, a federal court ruled today. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a temporary injunction, issued by Judge ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2011
A Successful Health Program May End Thanks to Texas's Quest to Kill Planned Parenthood
ViaYou, sir, must not be a Texas legislator.It's been a good 14 minutes since the state twisted its rusty knife into the already-wounded gut of women's healthcare. But fear not: There's a huge, ugly storm brewing between the state and federal governments over the Medicaid Women's Health Progr ... More >>
Calendar
September 22, 2011
No Frills
ViaYou, sir, must not be a Texas legislator.It's been a good 14 minutes since the state twisted its rusty knife into the already-wounded gut of women's healthcare. But fear not: There's a huge, ugly storm brewing between the state and federal governments over the Medicaid Women's Health Progr ... More >>
Blogs
September 19, 2011
Texas Is the "Big Fish," and the Anti-Abortion Movement Has Lots of Bait in the Water
Photo by Holly MorganNancy Northup, President, Center For Reproductive RightsThe First Unitarian Church of Dallas hosted a special guest last week: Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights. The CRR, if you recall, is the New York-based organization that recently won a prelim ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
The Feminist and the Follicle
Photo by Holly MorganNancy Northup, President, Center For Reproductive RightsThe First Unitarian Church of Dallas hosted a special guest last week: Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights. The CRR, if you recall, is the New York-based organization that recently won a prelim ... More >>
Blogs
November 12, 2010
Priscilla Shirer, The Other Bible Girl
Priscilla Shirer, center, in a photo on the Going Beyond Ministries websiteThe New York Times just posted a lengthy oughta-read that will appear in this Sunday's magazine -- a profile of Priscilla Shirer, the Dallas Theological Seminary graduate and DeSoto resident who, with husband Jerry, is the ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
A Certain Type of Charm
Priscilla Shirer, center, in a photo on the Going Beyond Ministries websiteThe New York Times just posted a lengthy oughta-read that will appear in this Sunday's magazine -- a profile of Priscilla Shirer, the Dallas Theological Seminary graduate and DeSoto resident who, with husband Jerry, is the ... More >>
Calendar
September 23, 2010
Right About Now
Priscilla Shirer, center, in a photo on the Going Beyond Ministries websiteThe New York Times just posted a lengthy oughta-read that will appear in this Sunday's magazine -- a profile of Priscilla Shirer, the Dallas Theological Seminary graduate and DeSoto resident who, with husband Jerry, is the ... More >>
Calendar
July 29, 2010
Hear Me Roar
Priscilla Shirer, center, in a photo on the Going Beyond Ministries websiteThe New York Times just posted a lengthy oughta-read that will appear in this Sunday's magazine -- a profile of Priscilla Shirer, the Dallas Theological Seminary graduate and DeSoto resident who, with husband Jerry, is the ... More >>
Blogs
November 12, 2009
NYTimes Previews Dubya's Institute Speech
George W. Bush has been seen this week trying out his Thursday afternoon speech on anyone he can find at SMU.George W. Bush has been spotted quite frequently hanging around the SMU campus since his retirement -- grabbin' a Goff's No. 2, playin' a little Frisbee golf in front of Dallas Hall, doin' ... More >>
Calendar
June 18, 2009
Queen of Chick Lit
George W. Bush has been seen this week trying out his Thursday afternoon speech on anyone he can find at SMU.George W. Bush has been spotted quite frequently hanging around the SMU campus since his retirement -- grabbin' a Goff's No. 2, playin' a little Frisbee golf in front of Dallas Hall, doin' ... More >>
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March 19, 2009
Look It, Ladies
George W. Bush has been seen this week trying out his Thursday afternoon speech on anyone he can find at SMU.George W. Bush has been spotted quite frequently hanging around the SMU campus since his retirement -- grabbin' a Goff's No. 2, playin' a little Frisbee golf in front of Dallas Hall, doin' ... More >>
Music
October 9, 2008
Amanda Palmer
Who Killed Amanda Palmer? (Roadrunner Records)
Culture
August 14, 2008
Bizarro World
Lesbian bull-riders, menopausal mamas and a not-so-sexy Stanley Kowalski—ah, the stuff of theater
Calendar
October 4, 2007
Oh, Oh Break It
Lesbian bull-riders, menopausal mamas and a not-so-sexy Stanley Kowalski—ah, the stuff of theater
Calendar
February 8, 2007
Belly Up
Lesbian bull-riders, menopausal mamas and a not-so-sexy Stanley Kowalski—ah, the stuff of theater
Calendar
September 21, 2006
Take a Bow...and Arrow
Lesbian bull-riders, menopausal mamas and a not-so-sexy Stanley Kowalski—ah, the stuff of theater
Calendar
June 22, 2006
Indomitable—and intimidating—Sarah
Lesbian bull-riders, menopausal mamas and a not-so-sexy Stanley Kowalski—ah, the stuff of theater
Calendar
March 2, 2006
Portrait of a Lady
Lesbian bull-riders, menopausal mamas and a not-so-sexy Stanley Kowalski—ah, the stuff of theater
Film
January 13, 2005
In the Cut
The father of African cinema produces a beautiful anti-circumcision polemic
Calendar
May 13, 2004
Purple Reign
Alice Walker opens her heart
Calendar
May 8, 2003
Action!
It's a race to the finish for Dallas video-makers
Calendar
April 10, 2003
This Week's Day-By-Day Picks
It's a race to the finish for Dallas video-makers
Calendar
February 13, 2003
Angelfood Beefcake
Send us an Angel, or at least David Boreanaz
Film
October 17, 2002
Girl Power
Satin Rouge shows strong work from a debut director
News
January 4, 2001
The Angel of Juarez
Hundreds of poor Mexican girls have been abducted, raped, and murdered on the streets of Ciudad Juarez. They were forgotten and mostly ignored by authorities until Esther Chavez came along.
News
August 24, 2000
Sisterly Love
Determination and a little Tupperware help create a museum honoring American women
News
September 30, 1999
Equal work, unequal pay
Two former Dallas prosecutors say that's what they suffered
Music
June 25, 1998
Ani DiFranco, musician
Reconsidering the image of the do-it-yourself poster child
News
April 23, 1998
Letters
Reconsidering the image of the do-it-yourself poster child
News
April 16, 1998
Letters
Reconsidering the image of the do-it-yourself poster child
News
March 26, 1998
Buzz
Reconsidering the image of the do-it-yourself poster child
News
February 12, 1998
Buzz
Reconsidering the image of the do-it-yourself poster child
News
November 6, 1997
Buzz
Reconsidering the image of the do-it-yourself poster child
Calendar
October 9, 1997
Events for the week
Reconsidering the image of the do-it-yourself poster child
Film
August 21, 1997
Naval gazing
G.I. Jane is liberated, all right--from good acting and a good story
Calendar
April 10, 1997
Events for the week
G.I. Jane is liberated, all right--from good acting and a good story
News
August 29, 1996
A bittersweet deal
Sexual harassment charges against Sky Chefs are settled quietly, and reluctantly
Culture
July 4, 1996
If hell were a musical
Faint praise isn't damnation enough for Damn Yankees
Film
January 25, 1996
The lady from Shanghai
Zhang Yimou's Shanghai Triad is part Goodfellas, part Cabaret
News
January 11, 1996
Lovers no more
Tonjua Benge and Carlos Minor launched a torrid affair while truck drivers at D/FW Airport. Now they're accusing each other of terminal harassment.
News
November 16, 1995
Nasty and negative
Colin Powell's decision reveals distasteful state of American politics
News
June 22, 1995
Buzz
Colin Powell's decision reveals distasteful state of American politics
Culture
February 2, 1995
Women on the verge
Kitchen Dog gets partially unhinged in a pair of feminist one-acts
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