The holidays are here, which means the single, childless women in your life are baking cookies, hosting dinner parties, and snuggling on their couches with a chic, on-brand blanket. These gifts — for your ambitious loved ones who’ve just deleted Hinge again — are thoughtful and specific. Many of them are also made by good […]
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Gifts for the Discerning, Handsome Millennial in Your Life
I’m an expert gift giver. The secret here is to just be a great listener and remember the things people tell you about themselves and what they want. Don’t be the person waiting for your turn to talk, which happens to the best of us. (This is why I can never remember anybody’s name — […]
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This Holiday Season, Give Yourself Some Peace of Mind
Hey there listeners, and welcome back. It’s that fallow period between Thanksgiving, Christmas (Hanukkah!), and New Year’s. Time barely counts, calories sure as shit don’t, and your bank account is full of Monopoly money. I am not the man to tell you what to do with all that cash burning a hole in your pocket. […]
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‘We Should Be Paying Attention’: These Are the Faces of 38 Trans Texans Killed by Violence Since 2013
Editor’s note: This story mentions threats of violence against the LGBTQIA+ community. For 25 years, a growing number of people have honored Trans Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20 as an annual memorial to the lives of transgender and gender nonconforming people lost to violence. The 38 trans and gender nonconforming Texans who have died […]
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Congrats! Ken Paxton Celebrates 100th Stupid Lawsuit Against Nation
Say what you will about Ken Paxton, but he keeps himself busy. The Texas attorney general cranks out lawsuits (and press releases about those lawsuits) in a truly impressive fashion, as he continues to audition for a position in president-elect Donald Trump’s administration. And this week Paxton hit a milestone: his 100th legal complaint against […]
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Michelin Finally Gives Stars to 15 Incredible Texas Restaurants
Well, well, well, if it isn’t the rest of the world finally admitting what Texans knew all along: We have some of the best food in the world. We told you in September that the French tire company (which also reviews restaurants) has finally deigned to come judge our state’s tacos and barbecue — and […]
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Willie Hutch, OutKast and the Lore Behind UGK’s ‘Int’l Players Anthem’
Texas hasn’t gotten its due as a major piece in the complex puzzle of American art. We’re here to rectify that. Every two weeks, H. Drew Blackburn will conduct a thoroughly scientific analysis of the 254 integral (one for every county) books, movies, tv shows, albums, podcasts, songs, and magazine articles — you name it […]
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Cowboys’ Player Gives TV Reporter ‘Dee’s Nuts,’ Makes Amends After Row
A Dallas Cowboys’ cornerback confronted a scrum of reporters on Sunday after a WFAA journalist, during the game against the 49ers, tweeted: “What is Trevon Diggs doing on this play?” Critical — though innocuous — as that was, Diggs’ saw it after the team’s 30-24 loss and went to find WFAA’s Mike Leslie outside the […]
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Dallas Won’t Fund Theater That Fired All Its Black Dancers
What goes around comes around, and management for the Dallas Black Dance Theatre is learning the hard way. This past May, its dancers voted to unionize with the American Guild of Musical Artists for the usual reasons — because they wanted better working conditions. Terrell Rogers, one of the fired dancers, told KERA News, that […]
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We Should All Be Concerned About the Rhetoric Coming Out of Trump’s Orbit
It’s old hat to say everything is bigger in Texas. True connoisseurs know that things in the Lone Star State are also often wilder and weirder than what you see on the evening news. Every two weeks, Steven Monacelli will explore the dystopic, desperate, and despicable realities of contemporary Texas and channel the sense of […]