Category Archives: Dallas

CultureMap Dallas Launches With Victim-Blaming “Crime News” Story And Self-Righteous Response To Criticism

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

Anyone who follows me on Twitter will note that I occasionally rag on CultureMap Austin, a publication I actually wrote one piece for back when it launched in 2011. (Relive the memories!) CultureMap–there’s a Houston, Austin and now, Dallas, version–is … Continue reading →

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Please let this be our one and only wedding disaster.

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

This week in my Hitched column for The Frisky: Our wedding venue fell through 20 days before our wedding. I thought it was a hilarious April Fool’s joke when on Sunday, we met our day-of planner, Tracy, at our venue … Continue reading →

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Update: The Plight Of The Married Woman Still Pretty Much A Plight

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

[Ed. note: Last week we reposted a piece by Nan about her frustration with the North Texas PBS affiliate, KERA, which thanked her for her donation by, well, erasing her by privileging her husband's name over her own. They blamed it … Continue reading →

Posted in Dallas, feminism, marriage, media, money | 4 Comments

The Plight of the Married Lady

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

[Ed. note: This post by contributor Nan originally appeared "In honor of Valentine's Day," on her blog, Behind the Times. She's graciously allowed us to repost it on Hay Ladies! Thanks, Nan.] Dallas’ public radio station, KERA, recently ran a … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, Dallas, feminism, Fort Worth, marriage, media, money, personal essays | 6 Comments

North Texas Pharmacy Refuses To Sell E.C. To Grown Ass Man

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Anna Merlan at the Dallas Observer brings us this ridiculous tale of ridiculous ridonkbaggery: a North Texas man trying to buy emergency contraception for his wife was denied the pill by the pharmacist because, uh, he is a legal person over … Continue reading →

Posted in abortion, crime, Dallas, duders, health care, legal issues, news, politics, pregnancy, reproductive health, we can't even. | 2 Comments

Austin Feminist Tweetup Is Tomorrow!

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

Texas feminists, friends and allies! My heartiest apologies for the stagnation as of late on Hay Ladies! I’ve been working overtime at two freelance gigs–editing both Eater Dallas and Eater Austin, which I’ll continue to do for the next couple … Continue reading →

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Diane Von Furstenberg To Give Dallas Dating Tips

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

I am sure Diane Von Furstenberg has a really good reason for slumming it by shilling for Match.com at a series of seminars that “will make people more confident ahead of their initial meetings with a potential love match.” I … Continue reading →

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Chelsea Richardson To Escape Death Row

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

I’ve written before on HayLadies! about Chelsea Richardson, the first woman in Tarrant County ever to be sentenced to death. I’ve written about her because she was the girlfriend of a man named Andrew Wamsley, who I attended school with … Continue reading →

Posted in crime, Dallas, death penalty, incarceration, legal issues | 2 Comments

Today in Some Bullshit: Dallas Women’s Museum To Close

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

The Women’s Museum in Dallas’ gorgeous art-deco Fair Park is set to close at the end of October. I’ve been there many times over the years, almost always for a good cause–a breast cancer fundraiser, a pro-choice film screening and … Continue reading →

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Texas Sex And Gender News Roundup

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

Is it michelada:30 yet? No? It’s not even 10:00 a.m.? Ugh. How the Texas health care system is “withering” under Rick Perry. A serial child rapist from Saginaw has been sentenced to life in prison, plus twenty years. Gov. Perry … Continue reading →

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