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SUSAN VAN HAITSMA / HISTORY / CodePink: Austin’s history is alive at the Austin History Center
CodePink Austin at “I Miss America” pageant in Million Musicans March, March 17, 2007. Photo by Jim Turpin. By Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / November 27, 2025 AUSTIN — With the current U.S. administration trying to excise … Continue reading
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BOOKS | Alice Embree’s ‘Voice Lessons’
This important book tells the story of Alice Embree’s struggle to be heard at a time when women were especially marginalized. By Sharon Shelton | The Rag Blog | August 26, 2021 Voice Lessons by Alice Embree (Briscoe Center for … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin History, Books, Feminism, Rag Bloggers, Sharron Shelton, Voice Lessons, Women's Movement
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METRO EVENT | DSA to screen ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry’ at the Alamo
By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | February 17, 2017 Event: Screening of ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry’ Dates: Wednesday, March 8, 2017, 7 p.m. Where: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Address: 1120 South Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 78704 AUSTIN … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin DSA, Film, Metro, Rag Bloggers, She's Beautiful When She's Angry, Women's Movement
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METRO EVENT | ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry’ screens in Austin
The film is a powerful testament to a movement that changed the course of history. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | February 23, 2015 Event: Screening of ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry‘ What: Feature documentary on the early … Continue reading
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METRO | Feminism is alive and well in Austin
The Women’s Community Center of Central Texas builds on work that the women’s movement in Austin has done over the decades. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | January 19, 2015 AUSTIN — Feminism is alive and well in … Continue reading
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My Valentine’s Day
I had my best Valentine’s Day ever dancing in the streets of New York with about 60 beautiful women protesting violence against women. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | February 18, 2014 NEW YORK CITY — I didn’t … Continue reading
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Remembering Judy Smith
Judith Hart Smith, 1944-2013 Judy Smith was the face of feminism at The Rag for many years. Judy Smith, who had a great and lasting impact on all who knew and worked with her, died November 6, 2013, in Missoula, … Continue reading
Marilyn Katz : Hathaway’s Nipples and a Congressional Primary
Anne Hathaway at the Academy Awards. Image from HaveUHeard. Signs of the times?Hathaway’s nipples and a Congressional primary Has the liberal media switched sides in the war against women? By Marilyn Katz / The Rag Blog / March 27, 2013 … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Hathaway, Chicago, Liberal Politics, Marilyn Katz, Misogyny, Robin Kelly, War on Women, Women's Movement
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Marilyn Katz : Our Bodies, Their Politics
Image from The Raw Story.Our bodies, their politics The last few months have made abundantly clear what women must do: rid America’s capitols of misogynists. By Marilyn Katz / The Rag Blog / April 24, 2012 In the first half … Continue reading
Alice Embree : Women are ‘Seeing Red’ in Texas
“Seeing Red” organizer Marcia Ball, center, with Emily Haas, left, and novelist Sarah Bird at the Texas State Capitol. Photo by Susan Crews Bailey / Facebook. ‘Seeing Red’: The Texas Taliban’s war on women By Alice Embree | The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Marcia Ball, Seeing Red, Texas Legislature, Women's Health, Women's Movement
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Ron Jacobs : Women’s Rights are Human Rights
International Women’s Day 2012 poster from Public Services International, a global trade union federation.Women’s rights are human rights Besides the fact that it celebrates women in a society primarily controlled by men, it is the socialist roots of International Women’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Feminism, International Women's Day, Ron Jacobs, Socialism, Women's Movement
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