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San Antonio's 'Fairies Fiasco'
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A drag protest ballet revolted against military police raiding queer spaces in the 1970s.
#drag #queer #texas #Police #comics #culture #history #lgbtqia #military #sanantonio
on Mon, 3PM
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A Houston Storyteller Finds the Humor in Hard Knocks
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Bayou City comic Ali Siddiq turns street life and incarceration into laughs, while challenging stereotypes and provoking the occasional tear.
#USpol #texas #comedy #prison #culture #houston #slavery #Politics #gulfcoast #HumanRights
16h ago
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Confessions of a Beaumont Vegan
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The only justification for animal suffering is that it is necessary or doesn’t matter. I have concluded it is not necessary and does matter.
#Food #vegan #culture #farming #agriculture
on Wed, 3PM
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A Jet-Setting CEO, the Paxtons, and an Alleged Massive Fraud
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Ken and Angela Paxton have ties to a corporate honcho caught in a tangled web of alleged fraud involving a powerful business clan and a commercial shipping giant.
#USpol #fraud #texas #austin #txlege #Politics #corruption #criminaljustice
on Sep 16
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Prison Laborers Want a Seat at the Table, Even If They’re Shackled to the Chair
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Texans are organizing inside and outside of prisons to empower incarcerated workers, who labor in dangerous conditions without pay.
on Sat, 1AM