SUFFRAGETTE CITY

Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment with These Summer Reads

All year long, the Houston Public Library is sharing one book a month in its Suffrage Centennial Book Club.

06/09/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Word Warriors

Can a Virtual Edit-a-Thon make Wikipedia More Inclusive?

The upcoming workshop series wants to get more Houston women artists recognized on the web.

05/14/2020 By Katelyn Landry

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We Know What You Can Wear to See Gloria Steinem Tonight

One hundred percent of proceeds from these limited-edition, custom Michael Stars shirts benefit the ERA Coalition.

11/07/2019 By Abby Ledoux

Nevertheless, She Persisted

Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Talk Gutsy Women, Expanding History, and Turning Texas Blue

The Clintons spoke at UH last week to promote their new book.

10/29/2019 By Abby Ledoux

Perfect Party

November's Perfect Party: Ladies' Night Edition

This month is all about female empowerment.

10/28/2019 By Catherine Matusow

Review

It's Hard Not to Get Caught Up in Rapture, Blister, Burn

The 4th Wall production teases out the impossible complexities of personal and professional success for the modern woman.

03/05/2019 By Doni Wilson

work-life balance

Family or Career? Rapture, Blister, Burn Suggests There Is No Right Answer

Gina Gionfriddo’s 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist tackles the question of a lifetime at 4th Wall.

02/27/2019 By Holly Beretto

double double x

At Murder by the Book, Two Women 'Who Aren’t Afraid to Jump Into the Fray'

Authors DiAnn Mills and Lindsay Emory explain why their novels must always have 'strong women, strong roles.'

10/10/2018 By Holly Beretto

No siree todd

Cressandra Thibodeaux Wants You to Think Outside Her Box

The Houston-based artist inserts her audience into the reproductive rights debate.

08/10/2018 By Morgan Kinney

Females Are Strong as Hell

Celebrate Girl Power with Us at Houstonia's Inaugural Woman Up! Event

Tickets are on sale now for our two-day celebration of wellness, sisterhood, and trail-blazing women.

06/13/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Double X

Houston's Bechdel Film Festival Celebrates Everything Women Have to Say

14 Pews kicks off a weeklong film festival showcasing work written and directed by women.

02/16/2018 By Brittanie Shey

Girl Power

The Houstonian Woman

They’re amazing, inspiring, and have risen to the top of their (often male-dominated) professions. And we’re cheering them ever onward, ever upward.

01/30/2018 By Houstonia Staff

The Houstonian Woman

The 1977 National Women's Conference in Houston Was Supposed to Change the World. What Went Wrong?

Today, Gloria Steinem calls it “the most important event that nobody knows about.” Why?

01/30/2018 By Dianna Wray

The Houstonian Woman

10 Houston Women Making It Happen

These Houstonians show us what it means to be a woman in Houston in this day and age.

01/30/2018 By Houstonia Staff

Editor's Note

A Dedication to All the Amazing Women in My Life

"They’ve endured so much while they’ve seen the world around them change—in some ways, especially lately, for the better."

01/30/2018 By Catherine Matusow

Defrosting

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, Jan. 19-21

Other than "go outside" now that it's 70 degrees again.

01/18/2018 By Morgan Kinney

Current Obsessions

Want/Love/Need: Girl Power Edition

Five things that Houstonia's Lifestyle Editor fell in love with this week.

01/11/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Non-Complicit

Aqui Ranks No. 2 on The Houston Chronicle's List of Best New Houston Restaurants. I’m Never Going to Eat There.

Last year, chef Paul Qui allegedly assaulted his girlfriend in front of her small child.

12/29/2017 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Feminism

A Sexist Review Creates Buzz for Houston Author

Kirkus should have known not to mess with a book subtitled "Moxie girls fight back."

06/16/2017 By Brittanie Shey

Stand Up

Houston's First All-Female Comedy Festival Takes the Stage

The Yellow Rose Comedy Festival features local and national comics alike this May at Warehouse Live.

04/13/2017 By Nath Pizzolatto