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Reviews

One State Under Whose God?

Despite the grip of conservative Christianity on Texas politics, religion here has always contained multitudes, a new work of history shows.

by David R. Brockman

Keep Reading

A Queer Texan Retraces Steinbeck’s 10,000-mile trip

by Lise Olsen

The Aesthete from Archer

by Roberto Ontiveros

‘Proudly Claiming Our Tears’: Fathers Stand Together for Their Trans and Nonbinary Kids

by Kit O'Connell

May 07, 2024

Rick’s Requiem: The Serious Impact of an Unserious Politician

A new book seeks to paint a more measured portrait of the oft-mocked Texas politician.

by Justin Miller

Apr 01, 2024

A Roadmap to Rebuilding Communities

Texas highways have destroyed and dominated our built environment. Megan Kimble's book "City Limits" offers a new vision.

by Josephine Lee

Mar 14, 2024

‘The Queen vs. Texas’ Revisits the Battle over Lone Star Drag  

Raemonn James, better known as Hermajestie the Hung, teamed up with a filmmaker to tell a moving story of activism and queer culture.

by Kit O'Connell

A shadowy photo of Ku Klux Klan members, silhouetted in their white robes by a burning bonfire. Dec 12, 2023

Unmasking the Klansman

A new book reveals the untold story of a Ku Klux Klan member’s literary double life.

by Paul Stekler

An American flag mural painted on the side of a metal building in rural Arkansas. Aug 08, 2023

How Less-educated Whites Fell Behind and Blamed Race

In Clinton, Arkansas, a reporter examines the effects of a stagnant economy on the place she came from.

by Monica Potts

A woman in a white dress and headdress touches hands with a monkey-like human in a dark outfit with gold collar and cuffs. They are standing in a woodland with rich red lighting on its foliage. May 22, 2023

‘American Born Chinese’ and the Limits of Cultural Representation 

The young hero in the new Disney+ show follows a familiar journey for colonized people, as predicted by theorist Frantz Fanon.

by Josephine Lee

Robert Saucedo poses at a book signing at the Alamo Drafthouse. Apr 13, 2023

The Who Behind ‘Where Wolf’

A crowdfunded story of furries, journalism and murder: Film programmer-turned-comic book artist Robert Saucedo tells us about his creation.

by Nguyên Lê

The March/April issue of the Texas Observer, featuring some of our best work in 2023. The cover depicts a cartoon of young boy dressed as a militia member. Apr 02, 2023

The Texas Observer Lives!

After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.

by Gabriel Arana

Gena as she appears in Queendom: a queer artist in a complex costume, with a white wig that looks like it's made of drippy wax and a complex costume made of similar material with an organic feel, like roots surrounging her body. She has half sleeves and part of a costume covering her stomach. She is riding an escalator somewhere in Russia. Mar 30, 2023

Confronting Queer Oppression in Moscow … And America

Queendom, a documentary that recently premiered at the SXSW film festival, should leave viewers—especially LGBTQ+ viewers—shaken.

by Lance Morrison

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