The day after the healthiest relationship of my life ended, I went online and bought some sperm. I haven’t had a lifelong desire to be a mother. But when I hit 36, I realized that once my parents pass, my already small family will shrink to nothing. There was
EXCLUSIVE An Austin-based Latina CEO with a booming business blasted a Nueces County judge on Monday after he posted a racist comment calling her success “Ozark part 4” in an apparent reference to the Netflix prestige drama about a family laundering money for a drug boss. Gabriela Bucio, 38,
Elon Musk, the Austin-based father of (at least) 12 children who creepily offered to impregnate Taylor Swift earlier this week, secretly funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in an unsuccessful attempt to remove Travis County District Attorney José Garza from office, according to a blockbuster Wall Street Journal exclusive.
CJ Morgan loves karaoke. Especially when he performs “Bring Me To Life” by Evanescence. There’s only one problem: He’s not very good at singing it. (In fact, it almost led to a fight at the Austin karaoke bar The Common Interest, after some audience members thought he was
It’s no secret that certain Texas politicians are on a mission to make voting as hard as possible. Gov. Greg Abbott was out in front of the pack back in 2013. Hours after the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder gutted parts of the Civil Rights
Austin’s city council just put its money where its mouth is, voting to move forward with funding travel costs for out-of-state abortion care — despite a lawsuit claiming the move violates state law. In mid-August, the city first approved $400,000 to help Austinites with travel costs
Dimitri Alexandrov prefers being a good guy. In the world of professional wrestling, with its history of villainous foreign heels like The Iron Sheik, fans in the U.S. are naturally inclined to boo a Russian. So, as 33-year-old Alexandrov sees it, it’s more of a challenge
Texas prides itself on being cordial; our road signs even say “Drive Friendly — The Texas Way.” Rude behavior is for those states up north, not here … right? Not so fast, because we’ve got four cities in a survey of the top rudest in the U.S. That’s according
Texas architecture, like the people living in the state, has many different flavors. There are the big-ass ranch-style homes with multi-zone air conditioners so big they could cool an entire mall. Then you have tiny, boxy container abodes where you can stretch your legs out in under
The stars at night are big and bright in our Lone Star State, so we are dedicating a special section of our little internet corner to reading them, deciphering them, and finding some patterns deep in the heart of Texas. Every month, Jasmin Alejandrez-Prasad, also known as Esoteric Esa,
Four Texas metro areas are in the top 20 cities in the country for most new apartments under construction. Dallas, Austin, Houston, and San Antonio are booming, apparently. And before you start rolling your eyes about all the new people moving here (Californians), it’s important to know that there’
Welcome to The Barbed Wire. If you’re reading this and live in Texas — or used to live in Texas or care about Texas — you’re in the right place. Here’s what we’re offering: We would like to make you laugh and tell you hard stories. We want