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There is no greater love than the one that exists between a woman and her ass. And there is no greater ass than one from Texas. Yes, I know Georgia is infamous for their peaches, but take one look at Megan Thee Stallion. And let’s not forget Beyoncé. I
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It was September 2020 when Dan messaged me on Facebook. The day after my 38th birthday. The sight of his name met the memory of being 19 when we dated in college. So much had changed. I was divorced with two kids and living in Houston, far from our New
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When The Barbed Wire’s publisher asked if I wanted to go to Bentonville on an assignment I responded with such a resounding yes that he thought I didn’t hear him correctly. I’d been wanting to go to Bentonville since 2020, when I started researching areas within reasonable
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The finish line is in sight. My lungs are on fire, my legs feel like cement, and I’m pretty sure my soul is trying to leave my body. My best friend is running (slowly) alongside me, a partner in this shambling torment. We’re about to finish a 10K,
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Over the course of her 35-year-career, Beyoncé has continually raised the bar. She’s changed the way artists release their music, revolutionized the album format, and defied the confines of genres to produce work that has received a whopping 99 Grammy nominations — the most of any artist in
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Texas bladesmith Johnathan Sibley was just minding his business at The Blade Bar in Edom — a tiny town between Tyler and Dallas — when a couple waltzed in with a request: Could he swap a Hitler Youth knife emblem onto another knife? Sibley’s response? A firm “No Nazi bullshit,” as
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As Americans, our unalienable rights enshrined in the Declaration of Independence include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If humor counts on that last point, Mo Amer is a true patriot. Through his show Mo, the second season of which premiered Thursday on Netflix, he’s made millions of
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Editor’s note: Kwaneta Harris is an incarcerated journalist in Texas whose work is supported by Empowerment Avenue, an organization that seeks to increase and normalize the inclusion of incarcerated writers in mainstream publications. On a hot day in the summer of 2024, the women’s prison visitation room had
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Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has the president on speed dial. He could buy and sell you and me like action figures at a yard sale. He’s also obsessed with trying to impress gamers — and it just backfired spectacularly. This drama has been simmering for a while
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Texas hasn’t gotten its due as a major piece in the complex puzzle of American art. We’re here to rectify that. Every two weeks, H. Drew Blackburn will conduct a thoroughly scientific analysis of the 254 integral (one for every county) books, movies, tv shows, albums, podcasts, songs,
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Ask Patricia Kiddney her take on Bob Dylan’s 1967 album, “John Wesley Harding,” and the president of El Paso’s Concordia Heritage Association will say she instead prefers the Man in Black’s ode to the infamous outlaw. “The lyrics that I like the best are the ones Johnny
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There’s no denying Austin’s growth. In the last two decades, the skyline has changed from one that looked not all that different in 2021 than it did in 1975 to a beautiful, crowded, modern silhouette cast in a burnt orange glow when the sun sets over the paddleboarders