Culture & Entertainment

Aside from my extensive news coverage, I’ve also written lifestyle and culture pieces, and reported on women and queers in the entertainment industry. Annually, I covered South by Southwest from 2015-2019, as well as ATX Television Festival 2016-2019, aGLIFF Film Festival 2013-2019, OUTsider Festival 2015-2019, as well as other LGBTQ+, arts, and music festivals. See below for links to previous coverage.

• “Reissuing JEB’s Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians 40 Years Later,” Washington City Paper, March 2021

• Film Review: “The State of Texas vs. Melissa,” Austin Chronicle, Oct. 2020

• “Living with an eating disorder as America unravels means navigating dual identity crises,” The Counter, July 2020

• “Saving Emily Dickinson From History in Wild Nights With Emily,” an interview with Molly Shannon and Madeleine Olnek, Austin Chronicle, April 2019

• “PJ Raval's Call Her Ganda and the Murder of Beauty,” an interview with the filmmaker on the award-winning documentary for aGLIFF, Austin Chronicle, Sept. 2018

• “Yen Tan Sets a Timeless Drama Against the AIDS Crisis at SXSW Film,” SXSW preview interview for 1985, Austin Chronicle, March 2018

• “aGLIFF Honoree Rose Troche Looks Back at Go Fish,” an interview with Rose Troche for aGLIFF, Austin Chronicle, Aug. 2019

• “Dragula Star Louisianna Purchase Finds Fantasy in the Nightmare,” a profile on Austin drag queen Louisianna Purchase, co-written with Beth Sullivan, Dec. 2019

• “Scream, Queen! and the Legacy of the ‘Gay’ Nightmare on Elm Street,” an interview with the directors of Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street for Fantastic Fest, Austin Chronicle, Sept. 2019

• “Saint Frances Takes a Charming and Honest Look at Pregnancy,” an interview with the filmmakers and star of Saint Frances for SXSW, Austin Chronicle, March 2019

• “Cameron Esposito Asks Us to Take My Wife,” an interview with the comedian for ATX Television Fest, Austin Chronicle, June 2018

• “The Future of Tegan & Sara,” Q&A with Sara Quin, Austin Chronicle, Sept. 2016

• “Putting a Whole New Spin on ‘Television for Women,’ Starz’ Newest Series, Outlander, Features an Atypical Leading Lady,” an interview with Maril Davis executive producer of Outlander, SharpHeels, Sept. 2014

• “The Women Creators of Reckless Are Moving Full Speed Ahead, and They’re Not Stopping Any Time Soon,” a profile on the creators of CBS’ Reckless,SharpHeels, July 2014

• “About a Grrrl,” an interview with Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Obsessed Magazine, Fall 2013