Eating gluten free avocado toast in a former Soviet state
Dallas Morning News July 27, 2017 Hanging out at a music festival on the edge of the former Soviet Union, I saw a dude in a Donald Trump costume grooving down to a set...
Category: Essay and Opinion
The U.S. cannot be like the movie monster that destroys Seoul
Dallas Morning News May 4, 2017 Ever since I saw the movie Colossal at Fantastic Fest this past fall, I’ve been waiting for it to come out in theaters. I wanted to write about its perceptive...
Why can’t SXSW get beyond bro-culture?
Dallas Morning News March 16.2017 As fashion shows in Paris bring us next season’s trends in wearables, the South by Southwest conference has built the reputation for unveiling future ideas. Unsigned bands play in...
Why I broke my commitment to personal laziness to attend the Women’s March
Last November I had no idea that the presidential election would lead me to a packed Washington D.C. metro car full of pink-hatted people speeding towards the Women’s March on Washington, singing me a spirited...
Film fails to show the warmth of Jackie Kennedy and Lady Bird Johnson
When I was an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library was free for everyone. My big family was often looking for something to do on their...
Hanks: Officials should consider the mobility limitations of voters
On the last day of early voting, I went to the Travis County Airport Boulevard Offices and stood in line a full one and a half hours to cast my ballot. I had checked...
Hanks: Austin should expect more from C3 Presents for hosting ACL Fest
By Anna Hanks – Special to the American-Statesman Updated: 11:01 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 | Posted: 12:00 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 The Austin City Limits Music Festival isn’t a place where one usually starts...
Hanks: Looking for some January resolve? Try being nicer
By Anna Hanks – Regular contributor I’ve spent the first weeks of January at home with the kind of severe cold that justifies not getting out of pajamas for days. While contagiously confined to...
Hanks: Clothes swaps are good for the planet, the holiday soul
By Anna Hanks – Special contributor Every year I cringe when I read about the crowds on “Black Friday,” the biggest shopping day of the year. Even more terrible is reading about the various...
Hanks: ‘Nana-technology’ is closer than you think
By Anna Hanks – Special to the American-Statesman As I was hanging my laundry out on the line on the day following the South By Southwest Eco Conference earlier this month, I realized that...
