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Dex Parra

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Austin
As seen in: The Austin Chronicle
Covers:  LGBTQ+, city, state, police, education, housing, film, and events
public defense investigator 🕵️‍♂️ • clips: @austinchronicle • formerly: @texanarts, @ethicsofmedia • all opinions expressed are my own
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Local Architecture Firm Opens $20K Grant Application for Nonprofits

Local Architecture Firm Opens $20K Grant Application for Nonprofits

Community nonprofits looking to expand their services have a unique opportunity this month. The Michael Hsu O…

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Will Texas Expand Medical Marijuana Access?

Will Texas Expand Medical Marijuana Access?

When the Texas Department of Public Safety announced in January that it would accept new applications to lice…

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Movie Review: Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

Movie Review: Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

How soon after a military operation gone awry can Hollywood depict it on the big screen? With Guy Ritchie's T…

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APD Victims Services Unit Calls on Local Therapists for Help

APD Victims Services Unit Calls on Local Therapists for Help

Unit offers training in EMDR therapy in exchange for pro bono counseling for trauma survivors

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Bill of the Week: Texas GOP Targets Transgender Youth

Bill of the Week: Texas GOP Targets Transgender Youth

Bill would ban certain treatment for trans kids

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Movie Review: 65

Movie Review: 65

Take one part space voyage, one part dinosaur caper, double the dosage of jump scares, and throw in a smidgen…

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SXSW Film Review: Until Branches Bend

SXSW Film Review: Until Branches Bend

Gorgeous eco-drama about how a tiny beetle upends a town

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SXSW Film Review: Chronicles of a Wandering Saint

SXSW Film Review: Chronicles of a Wandering Saint

Argentinian divine comedy is a visual miracle

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SXSW Film Review: My Drywall Cocoon

SXSW Film Review: My Drywall Cocoon

Brazilian drama stylishly reduces its characters to metaphors

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A Contemporary Prometheus in The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

A Contemporary Prometheus in The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

Bomani J. Story retells Frankenstein as a Black horror

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Ahead of SXSW Chat with Chelsea Handler, Jen Psaki Talks Life After the White House

Ahead of SXSW Chat with Chelsea Handler, Jen Psaki Talks Life After the White House

Former White House press secretary previews her new MSNBC show

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Short & Sweet: "When You Left Me on That Boulevard"

Short & Sweet: "When You Left Me on That Boulevard"

Austin filmmaker Kayla Abuda Galang brings her Sundance-winning short film home

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Austin Hackers Group Gets Recognition From Global Body

Austin Hackers Group Gets Recognition From Global Body

The room where it hackens

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Rodeo Austin: Everything You Need to Know

Rodeo Austin: Everything You Need to Know

Aaron Watson, Flo Rida, Carly Pearce, and more to boot (scoot)

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Students Rally Behind Earthquake Aid Relief

Students Rally Behind Earthquake Aid Relief

Student group raised more than $20K for survivors

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AFS Film Series Abraham/Ibrahim Highlights Diversity and Common Ground

AFS Film Series Abraham/Ibrahim Highlights Diversity and Common Ground

Spotlight on the cinema of the Middle East, North Africa

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Slamdance 2023 Review: The Underbug

Slamdance 2023 Review: The Underbug

Indian politics trap paranoia, prejudice in home-invasion thriller

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In Push for Cheaper Student Housing, Fifth Time's the Charm?

In Push for Cheaper Student Housing, Fifth Time's the Charm?

UT students won't stop asking administration for reasonable accommodations

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Slamdance 2023 Review: Silent Love

Slamdance 2023 Review: Silent Love

Polish docu-drama explores family ties against anti-LGBT backdrop

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