Courtney Ann was nearing 1 million followers on her Instagram account @texasthighs when it was suddenly shut down. The fitness — and, well, ass — Instagram model and influencer, who is a Fort Worth mother, has had the account for more than two years. She says that while it has…
There’s only one way to open the largest esports complex in the country, and the city of Arlington christened its new esports complex with a virtual competition on a massive screen. The Arlington Esports Stadium hosted its official opening Monday with its first public tour and demonstration of the 100,000-square-foot,…
With the holiday season here, families are bound to spend more time with one another and have even closer conversations. Inevitably, when conversations run too long, the risk of politics being brought to the table increases. There’s always that one relative who feels strongly about politics and wants you to…
Oh yeah, it’s that time of year. Again? Again. Normally it’s time to start panicking, but this year is going to be different. You’ll have more time to panic but not about holiday gift shopping. You got this. What’s better than shopping local? Shopping online. And what’s better than shopping…
The holiday season brings good food in large doses, family that are good in small doses and travel that requires a heavy dose of a narcotic to get through. More than a few of you will shove clothes into bags and beg friends for rides as you make your way…
When Leah McElrath tweeted about her calves in relation to Beto O’Rourke’s love-making, it wasn’t about sex. “The idea behind it was an analogy about different candidates’ philosophies about what was necessary in a candidate and a campaign,” McElrath, a freelance writer and activist, tells us over the phone. “I…
Whether you’re a Republican, a Democrat or Wiccan, there is one thing that unites everyone: sex. Everyone wants it, but one particular group is a little less willing to spread their wallets to make it happen. A new survey of more than 400 Dallas residents showed that Republican men are…
Next month, it’s game on for Arlington and its new esports stadium. The city of Arlington announced that the Esports Stadium Arlington will open to the public on the weekend after Thanksgiving, giving the city the right to brag that they are home to the largest gaming and esports facility…
It seems like just yesterday the fair had its opening day, but now there’s only two weeks left to make it out to the State Fair of Texas. If you’ve been thinking about going but are living the modest life where you’re relieved every time your debit card gets approved,…
Virtual reality technology may be the most immersive form of digital entertainment in the history of gaming, but it still has its limitations. The most noticeable one is stagnation. VR headsets like the HTC Vive, the Oculus Rift and Sony’s PlayStation VR offer fluid reactions to a player’s movements, but those…
In recent years new perspectives have pushed sex positivity a bit closer to the forefront of society. Pole dancing has become as much an athletic pursuit as a debauched pastime. Modern sensibilities have allowed for models of a wide range of body types to be plastered on magazine covers and…
You know that you’re wearing a headset that’s projecting a movement-sensing image of a heavily fortified Imperial facility on a lava-coated planet. You know that when you move your arm or hold an imaginary rifle in front of your face that the sight of Imperial armor or E-11 blaster rifle…
eGency Global and Southern Methodist University Guildhall have teamed up to launch OP Live Dallas, a premier esports event, that will offer esports fans a unique experience than traditional esports events. Not only will the event feature the largest Overwatch collegiate tournament in North Texas, it will also give esports…
Despite taking place three months after most major cities host their Pride celebrations, Dallas’s LGBTQ+ community always comes together every mid-September for a celebration of epic, queer proportions. While thousands crowd Cedar Springs Road and Oak Lawn Avenue every year to watch the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade, a lot…
NorthPark Center is more than 50 years old. In many ways NorthPark is a lot like it’s original clientele; it’s white, it’s been around forever, and its had a few face lifts in its time. After over a decade of existence, it stops being simply a shopping mall and starts…
Paul Allen has a unique side hustle in this day and age of Uber drivers and Instagram influencers. When he’s not at home, out with friends or doing software engineering for Verizon, he steps out in public in a ten-gallon hat, Texas flag cowboy boots, a pair of Speedos and nothing…
Carrollton’s Java Gaming Café was among the last three cities to host an Electronic Arts Sports-sanctioned Madden NFL 19 Classic Satellite: Dallas Open qualifier tournament on Sept. 22-23. However, EA announced they have canceled the remaining tournaments due to the events of a gunman, who opened fire at a Madden…
Jessica Sotero, a single mother of two from Irving who works as an administrative assistant in Dallas, signed up for WhatsYourPrice.com and found much more than a future boyfriend or husband.
Last month Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynthia Marshall told The Dallas Morning News that she has ordered more wholesome uniforms and less provocative routines for the Dallas Mavericks Dancers. After a February report from Sports Illustrated detailing a workplace that involved alleged sexual harassment from then-CEO Terdema Ussery, the Mavericks have…
If Nintendo is the family-friendly wing of the video game industry, then id Software and Bethesda Softworks are the cool, older sibling who rides a motorcycle, wears a leather jacket regardless of the weather and blasts speed metal at high volume in his poster-covered bedroom. The hardcore, PC-playing fans of…
The Intern in the Big City for the First TimeThere’s a smile on her face, but the white knuckles gripping the bag on her lap give her away. Her head pops up at every stop to make sure she hasn’t missed her stop, not realizing she’s on the wrong train…
Christian Brooks’ creativity seems to know no end. The leatherworker, musician and now author rattles off projects as fast as he mentions names of the famous people he’s worked with. Best known for his guitar straps, famously beloved by Stevie Ray Vaughan among many others, Brooks is now celebrating the…
