Lisa Hix

Before Grumpy Cat, There Was Louis Wain

Jim Crow-era memorabilia matters today

The story of your grandma's weird couch

The unsung heroes of the movement

When women first confronted harassers

The obsession almost wrecked Hawaiʻi

Singers who flouted 1920s conventions

How vintage ads targeted women

The tragic life of the Japanese courtesan

Why aren’t slave stories told at museums?

Female cartoonists defied the rules

Why black dolls matter

Metallica guitarist talks monsters

Pointer Sister's collection on civil rights

Burlesque star on va-va-voom vintage

Legend mentors up-and-coming grrl bands

Hip-hop star explains hyphy

Cartoonist supports phone-book doodling

Datebook cover story on hyphy legend

Poet Leroy Moore on his movement

How 9/11 changed their sound

Disabled artists on love & alienation

Justin Chin confronts life's hardships

The 78 collectors redefining pre-war music

Oakland teens compete in dance battles

SF's second Halloween—in its early days

The league's first roller-derby bout

The competition heats up in Oakland

Robot band teaches punks fitness

Dancing all night to Indian beats

Dance game spinoff at Fire Arts Festival

Holiday orphans create new traditions

A place for art punks to call home

Flash mob skewers wedding culture

Adults take up hooping for exercise

Bal des Vampires welcomes all

How Courtney Miles landed in Oakland

Jen Berger's About-Face fights bad ads

Drakeford sisters preach conscious style

A year in lady spies

Intense year in space weather predicted

Technology gives bullies new power

Tremors devastated impoverished country

The country's worst storms in 100 years

What could be more surreal?