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Weekly Women 2026
Ididn’t want to write this introduction. Like everything else in life, a woman could have done it better. But my woman co-workers said hearing from allies like me is fine, so here we are. The headline of my piece: Listen. To. Women. My obvious reference is to the TrumpEpstein files (that have now led to the Epstein War in Iran, but we can chat about that later). For decades, women have been telling us how terrible this “grab ’em by the …” president is, and no one has been held accountable, especially the 34-count felon darkening the White House. Said creepo is mentioned more than 38,000 times in the files, lagging in number only behind Epstein himself and his madame, because amounts like that are totally normal for an innocent person. Imagine someone in government leaking the files to a reporter with some ovaries, a politician, or a white-hat lawyer before the 2016 election. That person, that Deep Throat, would be president now, and we’d all be buying single-family houses with cold, hard cash left over for one overseas vacation per quarter, putting Champagne in our Cheerios, and doing flash mobs again. Instead, we have to deal with pain, suffering, stagnant wages, unending job searches, the flippin’ measles, and drunk uncles online telling us pedophilia isn’t that big a deal. Thanks, “independent” voters. Assholes.
Perhaps less obvious, the headline calls back across the centuries. Men, especially white men, continue proving they are too testerical and emotional to lead let alone govern. My vote will always go toward the best, most levelheadedly progressive candidates no matter their gender, and if there’s a levelheaded, progressive woman leader capable of taking down tRump and/or Vance (and it’s not the polarizing Kamala, Jasmine, or AOC, sorry), now would be a good time for her to show herself. We’re only staring down the barrel of WWIII here …
As you can imagine, listening to women is what we Weeklyteers do in our private and professional lives, and it’s what we’re doing with this annual special issue. Young daughters, listen to your mothers when they’re telling you that you can be anything you want — except a tradwife (pg. 6). Listen to women … chirping at one another on the ice as they offer a hockey product that’s just as fun as the men’s game (pg. 26) or dominating the Big 12 on the hardwood like the Horned Frogs (pg. 25). Listen to women when they tell you they need better, more consistent access to reproductive care (pg. 9), and just listen to women — there are dozens of supremely talented, diverse musicians in town. They have thoughts about our scene and in general, too (pg. 21).
As I’ve said before, other than maybe lifting heavy things, goofing off, and sliding into alcoholism and despair, women do everything better than men. Best writer? Toni Morrison. Best tennis player? Serena Williams. Best actor? Nicole Kidman. Best humanitarian? Mother Teresa. Best singer? Nina Simone. Best scientist? Jane Goodall. Best human? My wife. And so on. You don’t need me telling you what’s what. Just listen to you know who. And watch them. As my old college football coach used to say, “Your actions speak so loud, I can’t hear a word you’re saying.” Women, they do it all. Just shake the testosterone and patriarchy out of your eyes and ears and pay attention for once. — Anthony Mariani, Editor
BOOKS
Rebel Girl
In her memoir, former Bikini
Kill frontwoman
Kathleen Hanna recalls
the yin and yang of the riot grrrl movement.
BY JENNIFER ZOOKI STURGES
Rebel Girl chronicles the life of Kathleen Hanna, frontwoman of Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and The Julie Ruin. Hanna was at the forefront of the third-wave feminism movement of the 1990s — known as riot girl, often spelled “riot grrrl” — that flourished in the Pacific Northwest and D.C. areas. This is the journey of a punk, frontwoman, photographer, zine writer, and activist who worked alongside icons such as Joan Jett and Kurt Cobain.
I’m either the best or worst person to write this review. I drank the Kool-Aid. I’m the curator of the Riot Girl maniFESTo zine, the leader of a feminist punk band, and the organizer of a festival.
While chronological, Hanna chooses to format the stories in bite-sized chunks, making the content more digestible. The stories are shared in an honest, approachable language, including the occasional F-bomb. The ebb and flow of details echoes a face-to-face conversation, in which one might trail off or go silent when exploring the intimate details of a situation they’re discussing. In the prologue, Hanna admits to this, saying she leaves some portions of the story on “the cutting room floor.”
“These are the things that shaped me,” she writes. However, they are also “things that keep me up at night checking and rechecking the locks on the doors.”
I’d be remiss if I didn’t warn you that at times, the content of her life is hard to consume. On more than one occasion, I found myself setting the book down to process what I’d just read. The tragedies and few victories of her childhood were guttural. While I was aware of some of this history from the lyrics of Bikini Kill, the retelling of the stories made them visceral: talk of incest, multiple sexual assaults, and drug use.
Until I cracked open the pages of the book and started my journey, I had never heard anyone else say they remember best through sound. In keeping with this theme, there is a Spotify playlist of the songs which includes all the ones referenced throughout the book. It works to ground the reader in the experience, using the manner that
Hanna finds most visceral. I recommend listening to it between reading the book.
This is also the story of a friendship gone cold. These themes are set against the background of the often dangerous and revolutionary alternative and punk scenes of the day. This left me wanting a deeper, more introspective look at Hanna’s sordid relationship with Cobain. Credited with inspiring “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Hanna was friends with him until around the time he became addicted to heroin.
“When we listened to music together, Kurt was obsessive,” she writes, later lamenting how she felt like “he had died partially because he was sick of being exploited.”
Some juicy bits about the feud between Cobain’s partner, Courtney Love, and Hanna are included. There were altercations. At one point, Hanna writes, Love got in Hanna’s “face and started hissing like a cat.”
Rebel Girl is also a love story. Hanna has been married to Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz of the Beastie Boys since 2006. Hanna talks about reconciling the fact that as a hardcore feminist she has found herself with a musician whose career to that point had been littered with misogyny. This caused flashbacks to a previous relationship in which I had encountered the same issue. The reconciliation of her persona and her personal life was a point of connection I did not expect. There is a maze that female musicians are asked to navigate, especially in the 1990s but still today. These challenges are discussed openly in the book, and the clear message is that following your heart is more important than anyone’s opinion. A wise lesson for us all.
Hanna articulates her point of view while making you grin ear to ear with the silliness of young love and the tender caregiving role that Horovitz plays for her after their relationship matures and Hanna’s battle with Lyme disease becomes nearly unmanageable. “I was beautiful even when I was drooling and unable to talk,” she recalls Horovitz saying.
The harshest part of Rebel Girl came for me in the post-Bikini Kill era of Hanna’s life. She
explicitly says that she does not want to see the riot girl movement continue. My heart sank as my eyes took in those words. How could this be? In a small portion of a memoir, everything in my world changed. I was now faced with the realization that my idol did not appreciate my efforts, but I turned to another recurring theme of the memoir: “Feminism 101,” Hanna writes, “is rarely perfect.” While this may not be a legacy that Hanna sees moving forward, she repeatedly insists that it was not hers to begin with. Rather, the idolization was thrust upon her while she still managed to stay in some sort of underground yet famous role. If you’ve ever had your worldview changed by a song, a scene, or a stubborn belief that things could be louder and better, this book is calling your name. This is not just a revisit of one person’s life. It is a brave confession and a deeply human story of someone at the forefront of a revolutionary time in music and counterculture. Set against backstage grit and drama, Rebel Girl is not just for the riot girl enthusiast. It is a story for anyone who insists that feminism, art, and healing are a lifelong journey.
Jennifer Zooki Sturges is curator of Riot Girl maniFESTo zine, the leader of a feminist punk band, and the organizer of the Riot Girl Festival. l
Rebel Girl is not just for the riot girl enthusiast. It is a story for anyone who insists that feminism, art, and healing are a lifelong journey.
The author of this article is the best or worst person to write about Rebel Girl. She drank the Kool-Aid.
Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk, by Kathleen Hanna
SCREEN
Love Bites
Though throwing women characters a bone, Taylor Sheridan’s Lioness is as terribly cliched as all his other stuff.
BY KENA SOSA
Taylor Sheridan’s Western TV smash Yellowstone and its many spinoffs tend to lean toward stories about men, so Lioness is a complete change of wardrobe. It’s a nonstop action-packed series centered on a CIA program that employs the charms of women operatives to lead the agency to their terrorist targets.
Although I appreciate the amount of jobs and projects that Sheridan has brought to North Texas and hints of film incentives coming this way because of him, I can say that I am not a big fan of his work.
I made it through two episodes of Landman before recognizing its failure at evolving past cliches, which put me off trying some of his other shows. Sheridan is everywhere, though, and he’s hard to avoid. Yellowstone, 1883, 1923, Landman, Tulsa King, and Mayor of Kingstown are all his handiwork and do have large fanbases, for whatever that’s worth.
With the new incentives funded by the state, Sheridan’s shows can qualify for and bring big money to the film industry in Texas. They’re also a good fit for his key audience. Most of his dramas feature the oil industry and rich ranchers and ranch hands, with female characters mostly serving as lushes, gold diggers, or objects to lust after. I was keen to give Lioness a chance after seeing it stars heavy hitters Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, and Morgan Freeman. What could go wrong?
I spent the big freeze binging Seasons 1 and 2 to give it a fair shot. (Season 3 is expected later this year.) Lioness has enough plotline to move past most of the cheap tricks and female eye candy that is completely gratuitous yet expected to maintain the attention of a certain viewing demographic, but they weren’t enough for me to call out this stuff for what it is.
There has been much talk about representation in TV and film, and this show is a spin rather than step forward in evolution. In looking into whether Lioness would pass the Bechdel Test, for which a story must have more than two female characters who talk to each other about something other than men — in other words, have real story arcs and fully developed personas themselves — I learned that there are many other tests.
One is the Castellini Test. This creation of writer/director/podcaster Bri Castellini adds a crucial third condition: Two named women must have at least five lines of dialogue each and talk to each other about something other than a man, and at least one woman must be integral to the
plot, ensuring the character’s significance beyond just being a talking woman. It addresses the Bechdel Test’s limitation of focusing only on numbers by demanding actual plot relevance and deeper conversation, moving beyond superficial representation.
The Sexy Lamp Test, created by comic book writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, is the one that no show or film should fail, but I am sure many do. In this test, if you can replace the character with a sexy lamp and not damage or alter the plot, the production has failed the Sexy Lamp Test.
Finally, the Mako Mori test is another wellknown means of checking for fairness in film. Named after a character from Pacific Rim, the woman character must have her own story arc that is not to support the story arc of any male character. Basically, she must be her own person with her own mission and not solely a potential lover.
So, putting Lioness to the tests, there are plenty of strong female characters, though many follow the tropes of the femme fatale or ice queen. They do pass the Sexy Lamp Test and serve an important role in the nonstop gritty action. I would say they also pass the Bechdel Test and at times the Castellini and Mako Mori tests.
However, Sheridan undermines these steps forward by falling back onto the old trick of showing only women’s skin without advancing the plot. Watering down the marriage of main character Joe (Saldaña) to physical contact yet expecting viewers to believe she holds profound guilt about being absent from her family feels unconvincing and serves only to create an excuse for intimate scenes. Painting the teenage daughter as a whiny brat and the younger daughter as barely a ghost shows an underdeveloped family that is supposed to be causing Joe’s inner struggle, yet we don’t see who the girls actually are. Introducing new operatives just to carry high-level missions while at the same time using them as eye candy for intimate scenes with other women is not a moral issue at all. It is just making sure to feed the eyes of viewers to keep them watching. Giving most of the main female characters typically male names also makes me wonder if Sheridan simply cannot accept these characters as women at all.
The truth probably lies in between the two scenarios: actual representation and a simultaneous lack of depth. What is true is that Sheridan does not write real women. He writes women that men want to watch. That’s all.
The series itself is watchable, but there is definitely room to fully flesh out the leads in a way that leaves out the flesh. Taylor Sheridan may have wanted to push boundaries here and is sometimes successful, but maybe adding a woman writer might add the depth needed for Lioness to be a truly female-forward show. l
Starring Zoe Saldana, Lioness puts women in the center of the action but keeps them under the male gaze.
Special Ops: Lioness
Starring Zoe Saldaña, Laysla de Oliveira, and Nicole Kidman. Directed by Taylor Sheridan. Written by Taylor Sheridan. Rated TV-MA.
BUCK U
Reloading TCU women’s hoops head into the postseason hoping to create more herstory.
BY BUCK D. ELLIOTT
Sunday was bustling in the Fort. In addition to the typically congested traffic from thousands of psychopaths who not only love to run but pay handsomely to do so during the Cowtown Marathon, College Gameday stopped by Schollmaier Arena to feature a battle of Big 12 women’s-hoops heavyweights, TCU and Baylor. The TCU women’s team is working to expand upon last year’s historic Elite Eight appearance with an even deeper tournament run this season. So far, all is going according to plan as they’ve accumulated 27 wins against only four losses and capped their conference schedule with a home win against Baylor and their second consecutive Big 12 regular-season title.
Admittedly, the first part of the Frogs’ schedule was on the soft side, so it’s advisable to approach this season’s reboot with the cautious optimism of watching a smash-hit indie movie’s sequel. The star power of last year’s squad — point guard Haley Van Lith and center Sedona Prince, who were both graduate transfers last season — have moved on. Van Lith was drafted to the WNBA, and Prince is playing professionally in Greece. Staggeringly, their direct replacements could be even better.
Former Notre Dame point guard Olivia Miles was the most coveted transfer player this last cycle, and she forewent the draft in hopes of a more stable collective bargaining agreement in the pros. She is currently considered — and was also last year — a Top 3 pick for the professional league. Add the versatile play and shooting of a fellow graduate transfer, forward Marta Suarez from Cal, and they have the chance to outperform their predecessors and leave an equal or bigger mark on Funkytown.
Head Coach Mark Campbell is in only his third season with TCU and has shown he is capable of revamping his roster with ready-to-win talent. Campbell, if nothing else, is clearly a coach whom top-tier talent wants to play for. One need only look at the Frogs’ home record to be impressed: 42 consecutive wins on the Schollmaier floor, their last loss in Fort Worth coming just after Valentine’s Day in 2024 — the longest active streak in Division I. Their four road losses are by a combined 15 points — 10 of which were against Utah, a game settled in a flat overtime period — and both ranked losses, against Ohio State and Texas Tech (who are both ranked in the Top 20), were by two points each.
Miles herself is a gasp wrapped in a highlight reel. Those accustomed to Van Lith’s gritty determination and nose for tactical-court finds have to concede that the raw grace with athleticism of Miles leaves fans and opponents alike nodding their heads in begrudging concession or admiration.
Miles is the current NCAA leader in triple-doubles (10 or more points, rebounds, assists, or steals in one game) with 11, and five have come with the Frogs this year, tying the Big 12 single-season record. She’s also the Division I leader with 33 career double-doubles. Miles almost single-handedly dismantled Baylor when the squads met back in February with a season best 40 points.
Suarez is posting impressive stats on her own. The forward drained 32 points in February against
Cincinnati and has seven double-doubles this season. Miles and Suarez were the first teammate pair in D-I women’s hoops history to record double-doubles in the same game, as they combined for 63 points in a ludicrous rout of Arkansas-Pine Bluff 109-54 back in December.
Next on the docket for TCU is a trip back to Kansas City for the conference tournament this week, though their top seed means they won’t play until the quarterfinals on Friday at 1:30pm against Houston, BYU, or Utah. The Frogs’ next round would be Saturday afternoon, likely against the winner of Texas Tech and Oklahoma State with the finals slated for Sunday afternoon. The final conference tournament game last season was a five-point victory over second-seed Baylor, with Van Lith named most valuable tournament player, a distinction likely to be repeated by Miles.
Despite the repeat in overall success, this squad is lagging slightly behind their predecessors with one more conference loss and slightly lower overall placing at the conclusion of the season with a 10th-place national ranking (compared to sixth). Still, the NCAA tournament is likely to run back through Schollmaier again this year as TCU are a projected third seed, offering an expectedly smooth road back to the Sweet 16.
If I’m being critical — which I typically only am of Horned Frog football — I wish we knew a little more about the team at this point in the season. Despite several examples of the TCU women
coming through late in games to defend their home court, last year’s group was more battle-hardened, with more marquee wins, especially early in the season. Wins last year against North Carolina State and Notre Dame (both then ranked in the Top 10) are what put Campbell’s roster on the national radar other than Van Lith’s name recognition. This squad doesn’t have as many heavyweight wins, despite their incredible consistency at home and competitiveness during their few losses. This isn’t necessarily their fault. The conference at large is not as stout as some years past as the Baylor women, who have been a perennial power, are below the program’s extremely high standards, and Iowa State, who were majorly hyped to begin the year, hit a gnarly five-game skid in January. Kansas State is also underperforming compared to last season, and the early-season rematch with NC State was another win for TCU, but the Wolfpack are currently unranked despite still being a tournament-bound team.
In the conference, West Virginia, Baylor, and Texas Tech are all Top 20-ranked but in a small grouping. TCU swept the Mountaineers and Bears and split home-and-home with the Raiders. The Frogs’ best nonconference opponent was a close loss against the Buckeyes (a projected fourth seed) in Columbus.
The other concern for this specific roster is the same one I’ve had with the men’s roster for years: paint presence. A talented big player is a unicorn in basketball. Coaches are typically compromising between a center who is an extremely long or large player who is a defensive presence but not a corresponding offensive factor or a smaller forward who can threaten the field-goal area but will not wall off the paint by themselves. That is where Prince was especially effective, an equally punishing player both offensively and defensively with skill and size. Prince and Miles might have been an unbeatable one-two smash. Suarez changes the gameplan, and while that’s not bad by any means, she tends to be less reliable against high-level teams when outside shooting goes cold or she becomes rattled because of relentless defensive pressure.
It’s difficult to project this talented group going further than last year’s squad when the two are completely different in strengths and makeup, but the scoring potential for Miles and Suarez is certainly higher. Fans won’t be able to gauge how far the team can go until the time is upon them, and that’s likely to be during the Sweet 16. The previous assertion is a wild testament to how fast Campbell has rocketed this program into a contender: that we’re likely waiting until the third round of the NCAA tourney to decide how good they really are. l
Marta Suarez (left), Olivia Miles (center), and Donovyn Hunter (right) are the leading scorers for TCU, combining for 1,514 regular-season points.
TCU Athletics
STUFF
Women’s Hockey Going Pro
Though North Texas does not have a team (yet), the hunger is certainly here.
BY RUSH OLSON
Should we have been surprised to see a lot of people wearing Stars jerseys at a December hockey game at American Airlines Center?
OK, no. Normally such an observation would indicate nothing remarkable. Just the evening before, in fact, 18,532 fans had watched Dallas’ NHL team play the Chicago Blackhawks, with the preponderance of the spectators garbed, as one would expect, in Victory Green. But that Sunday didn’t represent the second night of a back-to-back for the Stars, who had three days off prior to their traditional New Year’s Eve home game. However, it could represent something important for the future of ice hockey.
That December 28 game was contested by teams from New York City and Seattle from the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL). The regular-season contest counted in the standings and came to Dallas as part of the circuit’s 11-city Takeover Tour. These neutral-site matchups showcase the product in areas beyond the home markets of their eight teams, which also include Boston, MinneapolisSt. Paul, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver.
Certainly, the organizers hope to grow interest in the league and women’s ice hockey generally. Their chances at success start with attendance, announced at 8,514 in Dallas. That stacks up well with the tour’s two previous stops this season, which drew 10,264 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta (home of the NHL’s Oilers), and 7,238 at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois (home of the AHL’s Chicago Wolves). The on-ice product showcased a skilled, speedy, physical sport. The game was tightly contested throughout, with the New York Sirens’ Casey O’Brien completing a hat trick on a game-deciding power-play goal late in the third period.
The league operated two merchandise stands on the AAC’s lower concourse. Each had a line of prospective customers that stretched the length of its lobby before the game. Any league would be pleased to see such commercially manifested enthusiasm for its product. And we did see a number of fans already clad in PWHL gear, including for teams beyond the two participants. But we also saw a ton of other pro hockey teams represented. We spotted sweaters for the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, and San Jose Sharks, plus many attendees in Stars jerseys. We
Fort Worth native Ally Simpson went to Stars games as a kid, and her ascendance into the professional ranks provides a ready example of the impact that the NHL team’s presence has had on growing the game in North Texas.
considered that an encouraging sign for women’s hockey, because it said to us that those people considered this game a legitimate part of their hockey fandom.
We also saw a number of girls in matching non-professional jerseys, clearly indicating they played on the same youth team. Their attendance spoke in many ways to the effect the Stars have had on their sport. Since moving to the area in 1993, the club has put considerable resources into creating opportunities in youth hockey. In recent years, especially, that has included programs specific to women and girls. Indeed, New York’s Allyson Simpson and Seattle’s Hannah Bilka had dropped the ceremonial first pucks at the previous evening’s Stars game. Both are North Texas natives who got their starts playing hockey in the area.
The North Texas appearance represents the tour’s southernmost appearance by a goodly margin, with the next-closest dates coming in Washington, D.C., and Denver. Though the Stars and the NHL are a big deal, they’re not the biggest deal in this part of the country — there’s a reason half the PWHL teams are located in Canada. So, casting the widest net possible to expand a fanbase seems vital to their brands’ growth. (In an encouraging sign for the league, the D.C. crowd was reported at a U.S. in-arena women’s hockey record of 17,228.) We’ve seen the Stars franchise and its charitable foundation embrace initiatives in South Dallas and with Hispanic sports fans. They’ve hosted Pride initiatives to tap into potential LGBTQ+ supporters. Indeed, the two sports fans I brought with me that Sunday night (my nieces) had never been to a hockey game (totally my fault; terrible uncle), but they had learned about the sport from the Heated Rivalry TV show that centers on gay male hockey stars. Thanks to Sunday’s experience, they’ll now be excited to check out a Stars game. I will definitely make that happen.
The PWHL expanded by two teams for this season, its third. Continued successes in potential growth markets, along with support from men’s hockey entities (the NHL provides in-kind support to the women’s league), will accelerate the process of adding more franchises. The U.S. women’s exciting overtime win against Canada in the February 19 Olympic gold-medal game won’t hurt, either. Team Canada’s roster consisted entirely of PWHL players. Team USA had mostly PWHLers supplemented by a few NCAA college stars.
At the AAC, we saw fan-created signs requesting a PWHL expansion team for North Texas, including one by some fans sitting in front of us that made it onto the scoreboard video screen. Stars players Jason Robertson and Mavrik Bourque also found themselves on the big TV. They came to the AAC on a night off to watch the PWHL game. Maybe someday they’ll share the arena with one of its teams. l
CLASSIFIEDS
Strategies for Emerging Women Leaders to Thrive in Their Careers
By Samantha Greene
Raman Bhaumik offers a leadership perspective grounded in operational discipline, long-term planning, and a clear view of professional growth. Drawing on that foundation, her insights speak to a broader shift taking place across industries.
As more women enter leadership pipelines in healthcare, business, and professional services, the focus shifts from opportunity to sustaining momentum, credibility, and influence throughout their careers.
Thriving as a leader demands strategic awareness, internal clarity, and the ability to navigate complexity while maintaining direction. For women early in leadership, progress depends on intentionally building competence, managing visibility, and developing authority based on substance.
Building Credibility Through Mastery
Career growth accelerates when credibility is clear, and mastery of one’s domain builds a foundation for confidence, decision-making, and influence. This generation of women leaders benefits by investing deeply in technical and operational knowledge before seeking broader visibility.
Expertise reduces hesitation and sharpens judgment, enabling leaders to contribute meaningfully in high-stakes discussions without overexplaining or deferring. Organizations extend responsibility to those who consistently demonstrate command of their work.
Professional credibility develops through preparation, repetition, and accountability, which, over time, translates into mastery, stabilizing leaders and helping them navigate pressure with composure.
Confidence as an Outcome of Alignment Confidence often results from alignment. When values, skills, and responsibilities are in sync, confidence develops naturally. Leaders who focus on internal alignment are less likely to seek validation through visibility or overextension.
Leadership confidence rooted in alignment supports steady decision-making and clear communication by enabling leaders to set boundaries, assess risk realistically, and accept responsibility without defensiveness. Confidence like this signals readiness for greater responsibility because it reflects self-awareness instead of bravado.
“When confidence comes from clarity, it will always carry more weight,” says Raman Bhaumik, a respected pharmacist and co-founder of Thesis Pharmacy. “People respond to leaders who know what they stand for and why.”
Navigating Visibility Without Overexposure Visibility absolutely supports career advancement, but unmanaged visibility can undermine effectiveness. Today’s women leaders can feel pressure to be constantly present and available, which over time erodes focus and dilutes impact.
Strategic visibility in leadership focuses on contribution over presence. Leaders gain recognition by delivering results, offering insight, and demonstrating reliability in critical moments. Selective visibility reinforces authority by linking presence to substance.
Organizations trust leaders who contribute when their input matters most. Restraint, when combined with consistent performance, strengthens a leader’s professional reputation.
Decision-Making as a Leadership Signal
Decision-making quality is a clear indicator of leadership readiness. Bhaumik has seen firsthand how leaders who approach decisions with structure, context, and accountability build trust across teams and senior leadership.
Sound decisions do not require certainty; instead, they require disciplined evaluation, awareness of trade-offs, and a willingness to take responsibility for outcomes. Leaders who keep this in mind build credibility even when outcomes vary.
Over time, decision-making patterns significantly shape perception more than individual successes or setbacks. Leaders recognized for consistency and judgment often receive broader mandates and greater influence, and in her work, Bhaumik is quick to identify these leaders and help them grow.
Communication That Establishes Authority Authority is reinforced through precise, measured, and intentional communication...
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LEGAL NOTICE
Maria Munoz v Kapil Davis
In the Superior Court of California, County of Ventura in the matter of Maria Munoz, petitioner, and Kapil Davis, respondent.
Case number: D419311
To Kapil Davis, Respondent, you are hereby notified that a divorce action (Petition for Dissolution of marriage) has been filed against you. You have 30 calendar days after the date this publication is complete to file a response with the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. If you do not respond by the deadline, the court may proceed in your absence and grant a default judgement for divorce, potentially deciding issues such as property division and other request without your input.
For legal advice, you should call an attorney immediately.
The original documents are on file with the Court Clerk at the address below:
800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009
The name, address, and telephone number of Petitioner's Attorney: L. Paul Zahn, Esq.
877 S. Victoria Ave., Ste 216 Ventura, CA 93003
3/3/2026
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Consolidated Notice of Receipt of Application and Intent to Obtain Permit and Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision
Air Quality Standard Permit for Concrete Batch Plants Proposed Registration No. 182943L001
Application. Amrize South Central Inc., has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for an Air Quality Standard Permit, Registration No. 182943L001, which would authorize construction of a temporary concrete batch plant located using the following driving directions: from the intersection of Interstate Highway 35 West and Eagle Parkway, travel west on Eagle Parkway for approximately 0.77 miles to find the site on the right. Turn right and travel on unnamed road for approximately 0.3 miles to find the proposed facility location on the left, in Fort Worth, Denton County, Texas 76177. This application is being processed in an expedited manner, as allowed by the commission’s rules in 30 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 101, Subchapter J. AVISO DE IDIOMA ALTERNATIVO. El aviso de idioma alternativo en espanol está disponible en https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/ newsourcereview/airpermits-pendingpermit-apps. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/ LocationMapper/?marker=-97.30124,33.011628&level=13. The proposed facility will emit the following air contaminants: particulate matter including (but not limited to) aggregate, cement, road dust, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds, sulfur dioxide, and particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less.
This application was submitted to the TCEQ on February 9, 2026. The executive director has completed the administrative and technical reviews of the application and determined that the application meets all of the requirements of a standard permit authorized by 30 TAC § 116.611, which would establish the conditions under which the plant must operate. The executive director has made a preliminary decision to issue the registration because it meets all applicable rules. The application, executive director’s preliminary decision, and standard permit will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and at Roanoke Public Library, 308 South Walnut Street, Roanoke, Denton County, Texas 76262, beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review at the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Office, 2309 Gravel Drive, Fort Worth, Texas. Visit www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cbp to review the standard permit. The application, including any updates, is available electronically at the following webpage: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/airpermit-applications-notices.
Public Comment/Public Meeting. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting. See Contacts section. The TCEQ will consider all public comments in developing a final decision on the application. The deadline to submit public comments or meeting requests is 30 days after newspaper notice is published. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the TCEQ’s jurisdiction to consider in the permit process.
The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or ask questions about the application. A public meeting about the application will be held if the executive director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing. If a public meeting is held, the deadline to submit public comments is extended to the end of the public meeting.
Contested Case Hearing. You may request a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court. Unless a written request for a contested case hearing is filed within 30 days from this notice, the executive director may approve the application.
A person who may be affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility is entitled to request a hearing. To request a hearing, a person must actually reside in a permanent residence within 440 yards of the proposed plant. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number; (2) applicant’s name and registration number; (3) the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing;” (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility; and (7) a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period. If the request is made by a group or association, one or more members who have standing to request a hearing must be identified by name and physical address. The interests which the group or association seeks to protect must be identified. You may submit your proposed adjustments to the application which would satisfy your concerns. See Contacts section.
TCEQ Action. After the deadline for public comments, the executive director will consider the comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. The executive director’s decision on the application, and any response to comments, will be mailed to all persons on the mailing list. If no timely contested case hearing requests are received, or if all hearing requests are withdrawn, the executive director may issue final approval of the application. If all timely hearing requests are not withdrawn, the executive director will not issue final approval of the permit and will forward the application and requests to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled commission meeting. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material air quality concerns submitted during the comment period. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the Commission’s jurisdiction to address in this proceeding.
Mailing List. You may ask to be placed on a mailing list to receive additional information on this specific application. See Contacts section.
Information Available Online. For details about the status of the application, visit the Commissioners’ Integrated Database (CID) at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid. Once you have access to the CID using the link, enter the registration number at the top of this notice.
AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. All public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www14.tceq. texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public record. For more information about the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040. You can also view our website for public participation opportunities at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/participation.
Further information may also be obtained from Amrize South Central Inc., 2740 Dallas Parkway Suite 100, Plano, TX 75093-4809 or by calling Ms. Rebecca Finke, Sr. Manager of Environment, Amrize South Central Inc. at (469) 657-8081.
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