what we've been doing

last week and beyond:
FEB 2, 2010
This week we are talking with Meghann Rosales, author and illustrator of Jug Wine Comix.Her website is www.jugwinecomix.blogspot.com. She will have work available at Staple at the Monarch Event Center the first Saturday in March.
Check out sweet plug:
http://jugwinecomix.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-radio-oh-oh.html

JAN 26, 2010
Tonight we talked to two of the TXRD Lonestar Roller Girls, Smarty and Miso. They explained to us the difference between banked track and flat track derby. We also talked about the history of roller derby.
From the TXRD website, www.txrd.com :
Roller Derby, Texas-style
Founded in 2001 in Austin,Texas by She-EOs Anya Jack, April Herman, Heather Burdick and Nancy Lynn, TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls was started with a vision of outrageous production value and fabulous women on skates. The Lonestar Rollergirls are local favorite daughters as well as a hearty entertainment staple, perfectly blending the "Keep Austin Weird" attitude with a free-wheeling pursuit of fun and competition, with rocking local music thrown in for good measure.
High Impact
Primarily composed of women between the ages of 21 and 40+, the Lonestar Rollergirls embody a "do-it-yourself" attitude, pooling their resources and varied skill sets to keep their league up and rolling. With 10+ committees and an elected governing body, these women have fought to build their organization from the ground up, never taking an official loan and keeping the majority of league responsibilities in-house. The same work ethic continues to pervade the league today, as the rollergirls look to the future and plot the course for where the next five years will take them. Their plans are big and their dreams even bigger, and there is no doubt that these women will continue to impact Austin, and beyond, in a serious way.
Teams
We currently have five teams: The Hellcats (50's-style vixens who love their hotrods and switchblades), The Putas Del Fuego (Cholas with a taste for blood and tequila), The Holy Rollers (the baddest bullies in the Sacred Heart schoolyard), The Rhinestone Cowgirls (Texas fillies that offer up the best in country-fried violence), and the Cherry Bombs (ruthless Rock 'n' Roll misfits run amuck).
The History
The Lonestar Rollergirls' first public bout was seen by approximately 400 spectators. By season's end, crowd attendance had reached 1,300, with hundreds having to be turned away at the door. Now, as the 80-member skater-owned and operated league hits its fifth anniversary, the sport of roller derby has grown in incredible leaps and bounds, as has the amount of involvement that each skater puts into this business.
In 2003, TXRD purchased an original roller derby banked track, making them the first all-girl league to ever skate on a banked track. TXRD has sparked a roller derby revival and can be directly connected to new leagues springing up in cities around the world, from the Cayman Islands, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.

JAN 20, 2010
This week we talked to our friend Ben about his experience coming out in college. He spoke on his experience being gay in a small Texas town. We discussed the importance of tolerance and understanding, even toward people who are less-than-tolerant of the gay community. Zoja, Rocky, and I explored the importance of understanding the population's mainstream conception of a "gender binary" and how we don't quite fit in with that conception although we are straight, white women. We informed the audience of UT's Gender and Sexuality center and we spoke on what it is to be an ally.

NOV 11, 2009
Tonight we are going to be interviewing Sheeva Marvdashti and Cayce Smith from Global Health Project. Global health Project is a small group at UT dedicated to improving the conditions of Nicaraguan health care. In January, the group will be visiting the interior of the country (Chinandega) and an island on the Carribean side of the country - Blue Flowers. They will be working with a womens clinic on the island and a community clinic in Chinandega. They plan to bring much needed medical supplies to the country and help in any way they can during their stay.