Growing up, reading and writing were things that made Sonora Reyes feel "dumb" in school. So how did they get from there to writing the Lamba Literary Award-winning, National Book Award-nominated Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School? In this interview, Sonora discusses healing their relationship to writing through fanfiction, growing up with a combination of brown pride and gay shame, and receiving an autism diagnosis later in life. Listen to the interview at qtpocart.libsyn.com. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia. Read the transcript <a href= "https://www.scribd.com/document/754679962/We-Want-the-Airwaves-119-Sonora-Reyes"> here</a>. Support the podcast <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/artactivistnia">here</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Growing up, reading and writing were things that made Sonora Reyes feel "dumb" in school. So how did they get from there to writing the Lamba Literary Award-winning, National Book Award-nominated &lt;em&gt;Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School&lt;/em&gt;? In this interview, Sonora discusses healing their relationship to writing through fanfiction, growing up with a combination of brown pride and gay shame, and receiving an autism diagnosis later in life. Listen to the interview at qtpocart.libsyn.com. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Read the transcript &lt;a href= "https://www.scribd.com/document/754679962/We-Want-the-Airwaves-119-Sonora-Reyes"&gt; here&lt;/a&gt;. Support the podcast &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/artactivistnia"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Growing up, reading and writing were things that made Sonora Reyes feel "dumb" in school. So how did they get from there to writing the Lamba Literary Award-winning, National Book Award-nominated Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School? In this interview,...

119: Sonora Reyes

A panel featuring four of Nia King's favorite artists: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/sawyerlovett/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sawyer Lovett</a>, Joe Hatton, <a href= "http://vovovovo.weebly.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vo Vo</a>, and <a href="https://www.croadcore.org/">Cristy C. Road</a>. Zines played a crucial role in reducing social isolation for many of us, whether we were one of the only punks of color in our scene (Nia in Boston, Joe in the Dakotas, and Vo in Sydney, Australia), or the only gay in our rural Virginia town (Sawyer). Cristy C. Road discusses growing up in Miami's predominantly Black and brown punk scene and using zines to process heartbreak and trauma. Other important zinesters that received shout-outs (or should have include): <ul> <li><a href="https://www.mimithinguyen.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Mimi Thi Nguyen</a></li> <li><a href="https://qtpocart.libsyn.com/90-jackie-wang">Jackie Wang</a></li> <li><a href="https://gsws.sas.upenn.edu/people/lauren-jade-martin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lauren Jade Martin</a></li> <li><a href="https://qtpocart.libsyn.com/106-suzy-x">Suzy X</a></li> <li><a href="https://qtpocart.libsyn.com/57-osa-atoe" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Osa Atoe</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.adeeroberson.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Adee Roberson</a></li> <li><a href="https://lawrencelindell.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Lawrence Lindell</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.breenache.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Breena Nuñez</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ajuanmance.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Ajuan Mance</a></li> <li>the <a href="https://gittings.qzap.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Queer Zine Archive Project</a></li> <li><a href="https://zines.barnard.edu/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Jenna Freedman/the Barnard Zine Library</a></li> <li>this list truly never ends.</li> </ul> Shout out to Amirah Mizrahi for the <a href= "https://www.scribd.com/document/722895970/We-Want-the-Airwaves-118-Queer-and-Trans-Comics-and-Zines-Panel"> transcription</a> and Maliha Ahmed for running tech.

<description>&lt;p&gt;A panel featuring four of Nia King's favorite artists: &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/sawyerlovett/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Sawyer Lovett&lt;/a&gt;, Joe Hatton, &lt;a href= "http://vovovovo.weebly.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Vo Vo&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://www.croadcore.org/"&gt;Cristy C. Road&lt;/a&gt;. Zines played a crucial role in reducing social isolation for many of us, whether we were one of the only punks of color in our scene (Nia in Boston, Joe in the Dakotas, and Vo in Sydney, Australia), or the only gay in our rural Virginia town (Sawyer). Cristy C. Road discusses growing up in Miami's predominantly Black and brown punk scene and using zines to process heartbreak and trauma.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Other important zinesters that received shout-outs (or should have include):&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mimithinguyen.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Mimi Thi Nguyen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://qtpocart.libsyn.com/90-jackie-wang"&gt;Jackie Wang&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://gsws.sas.upenn.edu/people/lauren-jade-martin" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Lauren Jade Martin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://qtpocart.libsyn.com/106-suzy-x"&gt;Suzy X&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://qtpocart.libsyn.com/57-osa-atoe" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Osa Atoe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.adeeroberson.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Adee Roberson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://lawrencelindell.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Lawrence Lindell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.breenache.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Breena Nuñez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ajuanmance.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Ajuan Mance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;the &lt;a href="https://gittings.qzap.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Queer Zine Archive Project&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://zines.barnard.edu/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Jenna Freedman/the Barnard Zine Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;this list truly never ends.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Shout out to Amirah Mizrahi for the &lt;a href= "https://www.scribd.com/document/722895970/We-Want-the-Airwaves-118-Queer-and-Trans-Comics-and-Zines-Panel"&gt; transcription&lt;/a&gt; and Maliha Ahmed for running tech.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

A panel featuring four of Nia King's favorite artists: , Joe Hatton, , and . Zines played a crucial role in reducing social isolation for many of us, whether we were one of the only punks of color in our scene (Nia in Boston, Joe in the Dakotas, and...

118: Queer & Trans Comics & Zines

<a href="http://www.niaking.com/podcast.html">We Want the Airwaves</a> celebrates 10 years with a panel featuring six of the artists from <a href= "http://www.niaking.com/store/p1/QTAOCvol3.html">Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume Three</a>: <a href= "https://www.antjwilliams.com">Anthony J. Williams</a>, <a href= "https://jwam.ubc.ca/profile/kamal-al-solaylee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamal Al-Soylaylee</a>, <a href= "https://powerandmagicpress.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Joamette Gil</a>, <a href= "https://msha.ke/venuskiithomas">Venus Kii Thomas</a>, <a href= "https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/qwo-li-driskill" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Qwo-Li Driskill</a>, and <a href= "https://potterybyosa.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Osa Atoe</a>! (This is the first part of a two-part episode, so you will only hear Ant, Kamal, and Jo on it.) This panel is co-hosted by Maliha Ahmed, co-editor of <a href= "http://www.niaking.com/books.html" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume Three</a>, and sponsored by the Aydelotte Foundation, Black Studies, Film & Media Studies, and the Libraries at Swarthmore College. Art by Gabriela Riveros and Dan Nosheny. Tune back in next month for part two! Read the transcript <a href= "https://www.scribd.com/document/635640609/We-Want-the-Airwaves-117-10-Year-Anniversary-Episode" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. Support the podcast <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/artactivistnia" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">here</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.niaking.com/podcast.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;We Want the Airwaves&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; celebrates 10 years with a panel featuring six of the artists from &lt;a href= "http://www.niaking.com/store/p1/QTAOCvol3.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Queer &amp; Trans Artists of Color, Volume Three&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href= "https://www.antjwilliams.com"&gt;Anthony J. Williams&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://jwam.ubc.ca/profile/kamal-al-solaylee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Kamal Al-Soylaylee&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://powerandmagicpress.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Joamette Gil&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://msha.ke/venuskiithomas"&gt;Venus Kii Thomas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/qwo-li-driskill" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Qwo-Li Driskill&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href= "https://potterybyosa.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Osa Atoe&lt;/a&gt;! (This is the first part of a two-part episode, so you will only hear Ant, Kamal, and Jo on it.) This panel is co-hosted by Maliha Ahmed, co-editor of &lt;a href= "http://www.niaking.com/books.html" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Queer &amp; Trans Artists of Color, Volume Three&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and sponsored by the Aydelotte Foundation, Black Studies, Film &amp; Media Studies, and the Libraries at Swarthmore College. Art by Gabriela Riveros and Dan Nosheny. Tune back in next month for part two!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Read the transcript &lt;a href= "https://www.scribd.com/document/635640609/We-Want-the-Airwaves-117-10-Year-Anniversary-Episode" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Support the podcast &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/artactivistnia" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

celebrates 10 years with a panel featuring six of the artists from : , , , , , and ! (This is the first part of a two-part episode, so you will only hear Ant, Kamal, and Jo on it.) This panel is co-hosted by Maliha Ahmed, co-editor of , and sponsored...

117: Ten Year Anniversary Episode, pt. 1

In this very special CROSSOVER episode, I interview the hosts of the Mexican podcast No Hay Tos (in English after they interviewed me for their own show in Spanish). Beto and Héctor, both long-time Spanish teachers, discuss their own language-learning journey, what they love about podcasting, and some of the challenges of teaching. Check out their podcast at nohaytospodcast.com. Read the transcript of this interview at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this very special CROSSOVER episode, I interview the hosts of the Mexican podcast No Hay Tos (in English after they interviewed me for their own show in Spanish). Beto and Héctor, both long-time Spanish teachers, discuss their own language-learning journey, what they love about podcasting, and some of the challenges of teaching. Check out their podcast at nohaytospodcast.com. Read the transcript of this interview at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In this very special CROSSOVER episode, I interview the hosts of the Mexican podcast No Hay Tos (in English after they interviewed me for their own show in Spanish). Beto and Héctor, both long-time Spanish teachers, discuss their own...

116: No Hay Tos

Sri Lankan-American Tamil trans woman reporter and martial artist Simi Kadirgamar is the guest on this month's podcast episode. In it, we discuss her reported/illustrated zine on the Indian and Pakistani occupation of Kashmir, a family that peddles Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training to police all over the world, and why she chose hate groups and the far-right as her beat. Shout out to my BFF Amirah for introducing me to this amazing woman! Read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Sri Lankan-American Tamil trans woman reporter and martial artist Simi Kadirgamar is the guest on this month's podcast episode. In it, we discuss her reported/illustrated zine on the Indian and Pakistani occupation of Kashmir, a family that peddles Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training to police all over the world, and why she chose hate groups and the far-right as her beat. Shout out to my BFF Amirah for introducing me to this amazing woman! Read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Sri Lankan-American Tamil trans woman reporter and martial artist Simi Kadirgamar is the guest on this month's podcast episode. In it, we discuss her reported/illustrated zine on the Indian and Pakistani occupation of Kashmir, a family that peddles...

115: Simi Kadirgamar

Nia King's trying to figure out if her dream of making a living as an art activist is beyond reach. In this podcast, she seeks advice from other political queer artists, trans artists, and artists of color who seem to have figured out how to make art and make rent without compromising their values.

We Want the Airwaves: QPOC Artists on the Rise

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