Frau Pow
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Frau Pow was started by two roller derby teammates wanting to tackle uncomfortable conversations. The hosts share the empowerment and support that they have found in the roller derby community. They feature discussions on topics that you typically do not want to bring up at the dinner table, with the goal to normalize issues like
Frau Pow
7M ago
Rebel Rouse, Youtube creator of Queer Girl Straight Skates, comes on Frau Pow to discuss her Youtube channel, bringing skating to people of all races, sizes, needs, and skatestyles, and learning from the skaters who have come before you.
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Frau Pow
7M ago
This week the guest is the incredible Ebony, who discusses her experience as a black woman and her work as a nurse, explaining the presence of racism in the healthcare system along with the rest of society.
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Frau Pow
7M ago
Odd and Rags discuss how important it is for corporate policies and practices to consider transparency. They examine how destructive it is to encourage hiding salaries and not fully explaining promotions, especially to women and BIPOCs working those spaces.
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7M ago
This week's guest is the incredible Sam! They identify as a non-binary lesbian, which Rags and Odd discuss their gender identity and recognizing gender euphoria. Sam also discusses life with disability from relationships, to acess, to getting an education. Check out this episode for some really great stories from Sam and insight on life in general.
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Frau Pow
7M ago
This episode of DGMS is about self-diagnosis. After a visit to Reddit, Odd is interested in whether or not self-diagnosis is helpful. Odd and Rags dicsuss the merits of self-diagnosis in an unequal helath care system, and some fo the dangers of it.
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7M ago
This week Odd and Rags get to interivew Olive, founder of Queer Skate Alliance. Queer Skate Alliance focuses on empowering queer folks of all backgrounds who currently establish and evolve the experience of being a queer-identified skater. They talk about representation in Roller Derby and ways to further in diveristy in sports and organizations seeking change in their policies.
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Frau Pow
7M ago
This week Odd and Rags follow up last week's DGMS about Black Lives Matter with a discussion about anti racism and keeping up the fight while it continues on against what feels like very slow change.
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Frau Pow
7M ago
Odd and Rags interview Rachel Rotten! Derby skater, stunt skater, taxidermy collector, Rachel Rotten is an all around amazing human, who importantly is working to support companies and businesses that normally don't get a large piece of the pie. She talk about working within a system that not meant to help anyone but white cis het men, and what we can try to do to change that.
She also talks about living with Crohn's and being a bad ass derby player.
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