http://www.radio4all.net/series/These%20Things%20that%20People%20Make%20(based%20on%20CFRU%2093.3FM)%20Radio Project Series: These Things that People Make (based on CFRU 93.3FM) Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:15:30 +0000240http://www.radio4all.net/program/52558Coco Riot is so cool. They are an organizer, and activist, whose got three awesome projects on the go right now: Llueven Queers, This is about Having An Accent and Animation Film. Coco talks about the history of their activism, and art practice and the politics and ideas behind their most recent projects. These Things That People MakeSun, 19 Jun 2011 16:15:30 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/52557Mary Breen, owner of Wise Daughters talks about her history of working in non profit organizations in the poltical climate of the Harris and Harper Governments, and coming to start her own small business: Wise Daughters, a fabulous craft market located in the junction in Toronto. These Things That People MakeSun, 19 Jun 2011 14:56:45 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/52194These Things that People Make interviews Shameless Magazine's Art and Editorial Director, Sheila Sampath. Sheila talks about how Shameless magazine defines feminism, the shift towards and explicitly political mandate, making a magazine on no budget and the important work of breaking down political ideas for people who aren't necessarily in the same subculture. The value of considering language. These Things That People MakeThu, 02 Jun 2011 10:24:49 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/52144Do You Read Me? is a collaborative art book zine project done by the Oakville Gallery's Youth Council, Bronte Youth Centre, and The Art Gallery of Ontario's Youth Council, coordinated by Sarah Febbraro, Oakville Gallery's Community Arts Programmer. Do you Read Me? contains whole zines, artist pages and answers to anonymous question cards. Its a gorgeous really interesting project that ended up being over 200 pages long. I interviewed Cait Harben, artist educator who worked on the project and a room full of the artists from the Oakville Galleries Youth Council whose work is featured in the book. Listen to the interview to hear about the process of putting the book together, the individual artist's practices and thoughts about the role of politics in artThese Things That People MakeTue, 31 May 2011 10:21:00 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/51025This live in studio interview features live spinning, discusssions of public knitting, narrative knitting,local yarn and wool sourcing, breaking knitting rules, and garbage and poop in wool. These Things That People MakeThu, 14 Apr 2011 15:30:34 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/50811Teresa Cheng, awesome Toronto based zine maker talks about three of her zine projects: Dykes and Their Hair, Upskirt: Dirty (Un)Feminist Secrets and Feeling Words: A Pocket Zine of Emotions. These Things that People Make peruses these zines with Teresa, and talks about the politics (and timing) behind these projects.These Things That People MakeThu, 07 Apr 2011 09:04:53 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/50723Jamie Q discusses her newest zine project, What Make an Object Queer? These Things That People MakeMon, 04 Apr 2011 08:08:40 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/50456Sarah Evans talks about her DIY pet calendar project, its history and why community pet calendars are awesome. We also talk about the importance of keeping good records of rad projects for remembering awesome social histories. We also talk about the phenomenon of the 24 Hour Zine Challenge, the Anchor Archive's history with 24 Hour Zine Challenges. These Things That People MakeFri, 25 Mar 2011 10:28:29 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/50304Kaley and Emily discuss their comical and critical zine A How to Guide to Manarchy, define Manarchism, and the problems of Manarchism within Anarchism (Sexism and Macho posturing within radical political movements). They read their zine and discuss the responses to the zine. They discuss what it means or what it is like to share political ideals with people but not necessarily share the same aesthetic or entertainment interests. These Things That People MakeMon, 21 Mar 2011 09:04:42 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/50021Sarah Mangle, Host of These Things that People Make, interviews Kim and Natalie, editors of the Awkward Sex Zine, an anthology of first person stories about awkward sex, written by women. Kim and Natalie discuss their reasons for initiating the project, and discuss the important things that happen when people tell their tales of awkward sex. These Things That People MakeThu, 10 Mar 2011 14:10:37 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/49852Amy Leigh tells the history of her TwelveohTwo Zine Distro, zine culture in Edmonton and Toronto over the last 7 years, the logistics of having a tabling distro, the League of Zine Girls, Riot Grrl Toronto, and 90's nostalgia and criticism, and Broken Pencil's ideas of zine culture (and Amy's ideas)These Things That People MakeThu, 03 Mar 2011 10:16:19 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/49706Allyson MItchell discusses how her work confronts the cultural lie of queer acceptance. Discussions include a definition of what it means to be a maximalist artist, current climates of queer activism in Toronto, the airing of queer dirty laundry in public, and her plans for a Lesbian Feminist Haunted House. If you missed the first part of the interview, don't worry. This half of the interview stands on its own. These Things That People MakeThu, 24 Feb 2011 16:16:39 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/49528Deep Lez craft superstar artist, feminist and fabulous queer woman Allyson Mitchell tells the story of how she got to where she is now in her art/craft practice, and begins to discuss her show "One Girl's Journey to the Well of Forbidden Knowledge" that was up at the Art Gallery of Ontario this past fall. These Things That People MakeThu, 17 Feb 2011 16:42:43 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/49319Erin of the Arrow Archive Zine Library tells the history of the library: its move from Hamilton to Guelph. Erin gives her top 11 picks of zines of all time, discusses the zines she makes, what makes a good quality zine and the zine scenes of Guelph and Hamilton. These Things That People MakeThu, 10 Feb 2011 10:15:00 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/49246Sara Marcus shares the story of the process of collecting interviews, artifacts, cassette tapes, and conducting interviews to write Girls To the Front - The True Story of Riot Grrl Revolution. Sara reads an excerpt from the book and discusses the challenges of navigating the terrain of writing a story of Riot Grrl that involves so many people's stories. She also discusses what it means to connect the stories of Riot Grrl to the wider context of political history taking place at the time. These Things That People MakeMon, 07 Feb 2011 20:05:34 +0000