Podcast: LGBT Women Through History: Episode 1
Editing a graphic design for her podcast, junior Kalyani Rao learns how to draw on the computer. As the featured image for “LGBT Women In History,” Rao decided she wanted to have a hand drawn image to inspire artistic feelings in her listeners. “I just think it’s fun and down to earth to create an image that I feel like fits my podcast without photos,” Rao said. “I enjoyed learning how to do digital artwork and create the image myself.”
“LGBT Women Through History” is a podcast started by junior Kalyani Rao in August 2021. The podcast aims to cover LGBT female figures throughout different time periods. Rao hopes to inform and entertain listeners with the stories of LGBT women and their lives.
Column: LGBTQ+ representation in media builds identities, community
Opinion: Representation of lesbianism in media creates harm
“LGBT Women Through History” is a podcast hosted by journalist Kalyani Rao which revolves around showcasing the lives of important LGBT women throughout history. In the pilot episode, Rao discusses Julie d’Aubigny, a 17th-century sword-slinger and opera singer who set fire to a convent to rescue her girlfriend, dueled men to the death – and won – while being a singer for one of the world’s most famous music companies and died at the mere age of 33.
Topics Covered:
- Introducing Julie d’Aubigny
- Key events in her life
- Host’s opinions, takeaway
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Honors, Experience and Awards:
5 Best of Sno publications.
5th place in Copy Editing, district UIL meet 2021
Honorable mention- Podcast interview, 2021 TAJE Fall Fiesta
UIL Journalist 2020-2021, 2021-2022
Quill and Scroll Society member 2021-2022
1st place in Copy Editing for CENTEX UIL meet 2021-2022
3rd place in Copy Editing for Aubrey UIL meet 2022
2nd place in Copy Editing for NorTex UIL District meet 2022
National Silver award for poetry from the Scholastic Art & Writing organization
National Recognition Award from College Board
AP Scholar with Distinction Award
2 Best in Texas News & Broadcast Awards, 2022: Personal Opinion Column- Honorable Mention, News Story- Honorable Mention
President of the Classic Book Club, 2020-onwards
Member of the National Spanish Honors Society (NSHS)
PHS Award for Academic Excellence in Newspaper II, 2022
Dean’s Scholarship for Cornell University Pre -College Program
Sibley Scholarship for Brown University Pre -College Program
CIEE Global Navigator Scholarship
flipphone • Sep 2, 2021 at 4:27 pm
I saw the tweet linking to this podcast got deleted. Can’t imagine why.
ENO • Sep 3, 2021 at 5:18 am
Flipphone, The ENO team deleted the Tweet only because we accidentally tagged some of the wrong sources. It would still be there if Twitter gave anyone the right to edit. LoL. Thank you for reading and following, Flipphone. The journalists at ENO work daily to give voice to all members of the student body.