Media
Rachel Scanlon Is Evangelizing Queer Joy
Written by Catie Keck
On a Wednesday afternoon in late March, Rachel Scanlon is preparing to showcase a new hour. For a comedian, this is invaluable pre-show time. It’s the stretch that might usually get eaten up by workshopping, refining, and tightening. What she’s doing instead is sharing an hour of her time talking to Lesbian Culture Club about the importance of building community. It’s something that’s happened organically across her many creative projects, work that positions her as a quasi-evangelist for queer joy with a comedic style that’s unmistakably her own.
When Rachel logs on for our...
On a Wednesday afternoon in late March, Rachel Scanlon is preparing to showcase a new hour. For a comedian, this is invaluable pre-show time. It’s the stretch that might usually get eaten up by workshopping, refining, and tightening. What she’s doing instead is sharing an hour of her time talking to Lesbian Culture Club about the importance of building community. It’s something that’s happened organically across her many creative projects, work that positions her as a quasi-evangelist for queer joy with a comedic style that’s unmistakably her own.
When Rachel logs on for our...
Mal Glowenke’s Empire State of Mind
Written by Catie Keck
Following a move to New York, Made It Out host Mal Glowenke is building a new chapter for herself and for her rapidly expanding media company.
Tucking into an exchange with Mal Glowenke feels a lot like sipping a perfectly brewed mug of lavender chamomile tea: familiar, comforting, and effortlessly warm. It’s a useful quality for a people person. It’s invaluable for a podcast host.
On Made It Out, her queer culture and storytelling podcast and a GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Podcast nominee last year, Mal tackles personal, delicate, and sometimes hot-button topics. Being...
Following a move to New York, Made It Out host Mal Glowenke is building a new chapter for herself and for her rapidly expanding media company.
Tucking into an exchange with Mal Glowenke feels a lot like sipping a perfectly brewed mug of lavender chamomile tea: familiar, comforting, and effortlessly warm. It’s a useful quality for a people person. It’s invaluable for a podcast host.
On Made It Out, her queer culture and storytelling podcast and a GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Podcast nominee last year, Mal tackles personal, delicate, and sometimes hot-button topics. Being...
LCC Member Feature: Khanh Vu on Building, Belonging, and Claiming Space
Khanh is a Portland-based tax leader and licensed contractor who moves fluidly between corporate strategy and hands-on building, bringing a grounded, multidimensional approach to everything she does. As someone deeply connected to both community and craft, she’s passionate about creating spaces that are not only functional and sustainable, but also inclusive and empowering.
Outside of her professional work, Khanh is actively involved in expanding access and representation in the surf community, working with organizations that bring more women of color into the lineup. Her perspective is shaped by a balance of discipline and presence, structure and adaptability, and a...
Outside of her professional work, Khanh is actively involved in expanding access and representation in the surf community, working with organizations that bring more women of color into the lineup. Her perspective is shaped by a balance of discipline and presence, structure and adaptability, and a...
LCC Member Feature: Mayra Arreola on Belonging, Intuition, and Becoming Whole
Written by Carrie Hinton,
Photography by Andreia Claro Photography
Mayra Arreola is in a season she describes not with titles or roles, but with feeling.
She wakes up grateful. Grounded. At peace. A little scared, maybe, but curious in a way that feels expansive rather than anxious. “It feels like a world of possibilities,” she says, “like there are many paths I could take.” What excites her most is not certainty, but exploration. The rare gift of time and mental space to look inward and ask a question she has carried quietly for years: What does...
Photography by Andreia Claro Photography
Mayra Arreola is in a season she describes not with titles or roles, but with feeling.
She wakes up grateful. Grounded. At peace. A little scared, maybe, but curious in a way that feels expansive rather than anxious. “It feels like a world of possibilities,” she says, “like there are many paths I could take.” What excites her most is not certainty, but exploration. The rare gift of time and mental space to look inward and ask a question she has carried quietly for years: What does...
