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Women Who Arm Wrestle

What happens when women get up on stage dressed to the nines and are judged not for their beauty, but for their strength? Groups of women around the country have been exploring just that with competitive arm wrestling leagues. Two of these leagues are based in North Carolina, the League of Upper Extremity Wrestling Women in Durham (LUEWWD) and the Greensboro Arm Wrestling League (GRAWL). The competitors create characters, don costumes, and compete to raise money for charities that support women and girls.

Host Frank Stasio talks with two local arm wrestlers, Laura Eynon and Dawn Bland, and Tonya VanDeinse, a Durham-based woman who sits on the board of the Collective of Lady Arm Wrestlers (CLAW USA) that coordinates efforts around the country. LUEWWD hosts an event to raise money for Partners for Youth Opportunity Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at The Bar in Durham.

Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.