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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Get Fit for the Pit #1

June 24, 2011by Caitlin 1 Comment

What happens if you are a punk who plays sports?  What if you play sports and you like punk?  What if you think jocks suck yet you love to get […]

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Some thoughts on media and fear

June 23, 2011by Caitlin

I wrote my post about my fear of running alone in the dark yesterday and published it knowing full well that I have many, many more thoughts on the relationship […]

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I don’t run at night: women, running and personal safety

June 22, 2011by Caitlin 4 Comments

This morning, in one of my daily newsletters from Runners World, I found a link entitled “Do you run alone at night?”  The link led me to a discussion in […]

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Gender and Sports

Tabloids make me die a little inside

June 21, 2011by Caitlin

Before we begin, a confession: I read tabloids. I’m not proud of this, but sometimes when I’m on the cardio machines at the gym – and I will not lie, […]

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Media and Celebrities

Don’t run like a girl – run like an animal

June 20, 2011by Caitlin 4 Comments

So more and more women have taken up running in recent years, which obviously I think is great, but along with it has come this proliferation of running shirts emblazoned […]

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Gender and Sports

Ladies Guide to the Weight Room Pt. 2: Screwing yer courage

June 17, 2011by Caitlin 6 Comments

I still remember the first time I walked into a weight room.  The guy I was dating at the time asked me if I wanted to join him, and because […]

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Ladies Guide to Weight Room

On hijab, women and sports

June 15, 2011by Caitlin 6 Comments

Yesterday I wrote briefly about the issue of Muslim women who have found their participation in sports on a world-class level restricted because of their refusal to compete without head […]

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Gender and Sports, Sharp-Dressed Women

‘Weightlifting could change your life’

June 14, 2011by Caitlin

Naomi Alderman is the latest convert to the Church of Weightlifting is Awesome: There’s a weightlifting area in my gym – not just the rows of dinky handweights by the […]

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Ladies Guide to Weight Room

Reasons why summer is good for you

June 13, 2011by Caitlin

Things summer forces you to do: 1. Wear shorts 2. Wear shirts or dresses with spaghetti straps 3. Sweat 4. Think about your body differently Read the rest of this […]

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Sharp-Dressed Women

Hijab, skirts and bikinis: clothes and the lady athlete

June 13, 2011by Caitlin 1 Comment

Over the past couple of weeks, a handful of stories caught my attention, all of them having to do with the role of women’s clothing in sports and fitness. Ironic […]

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Sharp-Dressed Women

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