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Monthly Archives: May 2013

Thinking about Rachel Cosgrove’s defense of her new book

May 30, 2013by Caitlin 62 Comments

Rachel Cosgrove recently put out her second book, Drop Two Sizes, and the reception has been…well, from what I’ve seen, it’s been what you could charitably call “ambivalent.”  Charlotte Anderson […]

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Fitness Industry Fails, Media and Celebrities

Adventures in open water swimming #4: Of wetsuits and jellyfish

May 26, 2013by Caitlin 20 Comments

Editor’s note: Before I begin this post, I wanted to say hi, welcome, wilkommen, bienvenida, bienvenue, and holy shit, there are a lot of new readers here.  I am sorry […]

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Swimming

What happens when the pursuits of “skinny” and “strong” collide?

May 21, 2013by Caitlin 285 Comments

By now I’m sure most of you are familiar with the saying “Strong is the new skinny.”  It shows up fairly regularly on fitspo images and in fitness circles as […]

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Fascist Beauty Standards, Fitness Industry Fails

I took a pole dance class (and I liked it)

May 15, 2013by Caitlin 81 Comments

Are there many things more certain to ignite controversy among a certain class of feminists than the idea of pole dancing for fun and fitness?  The controversy has ebbed somewhat […]

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Women and Muscles

Pop culture needs more Briennes of Tarth

May 8, 2013by Caitlin 54 Comments

A few months ago, my husband was watching “Hunted” on Cinemax while I was puttering around on the series of tubes, and after one particularly action-packed sequence where the female […]

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Media and Celebrities

My problem with women-only races is not the ‘women-only’ part

May 1, 2013by Caitlin 52 Comments

The last time I did a women’s race was the 2011 Iron Girl half-marathon in Clearwater, and by the time I crossed the finish line, I swore never again.  I […]

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Running

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