Doing my (tiny) part to bridge the cycling gender gap
There’s been a lot written about the cycling gender gap in the U.S. so I won’t rehash it except to point you here and here and here and – oh […]
Monthly Archives: August 2013
‘The 99ers’ and why it was great to be a girl athlete in the 1990s
Yesterday, when I found myself listening to a bunch of 90s ladycentric rock on YouTube – Veruca Salt, Throwing Muses, Breeders, Lush, etc. – I thought that maybe I was […]
The quiet pleasures of the athlete’s life
I’ve realized recently that I have a tendency to talk about my life as an athlete in terms of achievements, goals and, sometimes, failures and difficulties. I imagine that it […]
Bikinis vs. one-pieces: the debate over swimsuits is not actually about swimsuits
When swimsuit designer Jessica Rey’s video “The Evolution of the Swimsuit” went viral earlier this year, I didn’t pay it much mind, particularly when I learned she tried to make […]
A note of apology to my thighs
Dear thighs, I’m just going to come out and say it – I’ve been a dick to you, and I am sorry about it. I want to try to make […]
Untangling the relationship between weightlifting and uterine prolapse
So the trajectory of this post has been an interesting one. When I started it a few days ago, I had planned to just let fly with the snark. I […]
Fit and Feminist 