I trained, I got swole, now hopefully I will conquer this triathlon
I’m three days away from the Paradise Coast International Triathlon, which is the race I have been basically training my ass off for the last three months. After my supremely […]
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Pink makes women less assertive? Really?
To pink or not to pink: are we still asking this question? Evidently we are! Last week, the Guardian published a blog post by Grace Wong in which she asked […]
Twelve thoughts I had while watching pro women’s beach volleyball this weekend
This past weekend was about as perfect as weekends get when you are a feminist-minded fitness junkie like myself. On Saturday, I ran my favorite 10K loop around a nearby […]
I fell off my bike and bruised everything (including my ego)
It only took a few weeks but I finally got my bike fitted and my shoes cleated and everything ready for me to take Felicia, as I have christened my […]
Let me help you be sexy while playing sports!
Hey ladies! Do you feel feel unattractive and undesirable when you line up at the local 5K? Does playing basketball make you feel wistful for the other balls you’d really […]
Some thoughts about media coverage of Diana Nyad’s swim
On Monday, when Diana Nyad was in the final hours of her historic swim, I was at work. I work as a web producer for a cable television news station, […]
Julie Moss, Diana Nyad and the expansion of what it means to be a female athlete
To be a female athlete in these times is to be a living, breathing part of a tectonic shift in the cultural narratives told about what it means to be […]
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