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Monthly Archives: September 2013

I trained, I got swole, now hopefully I will conquer this triathlon

September 19, 2013by Caitlin 32 Comments

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 […]

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Triathlon

Pink makes women less assertive? Really?

September 18, 2013by Caitlin 38 Comments

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 […]

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Gender and Sports

Twelve thoughts I had while watching pro women’s beach volleyball this weekend

September 17, 2013by Caitlin 35 Comments

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 […]

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Gender and Sports

I fell off my bike and bruised everything (including my ego)

September 12, 2013by Caitlin 59 Comments

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 […]

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Heart and Mind, Personal Safety, Triathlon

Let me help you be sexy while playing sports!

September 5, 2013by Caitlin 53 Comments

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 […]

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Gender and Sports

Some thoughts about media coverage of Diana Nyad’s swim

September 4, 2013by Caitlin 13 Comments

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, […]

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Media and Celebrities

Julie Moss, Diana Nyad and the expansion of what it means to be a female athlete

September 2, 2013by Caitlin 30 Comments

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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Gender and Sports

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