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Two really cool things recently happened

November 24, 2015by Caitlin 23 Comments

So I meant to post after the first really cool thing happened, but as days passed I was like, “Well, maybe that can wait.”  But then the other really cool […]

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Gender and Sports, Running, Triathlon

A proposal for those who loved watching the Women’s World Cup

July 9, 2015by Caitlin 17 Comments

It’s been four days since the U.S. won the Women’s World Cup, and excitement over the victory is still high.  Mingled with that excitement, though, is dismay and disgust at […]

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Gender and Sports

Feminism needs women’s sports: a female athlete’s take

July 6, 2015by Caitlin 26 Comments

Last night’s World Cup final between USA and Japan was incredibly exciting to me, not just for the game itself or for the fact that the US Women’s National Team […]

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Gender and Sports

#LikeAGirl: What young girls teach me about the woman I want to be

July 2, 2014by Caitlin 23 Comments

This past Sunday, I did as I often do, which is get up at an obscenely early hour and drive to the site of a race.  Except this time I […]

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Gender and Sports, Heart and Mind

Talking – or not talking – about weight and women

February 21, 2014by Caitlin 44 Comments

When I was younger and learning the ways in which to conduct myself, one of the rules of etiquette I picked up through osmosis was the understanding that you did […]

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Gender and Sports, Health at Every Size

I saw the U.S. women’s national soccer team play, and it was everything I’d dreamed of and more

November 13, 2013by Caitlin 11 Comments

When I heard that the U.S. women’s national soccer team was scheduled to play a friendly against Brazil in Orlando – which is all of 90 minutes away from my […]

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Gender and Sports

WNBA rookie makeup class proves old norms die hard

November 7, 2013by Caitlin 7 Comments

Confession time: I am 34 years old and I am teaching myself how to do my makeup. Well, that’s not accurate, exactly. I know how to do the most basic […]

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Gender and Sports

Roxy’s disappointing response to the “All Sex, No Surf” controversy

October 15, 2013by Caitlin 7 Comments

This past summer, Roxy produced a video ostensibly meant to promote a women’s surfing competition but instead ignited controversy when said video appeared mostly to promote the back of top […]

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Gender and Sports

My husband was heckled for running behind me at a race

October 8, 2013by Caitlin 30 Comments

I competed in my last race of the triathlon season in Siesta Key this weekend, which is sort of a pre-birthday tradition for Brian and me, as this race is […]

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Gender and Sports

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

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