Two really cool things recently happened
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 […]
Category Archives: Gender and Sports
A proposal for those who loved watching the Women’s World Cup
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 […]
Feminism needs women’s sports: a female athlete’s take
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 […]
#LikeAGirl: What young girls teach me about the woman I want to be
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 […]
Talking – or not talking – about weight and women
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 […]
I saw the U.S. women’s national soccer team play, and it was everything I’d dreamed of and more
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 […]
WNBA rookie makeup class proves old norms die hard
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 […]
Roxy’s disappointing response to the “All Sex, No Surf” controversy
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 […]
My husband was heckled for running behind me at a race
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 […]
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 […]
Fit and Feminist 