My kingdom for running shorts with pockets
A couple of days ago I ordered some running shorts from Oiselle, as I needed some new running shorts and have all but given up on most brands of running […]
Category Archives: Sharp-Dressed Women
We can be (Superfit) Heroes: Supporting body positive athletic gear for women
Superfit Hero founder Micki Krimmel reached out to me several months ago about her plans to launch a high-performance line of sports apparel for women of all sizes, and I […]
Athletic women want cute clothes and shoes too!
I woke up this morning to see that about half of my Facebook friends list had fallen into near-religious reverie over a Kickstarter launched by Barbell Denim, a functional clothing […]
Lay off the women in running tutus (and that includes you, SELF)
You’ve probably all seen that list of the top ten professions that attract psychopaths going around by now, right? I’ve seen it a few times, mainly because I run in […]
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 […]
If you are going to ‘explain’ women, it helps to talk to us first
Several years ago, while researching gender in the early Catholic church for a college class, I read a book called Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven. In it, the author […]
A defense of skimpy running clothes
A few months ago, I bought a couple of pairs of New Balance compression shorts that are only slightly less revealing than bunhuggers. I guess you could call them boyshorts. […]
Oh bikini season, up yours!
It’s that time of year again – the time of year when it seems like every women’s magazine is screaming at us to GET YOUR BEST BIKINI BODY EVER in […]
You want me to pay $118 for WHAT?
When I saw this post on Jezebel about Athletic Spanx that cost more than $100, my first thought was, WTF? Except it was not just WTF, but a WTF in […]
On hijab, women and sports
Yesterday I wrote briefly about the issue of Muslim women who have found their participation in sports on a world-class level restricted because of their refusal to compete without head […]
Fit and Feminist 