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“How to Be the Change and Shatter Stereotypes” from Louise Green’s “Big Fit Girl” – plus a giveaway!

March 17, 2017by Caitlin 16 Comments

I was recently sent a review copy of Louise Green’s Big Fit Girl: Embrace the Body You Have and I just finished reading it last night. Louise gives her readers […]

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Guest Posts, Health at Every Size, Media and Celebrities

Review: Running: A Love Story by Jen A. Miller

June 9, 2016by Caitlin 4 Comments

Every now and then, I come across a book I wish I had written, if only I had the time, motivation, experience, and abilities of its author. (Small details, really.) […]

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reviews, Uncategorized
Bonnie Stoll at her Head Handler post, watching as Diana Nyad swims. Image credit: Dawn L. Blomgren, courtesy of Diana Nyad, all rights reserved.

Swim Through This: Talking with Diana Nyad about her new memoir (Guest Post)

February 18, 2016by Caitlin 1 Comment

So, you need something to read that will inspire all your New Year’s resolutions. Something that is motivating but also funny and relevant to women. Real women. You’re a woman […]

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Media and Celebrities, reviews, Swimming, Uncategorized

Thinking about Rachel Cosgrove’s defense of her new book

May 30, 2013by Caitlin 62 Comments

Rachel Cosgrove recently put out her second book, Drop Two Sizes, and the reception has been…well, from what I’ve seen, it’s been what you could charitably call “ambivalent.”  Charlotte Anderson […]

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Fitness Industry Fails, Media and Celebrities

Woman-on-woman jealousy: worst motivator ever, or worst motivator ever?

March 12, 2013by Caitlin 51 Comments

A few weeks ago, I picked up a book by a fairly well-known trainer with the intention of following the four-month weight training plan laid out in the book.  As […]

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Fitness Industry Fails

Review: “Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women’s Sports” by Kathrine Switzer

January 16, 2012by Caitlin 3 Comments

There’s a scene in the 1986 movie “Wildcats” in which Goldie Hawn is faced with a high school football team that refuses to respect her as a coach because she’s […]

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Gender and Sports, Running

Where are all the running books by women?

August 12, 2011by Caitlin 3 Comments

Yesterday I took a survey for Runner’s World, and one of the questions was about the survey-taker’s favorite running book. At first I was excited because, yay books!  But as […]

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Media and Celebrities

Friday Randomness

July 15, 2011by Caitlin 2 Comments

– I, like seemingly half of the United States, have caught a serious case of World Cup fever.  (And the only cure is..more cowbell!)  It seems like everywhere I look, […]

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