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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

I reject the notion that physical strength is a masculine ideal

May 23, 2012by Caitlin 30 Comments

Normally when someone criticizes my work on this blog, I take their words into careful consideration and I often find myself reconsidering my position on a given subject.   Sometimes I […]

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Heart and Mind, Women and Muscles

Skirting the issue: women’s boxing and enforced femininity

January 25, 2012by Caitlin 9 Comments

This summer will mark a major milestone for women’s boxing, which will be officially represented at the Summer Olympics for the first time since the first woman laced up her […]

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Gender and Sports

Enough with the myth of the non-competitive female

December 1, 2011by Caitlin 4 Comments

I can’t remember the first time I saw a supposedly scientific psychological breakdown of personality traits by gender, but I have seen them many, many times since then, and never […]

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Gender and Sports, Heart and Mind

What’s the deal with guys and yoga?

November 14, 2011by Caitlin 16 Comments

Last week, right before yoga class, we sat on our mats and folded our legs while we waited for the instructor to get settled in, and the topic of men […]

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Gender and Sports

Friday Randomness – Sept. 30

September 30, 2011by Caitlin 3 Comments

I’m excited about this weekend because we are heading to Siesta Key, where my husband will compete in a triathlon.  He completed his first one only a few months ago […]

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Friday Randomness

Don’t run like a girl – run like an animal

June 20, 2011by Caitlin 4 Comments

So more and more women have taken up running in recent years, which obviously I think is great, but along with it has come this proliferation of running shirts emblazoned […]

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Gender and Sports

Fear of a bulky (female) body

June 2, 2011by Caitlin 12 Comments

“I don’t want to bulk up.” Those six words have caused me so much angst and frustration in my short life as a weight lifter.  They are the words spoken […]

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Women and Muscles

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