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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
‘The 99ers’ and why it was great to be a girl athlete in the 1990s
Yesterday, when I found myself listening to a bunch of 90s ladycentric rock on YouTube – Veruca Salt, Throwing Muses, Breeders, Lush, etc. – I thought that maybe I was […]
Why isn’t women’s professional soccer more successful in the U.S.?
Last Sunday, while the rest of my coworkers were cheering – and then dying – over the Tampa Bay Bucs game against the New York Giants, I was equally immersed […]
Beyond Manon and Cheryl: should women compete in men’s pro leagues?
Nineteen years ago today, Manon Rheaume suited up in a Tampa Bay Lightning jersey and took the ice for an exhibition game as a goalie. She was the first woman […]
If sex doesn’t sell women’s sports, why do they keep trying?
It’s no great revelation to point out the fact that media representations of female athletes usually focus on anything but their athleticism. I’m not adding anything new to the conversation […]
Weekend Randomness
This would have been Friday Randomness, except yesterday was all whackadoo. I got off work at 1:30 p.m. – which means I started my day before 4 a.m. oh my […]
Friday Randomness
– 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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