By Ashleigh Sargent Of course we’re all talking about Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. There’s the public conversation about the gender gap in leadership in the U.S. (and controversy about some messages in Lean In) but as a recent college graduate … [Read more...]
Mortarboard moment: Sharing advice I got from Gail Marquis, Olympic superstar and Wall Street success
By Ashleigh Sargent Gail Marquis is a powerful woman in sports, business, and volunteer foundation work. She won a silver medal as a part of the 1976 U.S. Women’s Basketball Olympic Team and played basketball professionally in Europe, before taking her competitive drive and spirit to … [Read more...]
Good surprise: Final Four basketball not just for top seeds anymore
By Ashleigh Sargent and Mariah Philips What does it mean for a #5 seed team like Louisville to be in the Final Four? That favorite Baylor was out early? Women’s college basketball fans seldom get to watch a regional seed lower than #3 make it to the Final Four. … [Read more...]
Women’s NCAA Basketball Bracket: Vote with your pen and then talk about it
By Laura Pappano It’s March Madness and that means one thing: Time to vote with your pen, and rehearse your friendly trash-talking zingers. The brackets are not just about the games, of course, but about the culture we create around the games. They are about the notice we give to female … [Read more...]
Women’s Review of Books is 30 (and more relevant than ever)
By Laura Pappano In the introduction to the 30th anniversary issue of The Women’s Review of Books, editor Amy Hoffman makes that point that — yes — this many years later we still need a forum for thoughtful, intellectual, political and passionate conversation about the … [Read more...]
NWSL seems to be learning from predecessors
By Laura Pappano It’s draft day for the National Women’s Soccer League. Don’t bother turning on your TV or tuning into sports radio. Don’t expect NFL-style high drama. Thanks to the rise of cheap media, though, you can catch it on Twitter and Facebook (NWSL … [Read more...]
Do we have the stomach for football?
By Laura Pappano News that NFL veteran Junior Seau, who committed suicide last year, suffered from degenerative brain disease was hardly a revelation. We paused, saddened, on Thursday when the National Institutes of Health announced that Seau’s brain revealed evidence of chronic traumatic … [Read more...]
Warm-up playlist: Time to get pumped up without being put down
By Ashleigh Sargent and Mariah Philips Get ready, it’s game day!!!!! As you prepare mentally and physically, you want help getting into your zone. Which songs pop up on the warm-up playlist? Chances are, messages of female empowerment and gender equality are not major themes in your favorite … [Read more...]
There’s sport in politics: College athlete to campaign operative
Rachael Goldenberg at campaign HQ By Rachael Goldenberg Politics is often spoken about in sports metaphors. This election cycle, however, I found that the comparison not only fits, but is key to being a successful political operative. Just before graduation I was thrilled … [Read more...]
How would Lindsey Vonn fare against men? (Pretty well, I calculate)
By Laura Pappano When the International Ski Federation turned down Lindsey Vonn’s request to compete in the men’s downhill World Cup the explanation was wearily familiar – there are races for guys and races for women and they’re separate. Actually, FIS secretary general Sarah … [Read more...]