If we thought the international sports community had learned something about gender and sex, biology, identity and athleticism after the debacle caused by the International Association of Athletics Federations in its process of +ACY-ldquo+ADs-gender verification+ACY-rdquo+ADs in the case of South African runner … [Read more...]
You can literally see the inequality
Last weekish I wrote about my astonishment that there isn't a 4-women bobsled event and how this speaks to the inequality that still remains in the Olympics in spite of visible and highly touted progress (i.e., the much-belated inclusion of women's ski jumping) because of the lack of equality in the … [Read more...]
Why adjectives matter: The case of women’s sports
I ended yesterday's post with a line about female Olympians, who are the minority gender at the Winter Olympics, receiving a greater piece of spotlight. The caveat (in addition to the fact that it actually might not be true if one does a thorough content analysis of media coverage) is that the … [Read more...]
My former dreams are shattered
Many women's sports advocates have cheered the greater gender parity that we will see in Sochi next week. Mostly this is over the long-fought and quite visible battle female ski jumpers around the world engaged in over their inclusion in the winter games. (There's even a movie about it--which I … [Read more...]
Should you watch the Sochi Olympics?
Yesterday's NYT had an article about whether gay people were planning on +ACI-boycotting+ACI the Sochi Olympics by not watching the games when they begin next week. Some of those interviewed, who noted that they were indeed fans of the Olympics, said they didn't feel right watching feeling that doing so … [Read more...]
Caitlin Cahow is part of the US delegation to Sochi
I just thought I would put that out there. Many of the articles I have read and radio reports I have heard about this +ACI-protest delegation+ACI state that President Obama is choosing to send openly out athletes including Billie Jean King and Brian Boitano. Cahow's name is frequently left off the list … [Read more...]
List fail
'Tis the season for year in review lists.Outsports compiled its own +ACI-gay sports year in review.+ACIAJg-nbsp+ADs-Year-end reviews can sometimes be cursory. But I was initially impressed by the lesser known and/or remembered stories writer Jim Buzinski mentioned in the piece including a gay male high school … [Read more...]
The sports world says uh-oh (What to do about Russia)
Sh+ACo-t's getting real in Russia.Every day I see a new set of news articles, blog posts, and various other forms of commentary and updates about how Russia's anti-gay propaganda laws will affect the upcoming Olympic Games.As I wrote about already, the IOC isn't exerting a whole lot of pressure. And, at … [Read more...]
Let’s talk about Russia
The writing has been on the wall for a long time now in terms of the geopolitical direction Russia is headed in. I mean, they were not exactly a model of cooperation at the most recent G8 when it came to Syria. But what is on everyone's radar screen right now, of course, is whether Vladimir Putin … [Read more...]
It’s just not a major sporting event until…a male commentator makes a sexist remark
...a male commentator makes a sexist remark.Someone needs to start a blog or Tumblr or something entitled +ACI-Commentators Say the Darnedest Things+ACI---and by darnedest I meant racist, homophobic, sexist. Last winter the BCS Championship was marred by a one-sided game and the comments of broadcaster … [Read more...]