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Interview with MMA Fighter Roxanne Modafferi: Part II
by alexia
posted December 9, 2010 at 4:55pm

This is the second half of a two-part with MMA fighter Roxanne Modafferi. You can see part one here: http://bit.ly/fJYYbN. The interview is brought to you courtesy of MMA Industries. Check out their selection of quality MMA gear....more

In Sports All Girls Are Winners – Rally for Girls Sports Day #rally4girls
by Sports Girls Play
posted December 8, 2010 at 9:38pm

Today the National Women’s Law Center is hosting Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sports Day as a way of celebrating the importance of girls in sports and the far-reaching benefits of athletics participation for girls nationwide. For the past 26 years I have...more

Blog Rally #6: What did Ness win by playing sports? #rally4girls
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted December 8, 2010 at 7:59pm

As part of the National Women’s Law Center’s Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sports Day, the Tucker Center will be posting entries from its graduate students. Each post answers the prompt, what did you win by playing sports? Ness Madeiros This is ...more

LZ on Gender and Sport
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted December 7, 2010 at 6:37pm

Here is another quickie post courtesy of ESPN columnist, LZ Granderson. It's a thoughtful piece on gender and sport that ties this issue to racism in sport and our collective discomfort with social change, racial diversity and gender variance. Quote alert...more

“A Women’s Pro Sport That is Growing”
by One Sport Voice
posted December 3, 2010 at 9:31pm

A Bloomberg Business Week piece posted Nov. 24, 2010, outlined the Lingerie Football League (LFL)  is a women’s pro sport that is actually growing. If I had to write a quote that exemplifies all that is wrong with the LFL and why its popularit...more

Inspiring women in sports advertising
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted December 3, 2010 at 3:07pm

Adverts for women's sportswear used to be painfully girly. But manufacturers have caught up with us and some of the latest ads actually reflect real women. Comment on this is divided. I've read blog posts saying many sports women in the ads are unnecessar...more

Nattering ninnies of negativism
by Athletic Women Blog
posted December 3, 2010 at 1:32pm

My week started with a guest appearance on Women Talk Sports Radio. I was invited on to talk about gender segregation in sports. The discussion centered on an article written by a promising high school journalist named Julia Friedman. I had been forewarne...more

Maybe It’s My Fault: From A Female Athlete
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted December 3, 2010 at 12:29pm

(Thank you, Michael Jordan and Lebron James, for inspiring this)…. Maybe it’s my fault. Maybe I led you to believe That I don’t deserve to play, Or that girls don’t belong in sports. Maybe I let you think That women’s spor...more

Urban girls: Have we overdone the pregnancy and drug warnings? Should we talk sports instead?
by Fair Game News
posted December 1, 2010 at 9:36pm

By Laura Pappano On Monday, two girls from Teen Voices, a magazine (and website!) aimed at helping urban girls counteract negative media images, interviewed me for an article they are writing about Title IX (and, their passion, women’s basketball). Ho...more

Female athletes should not be measured in comparison to men
by Same Size Balls
posted November 30, 2010 at 11:59pm

You play like a girl! Yes, yes I do. Because I am a girl, even when I play sports. But as much as we don’t like to admit it, the XX chromosome combination is nothing we can change or alter. XX means that women don’t have as much testosterone as men,...more

Interview with MMA Fighter Roxanne Modafferi: Part I
by alexia
posted November 30, 2010 at 10:45am

The following interview is brought to you courtesy of MMA Industries. Check out their selection of quality MMA gloves, clothing, and a wide selection of other martial arts equipment. Alexia Krause: I'm hoping that many of the people reading this are ...more

Women Talk Sports Weekly Radio Show #7 - Is the Division of Sports by Gender Sexist?
by anngaff
posted November 28, 2010 at 2:44pm

****TODAY'S SHOW IS AT 7PM ET, 1 HOUR LATER THAN USUAL***** A high schooler named Julia Friedman recently wrote an article for her school newspaper asserting that the very division of sports by gender is sexist. We're going to have a discussion about thi...more

Another example of constructing gender
by One Sport Voice
posted November 23, 2010 at 8:06pm

As a scholar who examines gender in the context of sport I’m always interested in the ways the media arbitrarily construct gender–meaning the images we see in the media tell “us” what it means to be a girl or boy, and what is appropriately femini...more

2 Important Firsts in Sport for Marginalized Groups
by One Sport Voice
posted November 13, 2010 at 12:03pm

1. Afghanistan is poised to get their first national women’s team. The sport will be cricket and the Afghanistan Cricket Board feels cricket will allow the women to play a sport but remain consistent with Islamic tradition and values. To read more about...more

How a Gawker video instigated embarrassment among female athletes
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted November 12, 2010 at 9:12am

A video was flying around the Internet this morning, and I debated all day whether or not I wanted to write about it. I chose to move forward because it’s a topic that needs to be discussed....more

A study in contrasts: Race, gender, and sport
by The First Line
posted November 9, 2010 at 7:44pm

Watching the TSN highlight videos and excerpts from the Hall of Fame acceptance speeches by the first two women selected, it is striking how each provides a completely different model of women’s reactions to their slow acceptance in sport. In the vide...more

This is not a political advertisement: Iron Jawed Angels
by Byline to Finish Line
posted November 2, 2010 at 6:38pm

It’s become a tradition of mine each November. Ah like clockwork, after wishing I owned the DVD to “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” and eating too many Halloween treats, it’s time to put in another entertainment delight of mine, the movie ...more

Women’s Sport is Political (+ Financial + Pop Cultural + …)
by Fair Game News
posted October 29, 2010 at 3:23pm

By Laura Pappano It’s nearly election day, an apt time to recognize that — yes — sports are political. Not blue state-red state stuff, but equity, status, economic power. At the New York Athletic Club yesterday, the Wellesley Centers for Women l...more

Why do women athletes have to be celebrities?
by RunLikeAGirl
posted October 27, 2010 at 6:57pm

Serena's agent spices up a Wellesley Centers for Women Panel...more

Muslim headscarf remains a headache for sport -by Jessica Dacey
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted October 26, 2010 at 1:38pm

A year after putting her competitive basketball career on hold over a headscarf ban, a Muslim player is considering taking her case to Switzerland’s top court.Sura Al-Shawk, a Swiss citizen of Iraqi origin, appealed her regional league’s ban in Septem...more

♥My Favorite Theory♥
by Stephanie Perleberg: Believe and Run On!
posted October 26, 2010 at 12:28pm

Yes, the hearts were necessary in describing the topic of this post, and although it cannot except my love because it is only a thought I will still send it it's way anyway. I have been meaning, and wanting, to write a post about my favorite theory for ...more

Introducing “Goals For Girls”; A documentary determined to move the goal posts
by All White Kit
posted October 25, 2010 at 1:22pm

There are very few countries in which soccer is so closely intertwined with a national identity than in Argentina. A recent poll indicates that 90% of Argentines declares an allegiance to an Argentine football club including teams like Boca Juniors, Ri...more

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