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Feminism needs women’s sports: a female athlete’s take

July 6, 2015by Caitlin 26 Comments

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 […]

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Gender and Sports

Let me help you be sexy while playing sports!

September 5, 2013by Caitlin 53 Comments

Hey ladies!  Do you feel feel unattractive and undesirable when you line up at the local 5K?  Does playing basketball make you feel wistful for the other balls you’d really […]

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Gender and Sports

‘The 99ers’ and why it was great to be a girl athlete in the 1990s

August 21, 2013by Caitlin 34 Comments

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 […]

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Gender and Sports

My relationship to sports viewership is complicated

July 19, 2012by Caitlin 8 Comments

It was the headline that launched a million headdesks. The article in question – “Wives watch sports for husbands’ sake, study reports” – hit the series of tubes, only to […]

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Gender and Sports

Weekend Randomness – March 16

March 16, 2012by Caitlin 6 Comments

The Chicago Zine Fest has come and gone, and with that I now find myself with plenty of time to regularly update this blog.  Seriously, if only we could rearrange […]

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The accidental athlete (guest post)

September 28, 2011by Caitlin 6 Comments

I’ve only recently accepted being “athletic” as part of my identity. As a kid, even though I was encouraged to go out and play, I preferred to stay inside and […]

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A short list of lady athletes I admire

June 6, 2011by Caitlin

This weekend I was watching the Prefontaine Classic on TV and marveling over the speed, power and elegance of the ladies who were competing.  There’s something about watching supremely trained, […]

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Gender and Sports

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