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Sidelined:: Title IX Leveled the Playing Field. But Did it Miss the Goal?

A drawing of female athletes on a turf-covered conveyor belt with a giant hand grabbing them.
by Britni de la Cretaz
April 1, 2022 at 12:43pm
Britni de la Cretaz discusses the missteps of Title IX, namely how it fails to address the patriarchal structures within men’s sports, creating conditions for mistreatment and abuse of women athletes. 
Stephanie Jallen, a double amputee, competes in the Women's Standing Super-G. The sky is blue and clear and powdered snow flurries behind her.

The Paralympic Paradigm: How the “Inspiring” Narrative Restricts and Fetishizes Disabled Athletes

by s.e. smith
March 3, 2022 at 3:09pm
Negative attitudes toward disability start with how athletes are framed in news coverage. Read more »
Book cover alongside archival photo of three white women football players

How Media Moved the Goalposts on Women's Football: An Excerpt from “Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League”

by Bitch HQ
November 3, 2021 at 2:30pm
Women’s football had to take what media coverage it could get. What it got wasn’t good. Read more »
Kerri Strug, a white female gymnast with short light brown hair, and Simone Biles, a Black female gymnast with black hair pulled off her face.

Twists and Turns: Simone Biles, Kerri Strug, and the Trouble with “Taking One for the Team”

by Lorelei Ignas
August 26, 2021 at 1:17pm
She showed the world she was more than a mule for Olympic medals. Read more »

Gold Double Standard: The Tokyo Olympics Highlighted Casual Bias in Sports

by Addissyn House
August 11, 2021 at 11:30am
Sha’Carri Richardson’s suspension was just the tip of the injustice iceberg for American athletes. Read more »
a black and white photo showcases a row of thin, white ballerinas in tutus on a stage, with their backs facing the camera

Dangerous Spin: Media Exposes Ballet’s Ugly Side

by Scarlett Harris
August 10, 2021 at 11:51am
There’s nothing endearing or gentle about the violence dancers endure. Read more »
Illustration of gymnasts starts in black and white with a white, female gymnast standing and as she performs a back flip she changes to show a white woman with red hair and a Brown woman on yellow background.

Leap of Faith: Tokyo’s Olympics Spotlight the Women Changing Gymnastics

by Helen Li
August 3, 2021 at 11:26am
A new generation of gymnasts rethinks the expectations—and rejects the abuses—that previous ones endured. Read more »

Goal Tending: The NBA Dropped the Ball with Two of Its New Head Coaches

by Britni de la Cretaz
July 28, 2021 at 1:50pm
Instead of a woman coach, the league hired two alleged abusers. Read more »
Sha’Carri Richardson, a dark-skinned Black woman with long, orange hair, runs at top speed as she points toward the audience

Human First: Black Women Athletes Aren’t Your Performance Mules

by Njera Perkins
July 27, 2021 at 11:42am
Discrediting Black women athletes is par for the course in sports. Read more »
Maya Moore, a Black basketball player with a black ponytail, holds a basketball over her head as she shoots

Wildcat Strike: Sports Show the Possibilities of Collective Action

by Amira Rose Davis
September 11, 2020 at 10:45am
While a boycott is a consumptive act of resistance, a strike is an action grounded in labor resistance.  Read more »
Maggie Nichols, a white, female, gymnast, bends over at the waist while bent at the waist tin Athlete A

“Athlete A” Reveals How Police Fail Sexual Assault Victims

by Amelia Merrill
July 16, 2020 at 11:03am
Athlete A neglects to mention that the police misconduct apparent in the handling of the Larry Nassar case is indicative of a disease infecting all of law enforcement. Read more »

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