Shrinking and Pinking: Skirting Controversy

Bozing skirts in action, image taken from Rai Sport, Europei donne, bronzo azzuro

It seems that often when there’s a woman’s first in sports, there’s some sort of controversy shortly after.  Case in point? Women’s boxing. Last month I wrote about the inclusion of women’s boxing as an Olympic sport for the first time (for another inspirational story about how this came to be, check out this story [...]

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Age Cut-offs, Limits, and Manipulations

US and Chinese gymnasts, children vs. women

NOTE: A version of this piece was syndicated on BlogHer! Check it out by clicking HERE. This past weekend I enjoyed watching the kick-off to the US women’s gymnastics season at the Covergirl Classic, which featured the “comebacks” of Shawn Johnson and Chelsie Memmel, the continued dominance of Alicia Sacramone, and the debut of several [...]

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