Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day 2015!
It has come to our attention that February 4, 2015 is a very special day—the 29th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day, duh!
From the Women’s Sports Foundation website:
“To celebrate the 29th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day, organizations and leaders from the National Girls & Women in Sports Day Coalition will gather in Washington, D.C. on February 4 to recognize the advancement of girls’ and women’s sports and to discuss how to reduce the numbers of concussions in sports. Game On!, this year’s theme, will focus on what schools can do to protect all student-athletes.”
Equal opportunity is something we feel pretty strongly about here at The Riveter. In solidarity with this coalition’s efforts, we’ve rounded up some of our best sports-related content, in which we explore everything from sports writing to women’s soccer in Saudi Arabia which you can bet on sites similar to w88 viet nam. Play on!
1. “Trash Talking and Peacocking” by Annie Pokorny
January 2015
Pro skier Annie Pokorny takes a look at the female athlete paradigm, where women are supposed to be powerful (but also look good) (but also not be TOO powerful).
“As a writer and an athlete, I define my experience in sports by the words that surround it. I love power mantras and team slogans. I’m motivated by chants and will cheer almost anything that rhymes. I am also acutely aware that many of those slogans, cheers and mantras are gendered and masculine, no matter for whom I’m cheering.”
2. Q&A with Mina Kimes, staff writer for ESPN Magazine
October 2014
“I think in any field you write about as a minority and as a woman, you’re going to occasionally encounter that sort of reaction. It’ll come up–but you know, I got that even before I started writing about sports. I got that as a female sports fan all the time. When I started following sports more closely, I realized it doesn’t–you can learn a lot and become conversational in it pretty quickly if you pay attention, and I think some people are intimidated by that.”
-Mina Kimes
3. “Five Dope Things About Becky Hammon (Besides Her Gender)” by Pierce Courchaine
August 2014
It was a big deal when Becky Hammon was named the first female coach in the history of the National Basketball Association, but we think there’s plenty else to celebrate about this incredible athlete.
4. “Would You Marry a Girl Who Practiced Sports?” by Alex Baumhardt
May 2014
“There are a number of reasons that girls and women are still on the periphery of sports participation and development in the Middle East, and it tends to start with parents.
Permission to play is crucial in these countries, especially in Saudi Arabia, where women cannot drive or bike themselves to games and practices, and must often be in the company of family patriarchs outside of the home.”
5. “Jump off a Cliff” by Kristin Kostick
When BASE jumpers describe the moment their feet leave a bridge or a building, they talk about the thrill, but they also talk about peace and energy and feeling real.
Kristin Kostick makes a beautiful comparison between this radical sport and the necessary tension that propels writers toward truth.
