December 2010
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Sexual Harassment: "A Victimless Crime"? According...
yeoryia:
In a post titled Responding to Brett Favre’s punishment: ESPNW Writers Respond to the Brett Farve Punishment on ESPNw, a site for sport lovers who happen to be women that’s also written by women, women blatantly show off their inherit sexism! And it’s a lot of fun. Sarah Spain kicks things off with:
..Only Favre and Sterger know what really happened, but I’d bet the situation...
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Market to us, the families who love soccer, and want our daughters growing up...
– Soccer Family Style
Oh my god, THIS. (Well, except the morning-sickness stuff, since I’m not a mom. But still. THIS.)
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Being a fan of women’s soccer - hell, nearly any women’s sport -...
– From a Left Wing
Team From a Left Wing, y’all. Soccer journalists can talk all they want about how they support women’s soccer, but if the only things you write about it are snarky little tweets about how WPS is failing and you ignore everything else, don’t be surprised if you...
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How do you feel about diving, or simulation?
Nauseating… but I have a solution....
– Ray Hudson (all punctuation and capitalization [sic])
Do I really need to explain what’s wrong with this? I know Ray Hudson’s the god of soccer commentators and everything, but geez, y’all. Conflating humiliation with femininity? Not good. And inaccurate to boot, as I think...
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Tonight the UConn Huskies host Florida State with a chance to win game 89. When...
– For Double X: Why are sports fans grumbling about UConn’s women’s basketball winning streak? (via katiebakes)
From the post: “The Wichita Eagle’s Bob Lutz also downplays the Huskies’ run, arguing that “while UConn’s accomplishment is an incredible one, it hasn’t...
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Because what matters is the right of women to report crimes against them, YES...
– Sady Doyle: CORRECTIONS: A Thing I Can Do, Because I’m a Grown-Up, Without Crying
This, for real. I’ve been quieter than I probably should’ve been on stuff like this, because of my job (public defender, for the record). But you can believe that everyone deserves a fair trial and...
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Tiger Beatdown › #MooreandMe: Four Days Outside... →
callmecayce:
If you read nothing else today, read this.
And then read this one. Sady Doyle is my goddamn hero.
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On Countdown with Keith Olbermann on Tuesday, Michael Moore mischaracterized the...
– Entertainment Weekly: Popwatch
Love this post. Love that it’s in a mainstream entertainment blog. Tiger Beatdown has been rocking this out since the beginning, and because of this whole thing I am off to donate to RAINN.
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To serious female sports followers, the bedazzled pink baseball cap is a totem...
– Is espnW a Pink Hat in Internet Form?
I really wish this piece were longer.
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Girls in the Cheap Seats: Episode 20 →
I still can’t believe we talked to @alexilalas22. And he was so awesome. Mind: blown.
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Red Stars plan to suspend operations for 2011 →
I don’t think this is a surprise to anyone who’s been paying attention. However, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t suck.
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Here’s how it works: As soon as a rape accusation makes it into the news...
– Jaclyn Friedman: What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape
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Sady Doyle: Oy, Assange. →
sadydoyle:
Go read. I would quote but I’d end up quoting the whole thing.
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All five Sufjan Stevens Christmas-music EPs →
Free to a good home. Uploaded for my boyfriend and it took so long I thought I should share.
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Maybe Wolf did zero research into these allegations [against WikiLeaks founder...
– the ch!cktionary: Julian Assange Captured by World’s Dating Police
Long post. Worth reading. Links to more excellent posts about this whole thing.
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whatsername104:
Teal Bunbury hosts the Generation Adidas Blog #3
Teal Bunbury is still adorable. He and Danny Cruz need to have a show where they are adorable together. Possibly with kittens.
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The American bid featured more potential revenue, more media exposure, and...
– Why the United States lost out on its bid to host the 2022 World Cup. - By Brian Phillips - Slate Magazine
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FIFA only got involved in the women’s game in the late 1980s, after a...
– From a Left Wing: Disturbing Allegations Against South African Team Coach
I did not know this. The post is really interesting.
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