Tag Archive | new york
Hibernation is Over; Baseball is Here
Today is Opening Day, one of my favorite days of the year! It, like springtime in general, signifies a new beginning, hope, and the coming of brighter, sunnier days. This morning, the New York Mets were tied for first place in the National League East, with a record of 0 wins and 0 losses: anything [...]
March is for High School Basketball, Too
Murray Bergtraum High School in downtown Manhattan isn’t known for much, other than its students rioting after having bathroom privileges taken away (seriously, it’s a high school) and fights between the police and high schoolers (yup, seriously, still a high school), so it was nice to see an article about the school with a different [...]
Our Namesake
When trying to come up with a title for this blog, Lydia and I went through approximately 12,000 different suggestions (yes, A Blog of Their Own is taken and we love her) from our friends and family, not really loving anything that was proposed. It’s hard to strike a balance between emphasizing feminism and attacking [...]
Let the Games Begin!
In late 2011, Lydia approached Sara with an idea: what if we started a blog that dealt with feminism and sports from a different perspective than everything else out there? We both love reading sports blogs and feminism blogs, but the two only intersect when there’s a particularly newsworthy event. We’re big sports fans – [...]
