Tag Archive | sexism
One Female Sports Journalist Wants to “Ignore the Stereotype”
Last summer I noticed something really cool: a woman named Meredith Perri was blogging for Metsblog, my go-to blog for Mets news for the last 7 years. It was the first time I’d seen a female’s name in the byline on their site. Just to be clear, I really don’t care about “hearing a woman’s [...]
Why Would I Wear This?: Super Bowl Ring Edition
As you know, the Ravens won the Super Bowl on Sunday, which means immediate mass production of purple “Super Bowl XLVII Champions” gear. One such item on NFLShop.com caught our eye: Sports aside, I hate the stereotype of the girl desperate to be married. There are lots of reasons to be married (tax status, health insurance, [...]
Monday (ok Tuesday) Morning Quarterbacking: Super Bowl Recap
Super Bowl XLVII: put it in the books. Hopefully everyone had fun Sunday night and made it to work on time and in one piece the next day. The game got pretty exciting post-power outage (!!!), but after an exciting run and a potentially blown holding call, the Niners fell short. As you may have [...]
Is Different Equal?: Lowering the Rim in Women’s Basketball
Last month NCAA women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma (who we’ve written about on the blog before) stated publicly that in order to make women’s basketball more exciting, the powers that be should lower the rim: What makes fans not want to watch women’s basketball is that some of the players can’t shoot and they miss [...]
MLB Dress Code Update: One Season In
At the beginning of the MLB baseball season this year, we discussed the new dress code for reporters that was instituted by MLB for press rooms and all premises reporting work. At the time, we wondered whether the rules were just a way for the paternalistic, male-centric MLB to “save” female journalists from themselves. It was [...]
In Case You Forgot, Sexism Still Exists in Sports Fandom
Just in case you thought that sportswriters have figured out that women like sports, too, a cartoonist for Baseball America (really, Baseball America?!) published this cartoon: Only Bettys and Veronicas like Triple-Crown-winning Cabrera (history of domestic violence be damned). The true male baseball nerds know that Mike Trout is the real MVP. Also, nerdism?
Chicago Bears Owners Don’t Want Their Employees to Have Comprehensive Healthcare
On Sunday the Chicago Bears owners hosted “The Reclaiming Religious Liberty Leadership Summit” at their practice field in Lake Forest, Ill., specifically criticizing the portion of the Affordable Care Act (known fondly as Obamacare) which requires all healthcare coverage to include coverage of contraception. To be clear: our healthcare system is structured in such a way that [...]
Why Would I Wear This?!: Victoria’s Secret Makes Me Want to Hulk Smash Edition
Victoria’s Secret, source of so many body (and bra fit) issues for so many people, sent a piece of email marketing around this afternoon that made me want to punch things, and not in the good boxing kind of way. Titled “Your gym has never seen a push up quite like this…” the email went [...]
Augusta Joins 20th Century by Adding First Female Members
It only took 80 years. 80 years after the founding of Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters tournament and one of the most prized golf courses in the world, membership will be extended to women for the first time. Continuing my conflicted girl-crush, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (who was recently appointed [...]
Why Would I Wear This?: Gold Digger Edition
This morning I learned via Yahoo! about Nike’s Olympics-themed t-shirt, available in women’s sizes only: Take it away, Yahoo!: Was there not another more positive, inspiring phrase Nike could have printed on these women’s tees? “Reach for the Gold,” “Go for the Gold,” or “Good as Gold,” would have gotten the point across in Nike’s [...]
