Tag Archive | Title IX
Flag Football for Girls in Clark County School District
Title IX Blog reported recently that the Clark County School District in Nevada, which encompasses Las Vegas and is the fifth largest school district in the country, would add flag football to the list of athletic opportunities it provides for girls. Title IX Blog writes: The Clark County School District earlier announced its decision to add [...]
Wisconsin Law School Title IX and Transgender Rights Symposium
The University of Wisconsin School of Law’s Journal of Law, Gender & Society has announced its 2013 symposium will be entitled “Transcending Gender Lines: Title IX and Transgender Rights.” Are you a legal scholar or practitioner interested in participating? Check out the details over at Feminist Law Professors.
After a Father Speaks Out, A School District Fixes Title IX Problem
Some good news last week out of Seaside, Oregon via Title IX Blog, and a reminder that it pays to speak out about gender inequities in sports. About two weeks ago Title IX Blog wrote: The Oregonian reports that parent Randy Anderson has filed an intent to sue the Seaside School District to challenge a [...]
Links Post
We may be consumed with reading yesterday’s 193-page healthcare decision and all the corresponding analysis, but we also found time for some Bloomer Girls-related reading. Check it out: The Big Lead has a piece on hurdler Lolo Jones’s appearance on Jay Leno. Jones placed third in the U.S. hurdling qualifiers. So why didn’t first place Dawn [...]
Title IX 40th Anniversary: Internet Round-Up
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, which undoubtedly improved the lives of women and girls in the United States. Of course, there is still an incredible amount that needs to be done to level the playing field (as it were) between male and female athletes in schools. For example, over the [...]
Weekend Links Post
As we often do on Fridays, here are some links to articles we’ve found particularly interesting this week: Two updates on the Montana football rape cases we’ve previously discussed here: at Title IX blog, they’re discussing how the Department of Justice has started an investigation into how Missoula, Montana has handled rape and sexual assault [...]
Weekend Links Post
It’s Friday! As we sometimes do, today we’re sharing a few articles we read this week: The Toronto Star published a round-up of letters to the news source demanding better coverage of women’s sports. After a Cardinals’ radio ad depicted the team’s fanbase as all-male, the Fearless Leader over at A Blog of Their Own [...]
Weekend Links Post
Happy Friday! You may be busy with family engagements this weekend, but if you’d like to get away for a bit, here are some things we’ve been reading around the internet this week. Discussion and suggestions for how to reverse the trend of declining women coaches in college level sports. Addressing homophobia at colleges and universities is an [...]
Obama’s Presidency is the Best Ever for Women’s Sports
Last night, I finally got around to listening to the B.S. Report podcast in which Bill Simmons, longtime writer for ESPN, Editor-in-Chief of Grantland, and total Boston sports homer, interviewed President Obama about his views on sports, his experiences with the professional sports world as President, and the identity of the best Wire character. Okay, that [...]
