Tag Archive | weightlifting
Some Ramblings: Women are Different Than Men
My senior year of high school I took a history elective about women and gender, and I’ll always remember the day we learned about “difference feminism,” which acknowledges that men and women are different and thus concludes that ”equal” treatment does not always mean “same” treatment, and ”equality feminism,” which centers around the notion that men and women should [...]
Holley Mangold Tweets
Earlier today, American weightlifter Holley Mangold tweeted: its crazy @lolojones gets flack for being an attractive athlete and I get flack for not being attractive enough #theresnopleasingeveryone – @HolleyMangold Recently Mangold was the target of a mean Conan O’Brien joke (“I predict [she] will bring home the gold and 4 guys against their will”). Over [...]
Public Treatment of Female Weightlifters
Every time the Olympics roll around, I’m grateful. I’m grateful because I know there are young girls watching female athletes at the top of their game, and thinking “wow, this is an amazing feat” and “I hope someday I can do something as awesome as this.” I’m grateful because for essentially the only time each [...]
Olympic Round-Up
As we’ve stated previously, here at Bloomer Girls Blog, we’re obsessed with the Olympics and so excited to get together tonight to watch the (taped) Opening Ceremonies with our friends. So today, for our usual Friday Links, we’re sharing our favorites from posts leading up to the opening of the games. Sporty Style: 7 Inspiring [...]
