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"Glena" Raises the Bar for Films About Female Fighters
When Portland, Oregon documentarian Allan Luebke began working on Glena, about mixed martial artist Glena Avila, he’d envisioned a month of shooting that would result in a short film. But Avila, a...
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The New Women in Power Behind the Scenes of the NBA
Michele Roberts talking on ESPN about her job as the head of the National Basketball Players Association. Video still from ESPN. Professional basketball is, by design, deeply divided along gender...
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Female College Coaches Get No Respect
Champion hockey coach Shannon Miller at a press conference in the fall, shortly before she was let go. Right before the holidays, Shannon Miller, the women's ice hockey coach at University of...
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For the Super Bowl, Two Ads Take Aim at Domestic Violence in the NFL
Anti-sexist activism group Ultraviolet is kicking off an ad blitz today that takes aim at the domestic abuse in the NFL.In response to the NFL leadership not treating domestic violence as seriously as...
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It Makes Sense that the Super Bowl Ended in a Fight.
The Super Bowl brawl. Screenshot from NBC broadcast.With 20 seconds left in the NFL season last night, multiple players got into a brawl on the field. The last few seconds of the Super Bowl were a...
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Serena and Venus Williams' Powerful Protest Against Racist Tennis Culture
Serena Williams photo by Ian Gampon (Creative Commons)The past year saw numerous displays of political protest in professional athletics. NBA stars wore shirts emblazed with “I Can’t Breathe” during...
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At the World Cup, FIFA's Sexism is in the Spotlight
The Canadian national women's soccer team at a World Cup match this weekend. Photo by IQRemix. In 1991, international soccer organization FIFA held the first-ever official Women’s World Cup. Though it...
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Woman, Fighter: Fallon Fox on Being the World’s First Openly Transgender...
Fallon Fox is the world’s first openly transgender mixed martial artist. When she made her professional mixed martial arts debut in 2006, Fox was in no real hurry to come out as transgender. Why should...
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Women's Soccer Shouldn't Be Expected to Redeem FIFA
A fan calling out FIFA's "turf war" at the women's World Cup this month in Vancouver, BC. Photo by Troy.At FIFA, sexism trickles down from the top. Who better to set the tone for the federation’s...
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A Short Film Series Gives Female Athletes the Star Treatment They Deserve
Soccer midfielder Megan Rapinoe in a still from the new series, What Makes Us.Last night, the Providence Park stadium in Portland, Oregon was packed with the largest crowd ever to attend a National...
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