Gender Performance, Athletic Events, Costuming, and Editorial Decisions
I metaphorically unfolded my copy of the Los Angeles Times this morning and was immediately struck by this image: (Photo by Irfan Khan for the Los Angeles Times) The picture is from the World Famous Mud Run, an annual event at Camp Pendleton where civilians are invited to run on a Marine obstacle course. Judging [...]
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Women Athletes: Choose Between Strong and Sexy
Laurie and Debbie say: (Cross-posted to Body Impolitic.) Unusualmusic, blogging at The Angry Black Woman, has an excellent initial post on what we expect American women athletes to look like, and live like. One of the great problems that women athletes face is the idea that women are heterosexual sex objects. And the beauty ideal [...]
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