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Victory Press Essays: Angela James, Heteronormativity, and Representation 

Written by Andrew

There are women from my childhood who remain important today. Women I’ve never met. Women who I only saw playing sports, usually on TV. There were many of these women in the 1990s: women who proved that they could compete, excel, and win; but Angela James was always one of the most important women to me.

James meant something to me as a kid. I didn’t face the same difficulties she did as a child, nor did I experience the racism she dealt with as a woman of color playing ice hockey (which at the time was predominantly white), but she had a huge impact on me. For starters, she played my favorite sport. She played center and defense, like me. She had short hair like me. She was a tomboy as a kid, and not stereotypically feminine, like me. She was seen as big and tough and so was I.

And she was a superstar.

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cleoselene:

refinery29:

Watch: This is the kind of crap female sports reporters have to deal with every day

While male sports reporters are typically judged by their commentary and analysis, women in the same industry face far more superficial and sexist scrutiny. It can feel especially bad when seemingly “feminist” publications turn their back.

Gifs: HBO

the amount of shit female sports reporters have to deal with is unreal.  Julie DiCaro has written about it extensively.. and of course, been the recipient of nonstop harassment because of it.

hate:

kitsunecoffee:

brilliantinemortality:

vagisodium:

apriki:

never forget that australias first ever winter olympics gold was won because the guy was coming dead last and everyone in front of him fell over

its happening

even better

the only reason he was in the final was bc the same thing happened in the semis

and the only reason he was in the semis was bc one of the guys that came ahead of him in the quarters was disqualified

i’m not sure if he’s the luckiest skater alive or a skater that has the power to curse other competitors.

i’ve been laughing non stop for the past like 10 minutes

softbrobusiness:

Treating female athletes like garbage as employees is not new, and it is not specific to the NWHL, or to the CWHL, or to women’s hockey. The brand new professional lacrosse league has stipends and no salaries. the NWSL pays non-national team players popcorn money and many of those women have to have outside jobs DESPITE the fact that it pays better than the NWHL. National Pro Fastpitch and the WNBA have made great strides in these areas, but it’s irresponsible and missing the point to focus the blowback on a league–any league–when this is a systemic problem.

So what can you do?

Buy jerseys and shirseys to support lower salaried players, or, at this point, any player at all.

Go to games if you live somewhere that would be remotely feasible.

Watch games on Youtube when they’re streamed, and Sling TV when that becomes available.

Encourage your friends and family members to give a little attention to the sport, too. You never know who you might hook.

I just got back from a local baseball game with a friend and there was an argument between a ref and a coach, and I told my friend that I watched too much basketball so I kept waiting for the ref to blow his whistle and give the coach a technical foul. And she told me that she kept expecting it to break into a fight because she was used to hockey. And I don’t know why I thought you’d enjoy that story but I did. :D Hope you’re having a lovely summer!!

ofgeography:

verkiezen, this story delights me IMMENSELY. what i love most about it is that baseball, a sport that makes no sense to me and seems to involve absolutely nothing except mathematics, is a place where a basketball fan and a hockey fan can come together to sing the sports’ fan creed, “WTF REF R U BLIND?”