Sometimes sexism operates in such subtle ways that the experience leaves me wondering whether sexism even occurred at all. When a stranger grabs my ass, sure, I know what’s wrong with that situation. But my experience on my co-ed soccer team never felt like an obvious assault on my personhood. Instead, I gradually…
Real Madrid farm team Tottenham Hotspur have an important question to ask their fans: Is a woman’s place in the home???
At today’s press conference, Charlotte Observer beat reporter Jourdan Rodrigue asked a routine question to Cam Newton. The Panthers quarterback gave an answer, but only after saying, “It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes.” Oh?
Women who love sports are used to men quizzing us about our level of knowledge to prove that we are Real Fans. Here’s a short essay on the phenomenon. [NBC Sports]
Genie Bouchard, who was once ranked as high as No. 5 in the world, has been having a rough time on the court. She lost to 102nd-ranked Andrea Petkovic last week and 51st-ranked Donna Vekic yesterday, and her global ranking has plummeted to No. 70. This is certainly not the trajectory that either Bouchard, her team,…
Jan Bakelants, most famous for winning the first stage of the 2013 Tour de France and wearing the yellow jersey for a spell, is going to this year’s Tour for AG2R La Mondiale, and he wants everyone to know he’s really horny.
Minor league baseball is a land of bizarre promotions; from speed dating night to toilet seat night, farm clubs will always go the extra absurd mile to keep up the enthusiasm—and this can be excused, when the on-field entertainment consists of just-passing-throughs and never-will-bes.
Here is a deeply weird thing:
The Kansas City Star continues to highlight the male-first atmosphere that appears to embody Kansas athletics, reporting on Friday that women’s basketball player McKenzie Calvert was barred from Allen Fieldhouse for two days after her was car vandalized and she was accosted by a star member of the men’s team. Kansas…
It’s easy to write a story that pisses off one or two demographics. But how can you piss off every demographic simultaneously—all for different reasons? At last, the New York Times may have pinpointed how to accomplish this proud feat.
Carrie Fisher, who endured questions about a single costume from a single scene in a long career for over 30 years, had no qualms about making it clear that she hated that goddamned metal bikini you all got your rocks off to as horny teenage boys. Fisher died Tuesday at age 60 after suffering a heart attack over the…
Two more universities have suspended men’s teams after they found misogynistic messages being sent by the players. Princeton suspended its men’s swimming and diving team late Thursday night after the team’s online listserv, with racist and misogynistic comments, made its way in front of university administrators. Less…
In statements from the school president and athletic director issued Monday, Amherst College announced the suspension of all team activities for its men’s cross country team. The announcement comes one day after the student magazine, The Indicator, published a report that found members of the team being openly racist…
Another Harvard men’s athletics program has been disciplined for creating and maintaining a spreadsheet used to evaluate sexually their female counterparts; unlike the men’s soccer team, the men’s cross country team cooperated with the investigation, leading to a lighter punishment.
Charles Barkley’s role on Inside the NBA is to spout unfiltered takes and tell viewers how the NBA is stupid now because nobody punches each other. Occasionally he lays down a good take but, more often than not, he grumbles out crotchety opinions about back in the day and straddles the border between controversial and…
Roger Goodell was interviewed on stage earlier today at the New York Times’s DealBook conference. He and Andrew Ross Sorkin spoke about the election intermittently throughout the 30-plus minute conversation. Goodell—the son of a former Republican congressman whose been known to rub elbows with the GOP himself…
Over the past 50 years, our nation’s institutions have become less racist and less sexist. This decline in discrimination has been very good for America’s economy.
A women’s soccer team in the Czech Republic is being forced to train with two sexists from the men’s team after the men made comments about a female referee belonging in the kitchen.
On the latest episode of Garbage Time, Katie Nolan discussed Texas A&M’s misguided Chalk Talk For Women event, which threw all sorts of sexism at A&M’s female fans.
