Posted in beauty ideal, body image, fashion, female sports, feminism, racism on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m actually spitting fire right now. So I’ll just post the images from Vogue’s supermodel/athlete shoot. No female athletes.
Posted in beauty ideal, female sports, politics, racism on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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The cover of April Vogue will feature Giselle and Lebron. She looks waifish, carefree- he looks intense and menacing. Ummm HELLO! Earth to Vogue! RACIAL AND GENDER STEREOTYPES! As though I needed another reason to stop reading the magazine. Why can’t fashion get its act together? I miss it.
By the way, this is [...]
Posted in adolescent girls, body image, diet, eating disorder, fat, fat acceptance, female sports, feminism, food, lacrosse, skinny on February 10, 2008 | No Comments »
So I start coaching middle school girls’ lacrosse team in a few weeks. Any advice for how to handle the social, emotional, aspects of my girls, this as it pertains to their body image, popularity etc? Thoughts, comments, anything would be welcome. I know this is a broad topic, but I really think that middle [...]
