No Joy in Penn State, But a Flicker of Hope
November 14, 2011 by Joelle Casteix · 9 Comments
No one knew exactly what was going to happen. But as the Penn State Nittany Lions walked onto the field at Beaver Stadium on Saturday, the applause that grew in the stands was loaded. How do you clap ...Read More
Women Boxers Advised To Wear Skirts
November 3, 2011 by Lisa Wade · 4 Comments
According to the BBC, the Amateur International Boxing Association is advising women boxers to wear skirts. The President of the Association, Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu, argues that it allows viewers to tell ...Read More
Life Without Title IX
August 25, 2011 by Michele Kort · 1 Comment
It’s very easy for me to imagine life without Title IX. That’s because I already lived it. I was quite the little jock growing up. I spent every evening after school skateboarding, or ...Read More
USA World Cup Soccer Women: No Apologies!
July 17, 2011 by Michele Kort · Leave a Comment
As the FIFA Women’s World Cup ended on July 17 with a stirring, nail-biting victory by Japan over the USA, we can celebrate a triumph for women athletes everywhere. The matches were beautifully ...Read More
Quidditch’s Title IX (and Three-Quarters): Anyone Can Ride a Broomstick
July 12, 2011 by Kathleen Richter · 7 Comments
With excitement building for the final Harry Potter movie, we’re hosting a week of posts about the series on the Ms. Blog. Today we’ve got a report on gender equity at the heart of the ...Read More
Women’s Soccer World Cup: Controversy Off the Field
June 27, 2011 by Kari Paul · 2 Comments
Tomorrow morning, the U.S. women’s soccer team will take on North Korea in their first match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, which began yesterday. While the international championship ...Read More
Defying Title IX, Colleges Report Male Athletes as Women
The New York Times has a fascinating 3-minute video on “roster management.” a term referring to the manipulation of Title IX rules in order to appear like you’re following them when you’re ...Read More
Jumping for Joy
April 11, 2011 by Michele Morris · 1 Comment
When I first moved to Park City, Utah, in 2004, I was shocked to learn that women ski jumpers were not allowed to go to the Olympics. Heck, what happened to Title IX? But this is the Olympics, where ...Read More
Click! Boys Don’t Like to Lose
March 30, 2011 by Michele Kort · 5 Comments
Mike Shayne was the first boy to ever ask me out. I was 13, too young to drive, so it was the sort of date where someone’s mom dropped you off some place and picked you up a couple of hours ...Read More
Our Favorite Feminist Hoopster, Male Variety
March 17, 2011 by Matthew Burgoyne · 1 Comment
UPDATE: D.J. Gay and San Diego State will bring the power of women’s studies to the Sweet Sixteen! Read on … March Madness is in full swing, and it is time for the Ms. Blog to fill out ...Read More
