Crafting triviality into a fine art

The very last thing we need from a new women’s sports blog is the constant drumbeat of a dreary, unthinking, one-size-fits-all feminism, but that’s what we’re getting on Swish Appeal, and more precisely from a male blogger known as “Q,” one who keeps trumping up the non-story that is Obama’s female-less hoops games: “Although women [...]

Schoolmarm Sports Sisterhood Alert

If you want this to be a rhetorical question, then fine, but you might find yourself answering — nay, shouting at the top of your lungs! — after reading this dreary, jargon-drenched post on Feministing, labeled thusly: “Is there a ‘feminist’ responsibility to support women’s sports?” Try gargling this paragraph around in your mouth: “On [...]

Stiles back in Springfield

After retiring from basketball because of injuries, NCAA scoring champion Jackie Stiles starting a personal training business in Wichita, not far from her hometown of Claflin, Kan. Now she’s heading back to her “other” hometown — Springfield, Mo. — where she starred at the school formerly known as Southwest Missouri State. And she’s bringing her [...]

A sneak preview of coming Title IX skirmishes?

A proposal to reduce the number of games in most varsity sports in Florida high schools for budget reasons has already been adamantly pooh-poohed by former Women’s Sports Foundation president Nancy Hogshead-Makar: “Budget cuts just have to be done equitably. You can’t ask women to tighten their belts when they’re already anorexic on a shoestring [...]

A translation into English would be nice

Would someone kindly tell me what the hell “heteronormativity” is? I see there’s a definition provided here, but not one that’s easily understandable to people who tend to use conversational language with other human beings. Why not just leave this hideous, babbling jargon at “heterosexism?” At least I’ve come to understand what the Sisterhood’s been [...]