Lindsey Vonn on Cover of Sports Illustrated

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Sarcasm over, SI: time for real pics of female athletes

posted by Fair Game News Sat, Feb 13 at 6:06pm

By Laura Pappano OK, I’ve learned something valuable: My effort at a tongue-in-cheek fan letter to SI for their “un-coverage” of female athletes was not clearly tongue-in-cheek to many readers on this site or the Women Talk Sports network site. Fi...more

NOT the same: Vonn v. Kitt Sports Illustrated covers

posted by One Sport Voice Sat, Feb 13 at 12:29pm

Sports Illustrated Covers of Olympic Skiers In rebuttal to the “Vonn Watch” Sports Illlustrated cover blog post I made, many people commented and pointed out that A.J. Kitt was similarly posed in 1992 and no one called it sexual. I don&rsqu...more

Why can't women be athletic and sexy, too?

posted by GoGameFace: Watch Sports Like a Girl Fri, Feb 12 at 12:19pm

I'm sorry. But I have to do it. I have to speak out on behalf of those of us who aren't really bothered by the recent Sports Illustrated sagas. First, there was that post that crashed the Women Talk Sports site. You rem...more

"Politics is culture is politics": Mayer, Social Media, and the Narcissistic Cult of Self

posted by Swish Appeal Thu, Feb 11 at 7:12pm

I don't actually care about John Mayer one way or the other -- anybody trying this hard to get attention should simply be ignored because any publicity is good publicity, right? Of course, I found his controversial comments abhorrent, but sadly not a ...more

Good thing she knows how to pose in a bathing suit

posted by After Atalanta Thu, Feb 11 at 7:07pm

Because if Lindsey Vonn had a plan to gain Michael Phelps-like fame by winning many medals and becoming a highly decorated American skier, she might have to fall back on her modeling career.I refrained from commenting on the little upsurge in controversy ...more

Plaschke gets the last word

posted by Women's Sports Blog Thu, Feb 11 at 6:53pm

What he said about this Vonn nonsense. ...more

Thank you, Sports Illustrated!!!!!!!!!!! (From a women’s sports fan)

posted by Fair Game News Thu, Feb 11 at 12:31pm

By Laura Pappano As a Sports Illustrated subscriber, I just want to offer a big “Thank You” for all the recent coverage of Lindsey Vonn – or should I say “un”-coverage? If crazy feminists got all in a wad about last week’s cover photo of V...more

Short Video on Sports Illustrated photographs of female athletes

posted by One Sport Voice Wed, Feb 10 at 7:06pm

One of our local Minneapolis NBC affiliate KARE11 reporters, Jana Shortal, did a great piece on why the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Lindsey Vonn SI cover might be problematic. It is short and to the point. To watch the video, click here. ...more

Lindsey Vonn: uncovering a controversy

posted by Athletic Women Blog Wed, Feb 10 at 3:56pm

Yesterday, I predicted the Lindsey Vonn-SI cover controversy, despite a brief lull, wasn't over yet. And you're about to see why. Say what you will about Vonn, but she is making the most of her "Olympic moment"—as well she should. This is a clever woman...more

Vonn Watch: Part II

posted by One Sport Voice Wed, Feb 10 at 11:24am

Ok, so if you didn’t agree with my critique (and many didn’t!) of the February 8, 2010 Sports Illustrated cover of Olympian Lindsey Vonn that can be interpreted as sexualized, the photographs of Vonn and other female athletes in the 20...more

More on Lindsey Vonn: "Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility"

posted by Athletic Women Blog Tue, Feb 9 at 12:27pm

An aphorism of James Thurber's (a takeoff on Wordsworth's "All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity") fittingly introduces this post. Now that the brouhaha over the Lind...more

Reaction to Vonn Sports Illustrated cover uncovers more than expected

posted by One Sport Voice Mon, Feb 8 at 4:22pm

Now that the reactions to my blog post about the Lindsey Vonn Sports Illustrated cover has waned, I wanted to share some thoughts. What I have found interesting about the Vonn post, is not that so many disagreed with my critique of the cover, but that ...more

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