ken's Women Talk Sports Profile

Kristine Newhall (ken)

http://www.afterata.blogspot.com

@afteratalanta

Massachusetts

About ken:

I am a PhD candidate in women's studies and my area of interest is gender and sports and specifically issues of discrimination, oppression, and equity in both institutionalized and recreational sports as well as the exercise and fitness industry.

ken's Favorite Sports:

W College Hoops, Cycling, Golf, Ice Hockey, Olympics, Paralympics, Summer Games, Winter Games, Running, WNT, WPS, Softball, Tennis, Yoga

ken's blog is a member of the Women Talk Sports Network:

After Atalanta

A blog focused on issues of gender and sport.

My existential crisis on a bike

The day was warm, the hills were long or steep--sometimes both. And as I sped down one such hill--a series actually of downhills--I thought "what's the point?" I had climbed and climbed and climbed all morning. And my reward was these downhills. But they ...[Read on]

Femininity and running

Several things conspired to lead to this post--the most recent being that two minutes ago a woman ran by the cafe I am sitting at grading papers wearing a running skirt--just as I was thinking about running skirts and the reasons women give for wearing. ...[Read on]

Women's Hockey Worlds

Two weekends ago I headed north to Burlington, Vermont for a quick, last-minute getaway that happened to coincide with the IIHF Women's Hockey World Championships. (Timing is everything!) Here is what I observed: Nothing indicated as we drove into Burlin...[Read on]

Qatar adds third woman to Olympic roster

Photo: Reuters Qatar, like Saudi Arabia, has never sent a female athletes to the Olympics. That will change this summer. Two women had been scheduled to go after receiving wild cards from the IOC. A third has just been added. Bahia al-Hamad, who also...[Read on]

No Saudi female Olympians - now what will the IOC do?

It seems that after some consideration (or not) Saudi Arabian officials, despite some positive encouragement from the IOC, have decided not to send women--or even a woman--to the Olympic Games this summer in London. The king of gender equality himself--J...[Read on]

Brittney Griner and the media

Brittney Griner, MVP of the DI Women's Basketball Championships, said Baylor officials advised her not to read blogs--because they are mean. Not hard for me to imagine. She does read Twitter though, so she's aware of what think about her, her height, he...[Read on]

Push coming to shove at Augusta National?

Shoving does not happen at Augusta National, of course. But the management does find itself in a tight spot these days. IBM--a sponsor of the Masters, and one of the few that returned after television sponsorship of the prestigious major was halted amid t...[Read on]

Griner's dunk and the rest of women's basketball

Brittney Griner's dunk last week in the NCAA tournament made a lot of noise--media noise that is--despite the fact that she's 1) done it before in competition, 2) does it all the time in warm-up, and 3) is the second--not the first to dunk in the women's ...[Read on]

The not so shocking college grad rate stats

WaPo published an article about the disparate graduation rates between the men's and women's teams in this year's NCAA tournament. The women have a 89 percent graduation rate; the men are at 67 percent. Also the disparity in grad rates, on the women's sid...[Read on]

LSU football trying out a female kicker

Several men in my life* have sent me word of a former female soccer player at LSU who is trying out to be a kicker on the football team.Obviously this is not soooo out of the ordinary. Many people know of the story of Katie Hnida, who actually entered col...[Read on]

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Today on the Women's Sports Calendar:

NCAA Tennis Championships May 17 - 28: Dan Magill Tennis Complex	NCAA Golf Championships May 22 - 25: Vanderbilt Legends Club
WNBA Games May 22: 200 S Denver Ave Tulsa, OK 74103-5019

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