Archive for the ‘Money, Power & Politics’ Category
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
By Laura Pappano
More people will watch Super Bowl XLV this Sunday than tuned in for the President’s State of the Union address last week.
It’s not even close (42.8 million watched President Barack Obama vs. an expected 110 million). That’s no dis to Obama because George W. Bush was out-viewed, too.
The ...
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
By Laura Pappano
Part of our job at FairGameNews is to point out inequities. Some (deaf to yammering from the other side) find posts too bold a punch. That’s fine. Debate is good.
There is, however, plenty to get lathered up about (media coverage, urban girls’ access to sports, salaries, scheduling of ...
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Monday, December 27th, 2010
By Rachael Goldenberg
OK, 2000-2010 is 11 years but rather than quibble with the definition of a decade, let’s consider the strides female athletes have made. The first years of this new century have pushed at barriers.
Female athletes have challenged conventional beliefs – beliefs about what they are capable of achieving ...
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
By Rachael Goldenberg
It’s now 89. Officially the NCAA college basketball win-streak record. And if this team’s composure so far is any indication, the streak isn’t ending anytime soon.
What do we do with this? How does the world look different for women’s sports today? What now?
Well, for starters, let’s go with ...
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Sunday, December 19th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
Never mind that the crowd in Madison Square Garden – 15,232 the second largest in the venue for women’s basketball --- were on their feet in the final minutes chanting “Eighty-eight! Eighty-eight!”
The UConn Women’s Basketball team made it look like just another 31-point win (they beat Ohio State ...
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
I am frankly tired of people justifying sports for girls as a vehicle for improving self-esteem, staving off bad behavior, and improving fitness.
Oh, sure. Sports may do all that. But selling sports in that packaging misses the real power. When you play, you learn to count yourself in.
I ...
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Monday, December 6th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
The countdown started long ago.
Most fans know that if the UConn Women’s Basketball team continues its unbeaten run that on Dec. 21 the team will surpass the 88-game winning streak set by John Wooden’s UCLA teams of the early 1970s.
As the date nears, the question becomes pointed: Who ...
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
By Laura Pappano
On Monday, two girls from Teen Voices, a magazine (and website!) aimed at helping urban girls counteract negative media images, interviewed me for an article they are writing about Title IX (and, their passion, women’s basketball).
Hopefully, I helped them some. But, really, they are helping me -- and ...
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
The National Women’s Law Center filed complaints today against 12 school districts (see press release here) that are meant to be a sampling – not an exhaustive expose of who’s ignoring Title IX.
The suit is a reminder that, although Title IX opened doors of access, that it 1) ...
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
By Katie Culver
It's election day, and I am struggling with an ominous feeling that's settling in my stomach. Not not only are we in danger of losing representatives who fight for women’s issues, but we are also obviously not even selecting our candidates from a very deep pool of qualified, ...
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