Archive for the ‘GenNext: Sport Girls’ Category
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Team USA faces off this afternoon against Finland in the final day of preliminary round play. Medals rounds ahead!
By Emilie Liebhoff
I recently took my three-year-old daughter ice-skating for the first time. I skated a few laps, did some quick crossovers, and pivoted back and forth. She was amazed. (I'm sure ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
By Megan Wood
Documentary filmmaker Jenny Mackenzie's film Kick Like a Girl conveys the empoweringand enlightening experience when a soccer team of 8 and 9-year-old girls plays in the boys division -- quite successfully. After Mackenzie's visit to Wellesley College last week, I spoke with three student athletes about why gender ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls, Money, Power & Politics, The Athletes | No Comments »
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
By Katie Culver
Here’s a Super Bowl quiz question: Would you send your daughter to a football game in her underwear?
I wouldn’t. And yet, funny thing is, there’s women at every NFL football game in a close approximation of panties and bras. They just happen to be ...
Posted in Football, GenNext: Sport Girls | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
By Megan Wood
Sadly, the LA Sol have been dissolved, leaving one less professional women’s soccer team to inspire young players. But there is a team out there to root for: Utah’s Mighty Cheetahs. This film is not new, but if you haven't seen it or heard about it, watch the ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls, The Q&A | 1 Comment »
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
By Megan Wood
My final college softball season starts in three weeks. Time to worry about my makeup and hair?
Softball may be a serious, competitive, slide-in-the-dirt sport, but as it grows in popularity (and TV interest), there is heightened attention -- to looking good.
When I tuned into the Women’s College World ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls, Money, Power & Politics, Softball, The Athletes | 3 Comments »
Monday, December 21st, 2009
By Katie Culver
1. A legitimately equal opportunity to develop athletic skills and play sports -- from the start.
This means: girls should be handed a ball (instead of a doll or toy purse) as soon as they can hold something. They should be dressed appropriately so they can run, climb, jump ...
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
By Hannah Ritchie
Only one in four girls at Colleyville Heritage High School in Texas, my school, participate in sports while more than half of boys are on sports teams. This is NOT because girls aren’t interested.
Last December, 3,374 girls in grades 6-12 participated in a survey to gauge their interest ...
Posted in Football, GenNext: Sport Girls, Money, Power & Politics | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
By Laura Pappano
Sure, research shows that high school girls who play sports are less likely than their non-athletic peers to get pregnant. But sometimes it happens.
When it does, schools and districts need fair and sensible policies that allow girls (with guidance from a physician) to continue to compete and participate, ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls, The Athletes | 3 Comments »
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Girls playing handball in Bangladesh
By Laura Pappano
Sport is a tool for social, political and economic equality. In Bangladesh -- where girls face routine physical violence, child marriage, and are denied the same access to education as boys -- that couldn’t be more critical. Consider that the country’s ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls, The Q&A | 2 Comments »
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
By Emilie Liebhoff
It bugs me. I drive by the fields in my town – and I only see men coaching the soccer teams. Don’t get me wrong. It’s wonderful when dads share quality time with their daughters and sons. But where are the moms?
Even in the backyard, it’s dad shooting ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls, The Coaches | 3 Comments »
