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Girl sports in Afghanistan stays popular among motivated athletes

itsdifferentforgirls wrote 19 hours ago: Zahira Sarwar of WNN SOAPBOX reports: “Take a moment to reflect on what comes to mind when you … more →

Gender gap in the ‘Women’s Olympics’

itsdifferentforgirls wrote 21 hours ago: The 2012 Olympic Games in London was the first time all participating nations allowed women to compe … more →

Race and Concentrated Disadvantage

DaveO wrote 1 day ago: Ta-Nehisi Coates has been sending out some really solid pieces on the social construction of race (h … more →

Tags: Cityspace, community, Government, Sociology, inequality, Race

Middle Class African Man

New African Men wrote 3 days ago: It is good for a society when the middle class is growing. Why? Because the middle class is good for … more →

Tags: Africa, African, blacks, men 2, AfDB, African Development Bank, African men, Black Diamonds, black middle class

It’s Capitalist Racist Patriarchy, Stupid! Learn To Be, Like, White2 comments

New African Men wrote 4 days ago: In April a number of media outlets ran the news of how white people still dominate management positi … more →

Tags: blacks, men 2, Power, whites, capitalist, inequality, Management, Patrirachy, Racist

For Deeb it's not the wins, it's the people

itsdifferentforgirls wrote 5 days ago: Mike DiMauro of The Day: Here we are in Connecticut, the home office for the women’s sports re … more →

Women in sport: We won't save Olympic legacy with rounders and Zumba

itsdifferentforgirls wrote 5 days ago: Lucy Kinder of The Telegraph reports: Bury is a small town in Greater Manchester, which has no more … more →

Yup; She's a Boss

SammyScoops wrote 6 days ago: Elizabeth Warren must have that “me against the world”, mentality as she basically goes … more →

Tags: In the headlines, Banking, Congress, Consumer Protection, corporation, corpratism, Elizabeth Warren, Government, regulation

Soccer emerges as focal point of dissent in Saudi Arabia

itsdifferentforgirls wrote 1 week ago: James Dorsey of Middle East Online reports: “Soccer, alongside minority Shiite Muslims and rel … more →

Tags: Soccer 2

Pushing for gender equality a major part of Goodrich's career legacy in sports

itsdifferentforgirls wrote 1 week ago: Andrew Lang of The Bellingham Herald reports: “One of Lynda Goodrich’s favorite poems is … more →

Girls on Film: 11 female athletes who deserve their own sports biopic

itsdifferentforgirls wrote 1 week ago: Monika Bartyzel of The Week reports: “The best sports films are about so much more than sports … more →

Boys, girls and fairness: The court can fix a rule that hurts female athletes

itsdifferentforgirls wrote 1 week ago: The Pittsburgh Gazette reports: “Boys will be boys and girls will be girls. But when girls and … more →

University of Minnesota Men’s sports teams get almost three times the money as women’s, raising equity concerns

itsdifferentforgirls wrote 1 week ago: Derek Whetmore of The Minnesota Daily reports: “Minnesota athletic director Joel Maturi, left, … more →

Tags: Gender Inequality, University of Minnesota, Spending differences

Marketing women athletes often walks careful line between savvy and sexist

itsdifferentforgirls wrote 1 week ago: Anna Griffin of The Oregonian reports: “Mike Golub didn’t intend to offend. The Portland … more →

Tags: Marketing, sexism, portland timbers soccer

Women’s football captain: being gay shouldn’t be an issue in sports

itsdifferentforgirls wrote 1 week ago: “Casey Stoney said that recent coming out by leading sportsmen is encouraging but more work ag … more →

Tags: Soccer, Casey Stoney, england captain, Homosexuality

These 5 Women Came Out Long Before Jason Collins

itsdifferentforgirls wrote 1 week ago: Christine Salek of Policymic reports: “While NBA player Jason Collins’ ”coming out … more →

INSIGHT: Women and Sports in Saudi Arabia

itsdifferentforgirls wrote 1 week ago: Isobel Coleman of Middle East Voices reports: “Last summer, I wrote about two young women from … more →

Tags: Saudi Arabia, Gender Inequality, Sports

Women’s sports media group calls Don Cherry's comments 'sexist'

itsdifferentforgirls wrote 1 week ago: “The Association for Women in Sports Media has labelled recent on-air comments by popular CBC  … more →

Tags: Don Cherry, sexist comments, Coach's Corner, NHL

Ladies, Want Women's Sports To Get More Attention? Pony Up

itsdifferentforgirls wrote 1 week ago: Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated Frank Deford shares his views on media coverage of female sport … more →

Tags: Media Coverage, female attendances, team sports v individual sports, female spectators


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