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By Kate Cimini • 9 years ago

The NHL and The CWHL: The Struggle for Women

After the Stanley Cup was won in 6 games, tweets, articles, facebook posts and general buzz about the NHL and hockey have died down in preparation for the upcoming season. Every fan can tell you who took home Lord Stanley, and who should take the Cup home next year.

But far fewer could tell you who won the 2014 Clarkson Cup, let alone that the Clarkson Cup is the highest prize in women’s professional hockey.

I come from a family of sports nuts, and as such, rebelled by leaving the room every time sports were on television.  To my everlasting surprise, I fell in love with hockey five years ago.  It was everything I liked: challenging, physical and so, so fast.  And, hey, the eye candy wasn’t bad. 
By Kate Cimini • 9 years ago

Transphobic admissions policies holding smith back

I graduated from Smith College in 2009 on a rainy, humid day in May. Many of us wore our white dresses required for Ivy Day under our graduation gowns, and were a strange mixture of elated and cranky. We had earned a diploma from what was surely the best women’s college around. Some of us, as transfers, loudly attested to that fact.

But while we tell friends and family, potential employers and complete strangers that we graduated from a women’s college, we are leaving out a key fact: Smith College is home to a small population of men, as well.

When I transferred to Smith in 2007, my orientation leader was quick to temper her “this is a women’s college” speeches with ...

I graduated from Smith College in 2009 on a rainy, humid day in May. Many of us wore our white dresses required for Ivy Day under our graduation gowns, and were a strange mixture of elated and ...