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The Olympic Games are obsessed with policing femininity

By Jos | Published: June 14, 2012
TweetThe International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has planted itself firmly at the intersection of gender policing and colonialism. The Star recently published a fascinating and infuriating article by Stephanie Findlay about the policing of femininity in preparation for the Games being held this summer in London. Remember all the sturm und drang around Caster Semenya? The IAAF has [...]
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Sports fans to get free condoms at Euro 2012

By Jos | Published: May 23, 2012
TweetCan you imagine if the US government gave out free condoms at the Super Bowl? That’s basically the equivalent of what will happen in Poland next month, when the country is one of the hosts of Euro 2012, Europe’s annual football tournament held every four years (that’s soccer to all us ignorant Americans). The tournament runs from [...]
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Breaking barriers, Somali women run

By Eesha Pandit | Published: April 25, 2012
TweetThe news from Somalia is often heartrending and horrible. The country is experiencing an unprecedented famine and a great deal of instability and violence. But today, I bring you all some good news from Somalia. This year, for the first time, the Somali Athletics Federation will select one female runner from a field of 10 to compete in the [...]
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Saudi Arabia one step closer to letting women compete in London Games

By Chloe | Published: March 21, 2012
TweetIt looks like some Saudi women athletes will be allowed to compete in London this summer. According to the New York Times, A pan-Arab newspaper based in London, Al-Hayat, reported Tuesday that the Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz has approved the participation of female athletes in London as long as their sports “meet [...]
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Afghan woman to box in summer Olympics

By Eesha Pandit | Published: February 15, 2012
Tweet I love it when young women confound society’s expectations. I love it when they do it by being bold and bad-ass. I especially love it when they are 17 years old. Afghan boxer (yes, you read that correctly, boxer) Sadaf Rahimi will be representing Afghanistan in the women’s boxing competition at the London Olympics [...]
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