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How manly do you like your male cheerleaders?
Gender norms and cheerleading norms are always in flux, each at their own pace. Sometimes they align, and sometimes they clash.
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George MJ Perry
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There is not a single legacy women's organization that is working for women
If you've been supporting organizations like the Women's Sports Foundation, you'd better read Women's Liberation Front's Open Letter to Legacy…
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Sarah Barker
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Minnesotastan: Where it's unlawful to have female-only sports
Or: I try to read the law. Fight me if I got it wrong
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Sarah Barker
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They self-identified as nonbinary, they self-identified as worthy of prize money. Can they self-identify as elite?
A textbook example of activist overreach is underway at the Philadelphia Marathon
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Sarah Barker
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The Department of Education's Power is Worth $175M. Women's Sports is Worth Nothing
You’ll pardon me if I, like Paula Scanlan to whom this insult was addressed, am not limp with slavering gratitude to the University of Pennsylvania for…
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Sarah Barker
15
Washington drafted the nation's first male inclusion policy back in 2007. Why?
Aidan Key: "I'm not sure of the impetus. There were very few out trans kids at the time."
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Sarah Barker
12
"It makes me feel expendable."
A Washington track athlete and her mom speak out
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Sarah Barker
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TheFemaleCategory
TheFemaleCategory
Read interviews, studies, and essays from those who support sex-segregated women's sports.
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