Archive - TheFemaleCategory

"It makes me feel expendable."

A Washington track athlete and her mom speak out

Jun 21 •

Tale of Two Males in Girls' Sports

How exceptional were AB Hernandez's and Marissa Rothenberger's performances?

Jun 8 •

You'll have the good taste to shut up and smile now that it's evident we've been violating your Title IX rights for a decade

This email was sent out to the families and girls on the Eagan (Minnesota) High School softball team on the eve of their quarterfinal playoff game…

Jun 5 •

How girls' sports in Minnesota is rigged against them

Jun 2 •

May 2025

Canada's new sports minister owes female athletes clarity on sex-based categories

Adam van Koeverden can start by "telling Canadian men and boys to accept feminine males in the same way female athletes have always accepted tomboys."

May 29 •

George MJ Perry

Doped then, transitioned now.

The East German doping scandal is a tragic blueprint for the health effects of testosterone on female bodies. If known more widely, it could help both…

Published on Gender Studies: Beyond the Rainbow • May 26

Are there really so few boys in girls' sports?

There are so few.

May 18 •

Engarde! The New York Times misleads again

Be still my blood pressure, my very favorite in the New York Times’ stable of Andrew Tate wannabes, Jere…

May 8 •

BBC Sport: our submission to the Thematic Review

This was submitted to the BBC last year as part of the Review of Portrayal and Representation.

Published on SEENinJournalism’s Substack • May 5

April 2025

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