By now you have probably heard at least some of the commentary surrounding women’s college soccer player Elizabeth Lambert’s recent use of violent “tactics” in an important (conference tournament semifinal) game. Today’s AP article on the subject presents the debate as one between outraged feminists and apologist male commentators. I think the AP article is [...]
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I Get a Kick Out of You
Posted in sports, tagged ap, elizabeth lambert, gender, michael tunison, msnbc, serena williams, soccer, terry o'neill, violence, zenadine zidane on November 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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Hit me baby, one more time
Posted in cultural commentary, sports, tagged domestic abuse, serena williams, Tiger Woods on December 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Early Friday morning Tiger Woods crashed his car into a fire hydrant and a neighbor’s tree, was taken to the hospital and released after being treated for facial lacerations. This much is fact. And while the mainstream media has stuck to the facts, the gossip columns (especially the website TMZ) has had a field day [...]
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