by admin | May 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
A little more than three years ago, we first heard that some cheerleaders for the Washington Football Team were subjected to inappropriate parading for the private pleasure of the club’s highest-spending ticket holders, all men, at a Costa Rican resort. The team’s...
by admin | Apr 28, 2021 | #MeToo, Leadership, Representation, SEW
Battling sexism, giving a talk at Harvard University, running a podcast and stopping elite strikers – another day in the life of Janelly Farias. There’s much more to the 31-year-old Mexican-American defender than just her abilities on the field. Aside from her roles...
by admin | Apr 23, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
She did not break any rules, but Sarah Voss’s full-body suit at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Switzerland defied convention. Until now women and girls have only covered their legs in international competition for religious reasons. Voss...
by admin | Apr 16, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Multiple employees within the New York Mets organization say their complaints about inappropriate workplace behavior were not acted on, according to a report from The Athletic. The report also details allegations of inappropriate conduct or...
by admin | Apr 13, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
A former student is suing the University of Evansville, alleging she was sexually assaulted by former men’s basketball coach Walter McCarty and that the school failed to provide a safe environment. The Title IX lawsuit was filed Monday. In it, the former...
by admin | Apr 11, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Natalia Dorantes, who was hired by the Washington Football Team as the first Latina Chief of Staff in the NFL. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Steve Waithe, a track and field coach at Northeastern,...
by admin | Apr 8, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
A former Northeastern University track and field coach who had been fired after multiple sexual harassment complaints has been arrested and charged with stealing nude photos from six student athletes and trying to dupe them into sending more. Authorities charged Steve...
by admin | Apr 7, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Ashley Solis became a massage therapist to heal people’s minds and bodies, but after what she said happened to her in March 2020, she can no longer do what she loves without shaking. Her hands tremble when she places them on clients, forcing her to cut sessions short....
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
John Geddert, the former USA Gymnastics coach, was found dead in February just hours after he had been charged with 24 felonies including human trafficking and sexual assault in relation to his decades of work with young gymnasts in his home state of Michigan....
by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
BEFORE HER TEAM’S rotation on balance beam at their final home meet of the regular season, University of Arkansas head coach Jordyn Wieber gathers her gymnasts for a huddle. She asks them to take a collective deep breath, calm their energy and focus on the start...
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