by admin | Dec 9, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Amid lingering international concern over the safety of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Wednesday defended the organization’s handling of her situation and dismissed suggestions that the IOC should take more...
by admin | Dec 5, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to Billie Jean King who both earned the Muhammad Ali Legacy Award and shared her abortion story in support of Roe v Wade. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Kirk Shipley, the rowing coach at Walt Whitman...
by admin | Dec 1, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
The rowing season had already ended by the time the seven girls began drafting a letter that they hoped would get their coach fired. They’d spent years competing for the crew team affiliated with Walt Whitman High, one of the Washington region’s highest-achieving...
by admin | Nov 30, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Every now and then, China’s Communist insiders, in their frantic attempts to shield themselves against international criticism, inadvertently let slip what truly scares them. So it was recently in the tragic case of Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star who disappeared...
by admin | Nov 23, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Aly Raisman has become a voice for the voiceless now that her illustrious gymnastics career has come to an end. The six-time Olympic medalist and two-time captain of the United States women’s gymnastics team has spent much of the past several years speaking up...
by admin | Nov 23, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Years before the National Women’s Soccer League erupted over allegations of systemic abuse, players on the Chicago Red Stars tried to speak up about their coach. Over and over, according to interviews and confidential records reviewed by The Washington Post, players...
by admin | Nov 21, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Chinese tennis pro Peng Shuai took part in a video meeting with International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach on Sunday, amid a global uproar following a Nov. 2 post on her social-media account accusing one of the Communist Party’s most senior retired leaders...
by admin | Nov 19, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
When Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai went public with a bombshell sexual assault accusation against a retired top official, China’s response was to censor all discussion of the allegation internally—and dismiss growing international concern over Peng’s whereabouts and...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The head of the Women’s Tennis Association has cast doubt on an email claiming to be from Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, saying it only raises further concerns for her safety. China’s state-owned television broadcaster CGTN released the email, purportedly...
by admin | Nov 17, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka has become the latest athlete to voice concern over Peng Shuai, who has not been seen in public since accusing a former Chinese state leader of sexual assault. “Censorship is never OK at any cost, I hope Peng Shuai and her family are...
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