by admin | Jul 30, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Simone Biles did not just go to Tokyo to compete. In an April interview with NBC, she said she’d decided to participate in her second Olympic Games, at 24, because she wanted to hold gymnastics leaders accountable. Biles is the only victim of Larry Nassar...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice released a report about the FBI’s investigation into former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar that spotlighted what survivors like me have known to be true: the entire system is failing athletes. The FBI failed to...
by admin | Jul 14, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
The Justice Department’s inspector general released a long-awaited report on Wednesday that sharply criticized the F.B.I.’s handling of the sexual abuse case involving Lawrence G. Nassar, the former doctor for the U.S.A. Gymnastics national team and Michigan State...
by admin | Jun 20, 2021 | Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to basketball star Tine Charles, who released a documentary project this week about her music industry father. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Mali. The country was spotlighted this week due to...
by admin | Jun 17, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
When Mali qualified for the women’s basketball tournament at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, some players received a house and prize money for their part in the remarkable achievement by a country that is extremely poor and largely unsupportive of women’s rights. Another...
by admin | Mar 7, 2021 | Guest Blogs, SEW
“Blondes with big breasts, and ‘pretty girls,’” is apparently Les Miles type. LSU released a report revealing the university had considered firing football coach Les Miles because of his behavior with the female student workers. Within hours of the report being...
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