by admin | Feb 3, 2022 | #MeToo, Guest Blogs, SEW
The Washington Football team has officially changed their name to the Commanders. This may be one step towards combating racism in the league, but this doesn’t outweigh the team’s history of inappropriate conduct and sexual harassment against women. It’s been more...
by admin | Jan 2, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes Naomi Osaka who is returning to the tennis court in Australia. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the NFL who continue to cover up stories of harassment.
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
With the year winding down and few Canadians paying attention on the last Monday before Christmas, swimmer and Olympic gold medallist Maggie Mac Neil set a short-course world record in the 50-metre backstroke in Abu Dhabi. It was an entirely appropriate coda to...
by admin | Dec 24, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Growing up in Maryland, I was raised as a fan of the team now called the Washington Football Team, and my parents have pictures of me as a baby in a burgundy-and-gold onesie. We watched games at family gatherings, and I know what it’s like to have that one uncle root...
by admin | Dec 15, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
At this point, the bigger problem for the NFL is not the stinking algae bloom that is Daniel Snyder but rather the strong whiff of its own toxic cleansers. Commissioner Roger Goodell, you see, knows the Washington Football Team owner was accused of sexual misconduct...
by admin | Dec 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
NBC’s Sunday Night Football reporter Michele Tafoya is done on the sidelines after the 2021 NFL season, according to The New York Post. It’s reportedly her decision, which comes after almost three decades on network TV between CBS, ABC/ESPN and NBC....
by admin | Nov 26, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
The auditorium on the first floor of North Carolina State’s James B. Hunt Jr. Library, with its rows of seats that rise to the back wall, can make for an intimidating platform. From that stage one day in April 2019, Brenda Tracy, a 5-foot-10 stranger to most in the...
by admin | Nov 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Another NFL Sunday afternoon and there is Pam Oliver on the sidelines, where football viewers have come to expect her. It’s 1:03 p.m. ET, seconds after the opening kickoff of the Cowboys-Falcons at AT&T Stadium, and Oliver is delivering a report on Cowboys...
by admin | Nov 7, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to The WNBA Players Association in the offseason as it continues to expand its impact, reach and visibility alongside the league’s growth. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the the Washington Football Team...
by admin | Oct 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Tracy Sormanti was exhausted so she needed to pull over. After another grueling chemotherapy treatment sapped her energy, she needed to close her eyes for a few moments before restarting the ignition. It was difficult for Sormanti to slow down. Even in the final...
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