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Abortion: On The Issues Magazine - by The Editors
How Anti-Abortion Protesters Got Me: Letter From a Young Activist by Sarah Flint Erdreich
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Letter to a Young Activist: Don’t Drop the Banner by Barbara Santee
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Women In Sports: On The Issues Magazine - by the Editors
Sports are everywhere. So are gender issues. We mix 1+1 for fascinating results. •Art by Robin Hextrum and Audrey Frank Anastasi
Olympics' Coverage Still Shortchanges Female Athletes - by Jane Schonberger
When it comes to airtime, doting on skills and money, guess who's not winning?
Winning the Sports Beat: Female Writers Need Wide Angle Lens - by Marie Hardin
Research shows journalistic advancement is uniquely tied to gains on the field. •Art by Kate Walker
Karen Shaw
"Unravelling"
- Curated by Linda Stein
Challenging stereotypes by dissembling sports gear.
Nine Titles Thinking About Title IX - by Rachel Toor
Scrolling through nine reasons women don't become athletes … and then do.
Bodies in Motion: Physical Females Face Different Risks - by Eleanor J. Bader
The sports world is booming – and so are concerns about injuries. •Art by Joan Barber
Women On High: The Price of Passion at the Roof of the World - by Jennifer Jordan
Telling the tales of women who spare no risk climbing K2.
Featured Video: In Salaam Dunk, young women from Iraq form a women's basketball team and find a balm in sports in their war-torn country. Directed by David Fine. Click for larger view
Becoming Glory: Kicking Goals to Transcend the Night, A Memoir - by Christine Stark
A young woman finds the resilience to survive. •Art by Loren Ellis
Opening Historic Trails: Accidental Heroes Stomp Sports Inequity - by Risa Isard
How a professor's search for job fairness pushed open the locker room door. •Art by Tracy Spencer-Stonestreet
Why Sex Segregation Is Bad for Society - by Alex Channon
One man's exploration of martial arts shows the value of cross gender participation.
The Rise and Fall and Possible Rise of Women’s Pro Soccer - by Tim Grainey
Despite spectacular success on the field, women pros have a tough time in the U.S. •Video
Films Lag in Sharing The Women's Game - by Ariel Dougherty
Sports make great stories and vivid filmmaking: so why are they limited by gender? •Video
Cheering or Being Cheered? My Daughter’s Cheerleading Adventure - by Lu Bailey
Wondering about the message for girls when only the boys get rah-rah-rah. •Art by Emma Amos
Athletically Disinclined: My Counterpoint - by Gabrielle Korn
Trying to find the root of sports dislike brings out some uncomfortable truths. •Art by Linda Stein
Leaping, Racing, Spearing: The Female Athlete Amazes in Myth - by Laura A. Shamas
Inspirational figures mirror the potency of women in the fight for self and our causes. •Art by Elyse Taylor
Athletes and Magazine Spreads: Does Sexy Mean Selling Out? - by Laura Pappano
If a strip shot pays the bills, so what? Now can we get back to the game? •Art by Robin Hextrum and Laureen Griffin
Who Owns Sports? Dissecting the Politics of Title IX - by Martha Burk
The disastrous belief that men own athletics steals from women's progress. •Art by Paulina Little
Yoga Frontiers: Women Shape Practices in Exceptional Ways - by Molly M. Ginty
From Occupy to prisons, yoga brings body and mind exercise to women's lives. •Art by Barrie Karp
Rules Put Extreme Pressure On Transsexual Players - by Lindsay Parks Pieper
Athletes need space for gender expression beyond strict Olympic categories. •Art by Robin Hextrum
Curious Tension: Feminism and the Sporting Woman - by Susan J. Bandy
Why don’t more American academics and activists support sisters-in-sport? •Art by Linda Stein
Aspiring for Medals: Watching New Gymnastic Generations - by Zerlina Maxwell
A young athlete never made it to Olympic level, but can now share the awe. •Art by Emma Amos
Girls, Women, Sports: What to Read - by Chané Jones and The Feminist Press
Taking risks, being strong and sharing stories of peak moments in good books.
Goalposts: Tackling the Last Bastion of Male Monopoly - by Andrew D. Linden
Do women really have to play in bras and panties to spiral a touchdown?
A Soccer Dad Faces Parenting, Coaching and Dreams - by Mauricio Espinoza
Does a game really make a bond? A man's exploration of memory and reality.
The Poet's Eye - From Poetry Co-Editor Judith Arcana
Warm, alive, high fives & some mercy -- poetry of Kathleen Aguero, Judith Barrington, Carolyn Martin, and Penelope Scambly Schott.
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Sports – women have been active participants through the ages. But, relative to men, sports have been only a sometime-thing for many women. The articles we ran in On the Issues Magazine, while fewer in number than other topics, were provocative and revelatory.
Facing the Dragon: Reflections on Female Heroism, Winter 1997, by Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Merle Hoffman explored the question of female heroism by looking at the experiences of two intrepid women mountain climbers, Alison Hargreaves and Sandy Pittman.
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Spring 2012
Bodies in Motion: Physical Females Face Different Risks by Eleanor J. Bader
Curious Tension: Feminism and the Sporting Woman by Susan J. Bandy
Cheering or Being Cheered? My Daughter's Cheerleading Adventure by Lu Bailey
Who Owns Sports? Dissecting the Politics of Title IX by Martha Burk
Why Sex Segregation Is Bad for Society by Alex Channonk
Films Lag in Sharing The Women's Game by Ariel Dougherty
A Soccer Dad Faces Parenting, Coaching and Dreams by Mauricio Espinoza
Yoga Frontiers: Women Shape Practices in Exceptional Ways by Molly M. Ginty
The Rise and Fall and Possible Rise of Women's Pro Soccer by Tim Grainey
Winning the Sports Beat: Female Writers Need Wide Angle Lens by Marie Hardin
Opening Historic Trails: Accidental Heroes Stomp Sports Inequity by Risa Isard
Girls, Women, Sports: What to Read - by Chané Jones and The Feminist Press
Women On High: The Price of Passion at the Roof of the World by Jennifer Jordan
Athletically Disinclined: My Counterpoint by Gabrielle Korn
Goalposts: Tackling the Last Bastion of Male Monopoly by Andrew D. Linden
Aspiring for Medals: Watching New Gymnastic Generations by Zerlina Maxwell
Athletes and Magazine Spreads: Does Sexy Mean Selling Out? by Laura Pappano
Rules Put Extreme Pressure On Transsexual Players by Lindsay Parks Pieper
Olympics' Coverage Still Shortchanges Female Athletes by Jane Schonberger
Leaping, Racing, Spearing: The Female Athlete Amazes in Myth by Laura A. Shamas
Becoming Glory: Kicking Goals to Transcend the Night, A Memoir by Christine Stark
Nine Titles Thinking About Title IX by Rachel Toor
From Our Archives: Related Stories on Girls, Women, Sports
The Poet's Eye From Poetry Co-Editor Judith Arcana
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The Art Perspective: Karen Shaw curated by Linda Stein
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