Tag Archives: sports

Today’s Lady News: Douchey Ads For New York Knicks Removed

Jessica WakemanNovember 9, 2012 //
"Unfeminine" Athletes
Lolo Jones photo
Some old sexist dude is concerned lady athletes are not feminine. Read More »
Anti-Gay Slur
Escobar suspended for writing anti-gay slur on his face. Read More »
Condi Invited To Club
Condoleezza Rice photo
Condi Rice was invited to join the all-male Augusta National Golf Club. Read More »
"Prostitute"
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16-year-old Saudia Arabian Olympian called "prostitute" for competing. Read More »
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  • Whoever does advertising for the New York Knicks must have thought this ad about bagging “sixes” and “sevens” was a 10, when it’s really a zero. People are people, not numbers ranking them on their attractiveness. I was going to call this ad “sexist,” but really, it’s more all-around douchey for either gender. [VIBE]
  • Moms now run New Hampshire. Here’s blogger Amanda Hess on why they shouldn’t talk about being moms. [Slate]
  • On white women who voted for Mitt Romney … [The New Yorker] Keep reading »

Toronto Blue Jays Player Yunel Escobar Suspended For Writing Anti-Gay Slur On His Face

Ami AngelowiczSeptember 19, 2012 //
Gay Scaremongering
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This gay marriage scaremongering ad is so bad it's good. Read More »
Obama Supports Gays
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The president comes out in support of same-sex unions. Read More »
Big Gay Oreo
Some people were offended by this Oreo. Read More »
Unacceptable

For those of you who don’t speak Spanish, “Tu Ere Maricon” translates to “You are a faggot.” Toronto Blue Jays player Yunel Escobar made a grave error in judgement by writing this anti-gay slur on his face during a game this weekend. Escobar defended his homophobic face painting at a press conference saying: “I don’t have anything against homosexuals. I have friends that are gay … It’s just something that’s been said amongst the Latinos. It’s not something that’s meant to be offensive.” Keep reading »

A Little Boy Without Feet Skills Us All In Soccer

Julie GersteinSeptember 3, 2012 //
Kids' Show Nostalgia
Our favorite tv shows and what they taught us. 11 Photos »
Weird Toys For Kids
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Nine highly inappropriate toys for kids, like STD dolls. 7 Photos »
Childhood Experiences
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The twenty scarring experiences every woman needs to get over. Read More »
A Mini-Soccer Star

Some days, you’re like “I really can’t deal with working out, I’m so tired.” And then you read about kids like Brazilian boy Gabriel Muniz, who was born without feet and still manages to play soccer, and then you feel absolutely mortified about your own laziness. [YouTube]

Condi Rice Invited To Join All-Male Augusta National Golf Club

Jessica WakemanAugust 20, 2012 //
Discrimination
But Tiger Woods plays at Augusta National Golf Club anyway. Read More »
Condi On Crying
Dick Cheney says Condi cried, but Condi thinks he should STFU. Read More »
Frisky Sexism
All of The Frisky's posts about sexism. Read More »
making history
Condoleezza Rice photo

Breaking news! The He-Man Woman Hater’s Club has finally realized girls do not have cooties.

Okay, I am being glib. But it’s friggin’ 2012, Augusta National Golf Club — it took you long enough to admit your first-ever female members, i.e. stop discriminating against over 50 perent of the population. Women have always been allowed to play golf at Augusta as guests but it took the formerly mens-only club over 80 years to finally issue their iconic green jackets to two women: former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina businesswoman Darla Moore. ”It will be a proud moment when we present Condoleezza and Darla their green jackets when the club opens this fall. This is a significant and positive time in our club’s history and, on behalf of our membership, I wanted to take this opportunity to welcome them and all of our new members into the Augusta National family,” said new chairman Billy Payne in a statement. Women’s rights activists have been putting firm pressure on Augusta since 2002, especially since it got rather embarrassing that the club wouldn’t even admit a female CEO whose company was a corporate sponsor of the Masters, a golf tournament being held at the club.

Welcome to the 21st century! (Well … sort of.)  [Wall Street Journal]

16-Year-Old Saudi Arabian Olympian Called “Prostitute” For Competing

Jessica WakemanAugust 13, 2012 //
"Unfeminine" Athletes
Lolo Jones photo
Some old sexist dude is concerned lady athletes are not feminine. Read More »
Women's Boxing!
Women boxed for the first time ever at this year's Olympics. Read More »
Olympics 2012
All our coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London! Read More »
You Go, Girl!
saudi arabia judo

Two women made history at the 2012 Olympics for being the first-ever female Saudi Arabians to compete in the Games.

But one of those young women, Wojdan Shakerkai, who competed in judo (and lost), has paid dearly for being a trailblazer: the 16-year-old girl has been lambasted as a “prostitute” by misogynists back home. Keep reading »

“There Are No Feminists On My Team,” Says U.S. Women’s Basketball Coach

Jessica WakemanAugust 10, 2012 //
  • The U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team coach Geno Auriemma has said that “there are no feminists on my team … we’re not running around burning our bras trying to make people believe in our team.” I guess he is trying to say talent wins out above all?  But way to not understand feminism at all, dude. The reason the team you coach is allowed to play in the Olympics is because of women’s equality. [Blisstree]
  • …. nevertheless, NPR declares it the “Year Of The Woman” at the London Olympics. [NPR]
  • A woman who braids hair has won a federal lawsuit against the state of Utah over regulations that would have required her to get a cosmetology license. The state of Utah could not prove that hair braiders — who oftentimes are immigrant women for whom attaining a cosmetology license would be a struggle — were a threat to public health. [Seattle Times] Keep reading »

Old Sexist Dude Concerned Olympic Athletes Are Unfeminine

Jessica WakemanAugust 10, 2012 //
Women's Boxing!
Women boxed for the first time ever at this year's Olympics. Read More »
Synchronized Swimming
Fabulously over-the-top synchronized swimmers doing their thing. Read More »
Olympics 2012
All our coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London! Read More »
quotable
Lolo Jones photo

“Broad-shouldered, flat-chested women with small hips; [they are] totally indistinguishable from men. Their breasts – the symbol of womanhood, motherhood – flattened into stubs as they were seen as mere hindrances to speed. I am not even talking about female javelin throwers, shot-put athletes, weightlifters, wrestlers and boxers. Their appearance is just pathetic.”

You know how sometimes crusty old dudes say laughably sexist things? Like, things you can’t even waste the energy getting offended about because they’re so preposterous? Meet Turkish columnist Yuksel Aytut, who wrote a column called “Womanhood Is Dying At The Olympics.” Yes, seriously. Womanhood is dying. All those female athletes are running, swimming and kicking soccer balls when they should be back at home rubbing their husband’s feet. Such a shame!

Oof. Obviously this man has not clicked through a slideshow of women’s beach volleyball butts. [Wonkette; Daily Mail UK]

Olympic Gold Medalist Missy Franklin Described As A “Mean Girl”

Jessica WakemanJuly 31, 2012 //
Ryan's Twitter Rambles
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The philosophical Twitter ramblings of Ryan Lochte are amazing. Read More »
Bonjour, Camille!
We're totally drooling over French swimmer babe Camille Lacourt. 11 Photos »
Olympics 2012
All our coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London! Read More »
Missy Franklin swimmer Olympic gold medalist

Today, The Washington Post ran a column praising 17-year-old Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin as a tenacious athlete. In fact, you could describe columinist Sally Jenkins’ piece as gushing. So it’s unfortunate in an otherwise awe-filled piece that Jenkins’ made a poor choice of words (emphasis mine):

This was her first Olympic gold medal attempt in a grueling program of seven planned events — and on top of that, she had had to swim a semifinal heat in the 200 freestyle less than 15 minutes earlier. But with about 25 meters to go in the backstroke, a mean girl took possession of her.

Whoa, hold up. Why does winning have anything to do with being a “mean girl”? Keep reading »

WWE Announcer Cracks A Kobe Bryant Rape Joke

Jessica WakemanJuly 31, 2012 //
Daniel Tosh Rape Joke
Today's Lady News photo
Daniel Tosh joked about a woman in audience getting raped by five men. Read More »
Rape Joke Video
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Comedians who've made both funny and unfunny rape jokes. Read More »
Rape Jokes On Facebook
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Joking about raping women is cool with Facebook. Read More »
morning quickies
Kobe Bryant photo
  • On “Monday Night Raw” last night, WWE announcer Abraham Washington cracked a rape joke about a wrestler, saying the guy was “like Kobe Bryant at a hotel in Colorado … he’s unstoppable.” WWE issued an immediate apology. (In 2003, Bryant was accused of raping a 19-year-old hotel worker; prosecution dropped the charges days before the trial against him was set to begin. Bryant had maintained the two had consensual sex.) [TMZ]
  • Robert Pattinson has already moved out — and now he Kristen Stewart are going to battle for custody over their dog, Bear. Also, R-Patz wants to have a “man-to-man” talk with Rupert Sanders, the “Snow White and the Huntsman” director with whom Kristen cheated. [The Sun UK, Celebrity Cafe]
  • Lana Del Rey covered Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box” at a concert in Australia, prompting Courtney Love to tweet at Lana, “you do know that song is about my vagina, right?” Ooooookay, Court. [PopCrush]
  • While filming a sex scene for “The Canyons” in which she had to go topless, Lindsay Lohan asked the male crew members to strip down to their boxers. [TMZ] Keep reading »

26 Olympic Sports We’d Excel At

Julie GersteinJuly 24, 2012 //
Olympics 2012
All our coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London! Read More »
Hottest Olympians
The 22 hottest Olympic athletes from around the world. Read More »
Olympian Alicia Sacramone
We talk with gymnast great Alicia Sacramone. Read More »

Look, I’m a little intimidated about heading to the Olympics next week to hang out with a bunch of people who are Really Good At Sports. I’m not good at sports and typically only play them when I’ve been unassumingly tricked into them by a friend who says that it’s faster to ride bikes someplace than to drive a car. And yes, I treat my body like a decommissioned Orange Julius machine.

But that doesn’t mean that me and the rest of the mostly-sedentary Frisky staff aren’t gold medalists at other things in life. That’s why I asked everybody to tell me what they’d likely win a gold medal in. After all, if competitive race walking is an actual Olympic sport, can competitive closet organizing — in which my Virgo soul would easily get the gold — be far behind?

Tell us: What would you win a gold medal for? And if you need me, I’ll be polishing my Olympic gold medals for Eating All The Tacos and Being Able To Discern What Song Sampled What Other Song.

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