Ladiez Luncheon Wednesday: SPORTZ EDISH
Q: Hey LHJ how are you celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day?
SORRY, can’t answer right now. Gotta build relationships with teammates, show leadership in our community and develop a STRONG BODIES.
If you’re bored while we’re gone, go ahead and try to not be inspired by these amazing ladyfeats:
Natalie Randolph is the new coach of the Coolidge High School football team, making her what is believed to be the only woman coaching boys’ varsity high school football in the U.S.
I’ve already posted ice-skater Johnny Weir’s great response to the worst of the homophobic commentators he faced during the Olympics. But this video from Infomania’s “That’s Gay” is also worth watching. It’s hilarious…and extremely sad. Weir is a three-time national champion but to a sports community with a serious case of anxious masculinity “he’s not an athlete, he’s fun!”
“Not sure what move Weir is working on here, but doesn’t his hair look fabulous?
Seriously?! And the fact that this is the treatment he gets in figure skating is just too much. If you’re ever tricked into thinking homophobia is a thing of the past just look at the way the sports world reacts when those “flamboyant” and “outspoken” gays step into their precious masculine safe space. Meanwhile, while Johnny Weir is criticized for being too effeminate for figure skating, the Canadian women’s hockey team is criticized for being too manly for women’s hockey.
Ice-skating champ Johnny Weir responds to the two Canadian commentators who said he was damaging the sport’s image and suggested he take a gender test. “I think masculinity and femininity is something that’s very old fashioned. There’s a whole new generation of people that aren’t defined by their sex or their race or who they like to sleep with.” (Via Bitch Blogs.)
