Comments on: American Women Athletes Part One: In which women athletes need to be sexy and heterosexual (preferably with child/ren and husband/boyfriend) http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/08/22/american-women-athletes-part-one-in-which-women-athletes-need-to-be-sexy-heterosexual-preferably-with-children-and-husband-and-notlesbians/ Race, Politics, Gender, Sexuality, Anger Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:10:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: elsie http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/08/22/american-women-athletes-part-one-in-which-women-athletes-need-to-be-sexy-heterosexual-preferably-with-children-and-husband-and-notlesbians/comment-page-1/#comment-20136 elsie Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:15:15 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/?p=1061#comment-20136 i think she's referring to the hepburn/tracy movie "pat and mike" where hepburn played a character modeled on didrickson. i think she’s referring to the hepburn/tracy movie “pat and mike” where hepburn played a character modeled on didrickson.

]]> By: unusualmusic http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/08/22/american-women-athletes-part-one-in-which-women-athletes-need-to-be-sexy-heterosexual-preferably-with-children-and-husband-and-notlesbians/comment-page-1/#comment-19764 unusualmusic Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:19:19 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/?p=1061#comment-19764 In which I love you to death. Thank you!!!!! In which I love you to death. Thank you!!!!!

]]> By: unusualmusic http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/08/22/american-women-athletes-part-one-in-which-women-athletes-need-to-be-sexy-heterosexual-preferably-with-children-and-husband-and-notlesbians/comment-page-1/#comment-19763 unusualmusic Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:18:28 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/?p=1061#comment-19763 WTH????? WTH?????

]]> By: faywray http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/08/22/american-women-athletes-part-one-in-which-women-athletes-need-to-be-sexy-heterosexual-preferably-with-children-and-husband-and-notlesbians/comment-page-1/#comment-19750 faywray Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:20:12 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/?p=1061#comment-19750 Great overview, thank you! <a href="http://fightticker.com/node/7094" rel="nofollow">This</a> offers some more on women in MMA in a 3-part series called "Fighting for the Right to Fight". Great overview, thank you!
This offers some more on women in MMA in a 3-part series called “Fighting for the Right to Fight”.

]]> By: Ico http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/08/22/american-women-athletes-part-one-in-which-women-athletes-need-to-be-sexy-heterosexual-preferably-with-children-and-husband-and-notlesbians/comment-page-1/#comment-19708 Ico Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:43:14 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/?p=1061#comment-19708 Another link, which lowman's comment got me thinking of. Here is a sport in which women outperform men (ski jumping), but guess what? It's barred from the olympics! Men's ski jumping, of course, is very much a part of the winter olympics: http://feministlawprofessors.com/?p=10426 Well, I guess we wouldn't want women to go trouncing the men now, would we...? Another link, which lowman’s comment got me thinking of. Here is a sport in which women outperform men (ski jumping), but guess what? It’s barred from the olympics! Men’s ski jumping, of course, is very much a part of the winter olympics:

http://feministlawprofessors.com/?p=10426

Well, I guess we wouldn’t want women to go trouncing the men now, would we…?

]]> By: unusualmusic http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/08/22/american-women-athletes-part-one-in-which-women-athletes-need-to-be-sexy-heterosexual-preferably-with-children-and-husband-and-notlesbians/comment-page-1/#comment-19664 unusualmusic Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:21:11 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/?p=1061#comment-19664 Thanks for letting me know. And yeah, I did note the *ohmigod Lesbians* undertone, but I'm gonna address homophobia in a different post...sooo. And I think we need to revive her story, because I am so sick of seeing male sport movies! And when I think of how a normal sports broadcast digs into and mythologizes great male achievement, but women's are left to rot in obscurity. It pisses me off so badly. Thanks for letting me know. And yeah, I did note the *ohmigod Lesbians* undertone, but I’m gonna address homophobia in a different post…sooo. And I think we need to revive her story, because I am so sick of seeing male sport movies! And when I think of how a normal sports broadcast digs into and mythologizes great male achievement, but women’s are left to rot in obscurity. It pisses me off so badly.

]]> By: unusualmusic http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/08/22/american-women-athletes-part-one-in-which-women-athletes-need-to-be-sexy-heterosexual-preferably-with-children-and-husband-and-notlesbians/comment-page-1/#comment-19662 unusualmusic Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:16:08 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/?p=1061#comment-19662 Thank you! I really love these links! Thank you! I really love these links!

]]> By: unusualmusic http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/08/22/american-women-athletes-part-one-in-which-women-athletes-need-to-be-sexy-heterosexual-preferably-with-children-and-husband-and-notlesbians/comment-page-1/#comment-19661 unusualmusic Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:14:56 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/?p=1061#comment-19661 thank you! thank you!

]]> By: unusualmusic http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/08/22/american-women-athletes-part-one-in-which-women-athletes-need-to-be-sexy-heterosexual-preferably-with-children-and-husband-and-notlesbians/comment-page-1/#comment-19659 unusualmusic Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:12:18 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/?p=1061#comment-19659 I'm glad you enjoyed it:) And yeah, as I went through I kept having to pause for a rage moment. And the more I dig into the issue, the more I get angry. I’m glad you enjoyed it:) And yeah, as I went through I kept having to pause for a rage moment. And the more I dig into the issue, the more I get angry.

]]> By: unusualmusic http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/08/22/american-women-athletes-part-one-in-which-women-athletes-need-to-be-sexy-heterosexual-preferably-with-children-and-husband-and-notlesbians/comment-page-1/#comment-19657 unusualmusic Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:07:13 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/?p=1061#comment-19657 thank you, for both dealing with lowman and telling me about the link (it never fails, at least one link will be borked, no matter how I check!) I'm glad you enjoyed the post! Re: Babe Didrickson..there was a movie?!? thank you, for both dealing with lowman and telling me about the link (it never fails, at least one link will be borked, no matter how I check!) I’m glad you enjoyed the post! Re: Babe Didrickson..there was a movie?!?

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