Category: Feminism
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“little hoss” and a call to action
Since writing “embracing their femininity”, I stumbled upon a photo feature of surfer Erica Hosseini in STAB Magazine’s Hard Cover Book, December 2011, that pushes Big Surfing’s fetishized “feminine” to it’s most hyper-sexualized yet. STAB ostensibly tries to get away with this image by using a play on Hosseini’s last name, a double entendre, a…
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objectification ate my empathy!
A certain level of empathy is involved with revolutionary thought, innovation and social change. When being exposed to social, political and even economic disparities, brutality, inequity, oppression, etc., one of the key elements in motivating individuals to do something in order to better circumstances (for themselves as well as for others), is that there must…
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“embracing their femininity”
Three of the top five ladies chosen in this year’s Surfer Poll Awards have bared glistening, bronzed bodies to the world in nearly naked poses that range from playful and flirty to sexual and seductive. The only reason Alana trumped Sally Fitzgibbons in the polls is because Fitzgibbons didn’t get her skin-show on before…
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rethinking: occupy feminism
Globalization is a homogenizing mechanism of capitalism. It promises to erode borders, languages, races, ethnicities and genders and replace all identities with a single id drive: “BUY-your-SELF-expression-now!” and is undercut throughout by Greed. Capital has no home, it has no body, it has no single origin (not anymore)… it is a spirit with a single…
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the presentation: what we can do (Women in Boardsports, 2011, part 2)
Photo Credit: Alba Pardo I woke early the day I was to give my presentation at the Women in Boardsports retreat in Saas Fee. I had stayed up quite late the night previous in order to ensure I had noted the elements I most wanted to communicate. I had taught myself Keynote in the process…
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getting there (Women in Boardsports 2011, part 1)
Last night I arrived home, exhausted but inspired and teeming with ideas, from a retreat nestled at the base of an ancient glacier in Saas Fee, Switzerland. The drive from Geneva to Saas Fee was easily one of the most beautiful I have undertaken. From fields of hay, corn and apple trees, to the expansive…
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Tackling the Mythology of a Sport
I have been working the last few weeks on the presentation I will be giving at the Women in Boardsports retreat. Browsing through the websites of the major surf brands and surf media websites has been a tedious, albeit enlightening, experience. I have intentionally distanced myself from the mainstream surf industry (brands, retail stores, media,…
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Women in Boardsports Retreat, 2011
At the end of the month, I will be headed to Saas Fee for the Women in Boardsports Retreat where I have been invited to be a keynote speaker. I am really enjoying putting the presentation together and gathering my thoughts on: Women’s action sports as the sports of the new feminine and the new…
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long-sleeved daisy dukes
Finally broke down and began the search for a new wetsuit last week. I didn’t want to spend my hard-earned dollars on the Usual Suspects (Rip, O’, Quik or Bill) so I dug a bit deeper. My list was short given that I didn’t want a suit made in China and I wanted to support…
