Category: Surfeminism
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A Visible History of Women’s Surfing
“A culture that cultivates silence for half of its population is not a healthy culture, even if the silence is unintentionally cultivated.” As a kid who was dragged along by my parents to events during the longboard renaissance in the late-1980s through the 1990s, I had the opportunity to mingle with the legends of surfing.…
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Nº5: #theonethatIwant ?
The new advert for Chanel Nº5, which features Gisèle Bündchen digitally surfing on a wax-less, black board, is making its way through the surf-o-sphere with commentary about how cheesy it is, but it may be the perfect representation of the desired trajectory of women’s surfing as it was created and disseminated by the surf industry…
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ROXY Pro Trailer: One Year Later
One year ago, the loudest and most visible conversation in surfing revolved around how women are represented by surf brands. Women of all ages, from every corner of the world and from every background you can imagine (lawyers, teachers, mothers, daughters, athletes of every kind), along with grandfathers, fathers, and our brothers, stood together, over…
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Surfeminist Analysis of Gypsy Files-The Most Fearless
One task of Surfeminism is to analyze surf media and surf narratives. In this mode, we are able to distinguish Surfeminism from surf industry propaganda (often advanced second-hand by those who accept surfy propaganda) filtered through the image of the surfer girl. Surfeminism, as a tool, works to press into a solid (say, a story…
