Tag: pro women’s surfing

• Eddie Would Go. Maya Ought to Think Twice?: How we are progressing past sexism in our culture.

  

  Sexist sentiments that one might expect to find around Maya Gabeira’s surviving a botched rescue attempt after tackling one of the largest waves (if not the largest) ever attempted by a female in a tow-in scenario, I found written by a woman on Surfer Magazine’s website and in comments by industry stalwarts, viz. a couple…

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  October 31, 2013

  Feminism, Media Literacy, Surfing

  big wave surfing, Eddie Would Go, Garrett McNamara, Ian Cairns, janna irons, Laird Hamilton, Maya Gabeira, Nazare, pro women’s surfing, surfing, women’s surfing, XXL awards

• Road to Roxy

  

    Interspersed in this post are some amazing voices from those who are supporting a petition to ask Roxy to stop using “sexy” to sell their products, a request that I argue pertains to the entire surf industry. You can read about the video that started it all here. You can add your voice to…

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  September 7, 2013

  Deconstructing Surfing, Feminism, Media Literacy, Surfing

  #roadtoroxy, #whoamIjustguess, Big Surfing, Change.org, Cori Schumacher, J S Fink, pro women’s surfing, Road to Roxy, roxy, roxy petition, Roxy Pro Trailer, sexism in surfing, women’s surfing

• Protected: “Who is losing when sex is sold?” The future.

  

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  Deconstructing Surfing, Feminism, Media Literacy, Surfing

  #dareyourself, #whoamIjustguess, asp world tour, Cori Schumacher, dustin hoffman, Feminism, marion bartoli, pro women’s surfing, roxy petition, Roxy Pro, sex sells, sexism in surfing, Stephanie Gilmore, tootsie, upworthy, wimbledon