Tag: Surfeminism
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Surfing Formulations: Emerging from the Apolitical
Surfing Formulations: Emerging from the Apolitical The following is an excerpt from a keynote talk I presented at San Diego State University for the “Impact Zones and Liminal Spaces” conference in April of 2019. The SDSU talk intended to build upon and fill out the seminal theoretical work I authored in The Critical Surf Studies…
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POP some Empowermints before watching this video!
SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE: WEIGHT LOSS, WEIGHT GAIN, DEPRESSION, VOMITING, DIZZINESS, LOSS OF APPETITE, LOWERED SEX DRIVE, STERILITY, ELEPHANT SKIN AND SUN SENSITIVITY. IN SOME RARE CASES EMPOWERMINTS HAVE LED TO PROLONGED DEEP UNCONSCIOUSNESS OR PREMATURE DEATH. “How are young people able to get their voices heard beyond voting with their dollars? Increasingly, they are…
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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…
