Tag: the inertia

• I Stand with Otis Carey

  

  Ignorance and blindness are the foundations upon which racism is built. Plenty more houses are built upon ignorance and blindness, like sexism and homophobia. Perhaps one of the most misunderstood aspects of racism, sexism and homophobia is that cruel intentions are not a requirement for racist, sexist or homophobic acts to be perpetrated. In addition,…

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  April 17, 2014

  Deconstructing Surfing, Media Literacy, Surfing

  lawsuit, litigation, Nathan Myers, Otis Carey, racism, suing, Surfing Life, the inertia, Tracks Magazine, white blindness, white privilege

• “Standing Her Ground”: Curl Magazine #31

  (This interview about women in surfing and my decision to boycott the ASP World Tour, was just published in the summer issue of Curl Magazine. There is no online access to this article so it is being reprinted here, with the images and captions provided in the article. I have also added links throughout the…

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  December 17, 2011

  Feminism, Interviews/Articles, Politics, Surfing

  ASP, association of surfing professionals, boycott, brodie carr, carissa moore, Chelsea Williams, China, chinese government, Cori Schumacher, Curl Magazine, Feminism, Hainan Island, human rights, Kassia Meador, Lindsay Steinriede, longboarding, new york times, nike, one child policy, shortboarding, SIMA, surfing, the inertia, volcom, women in boardsports, women’s longboarding, women’s rights, women’s rights without frontiers, women’s shortboarding, zach weisberg

• Champions in China and Meaning-Making Machines (link)

  

  Swatch Girls Pro China, 2011   Some of my thoughts on the recent ASP Women’s World Longboard Championship in China, the first significant event to be held in China by the Association of Surfing Professionals. Champions in China and Meaning-Making Machines For more information about why I was not in attendance at this event:Why I’m…

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  October 28, 2011

  Deconstructing Surfing, Politics, Surfing, Writing

  ASP, Cori Schumacher, surfing, the inertia