Feminist reflections on fitness, sport, and health
I usually pay little attention to sports bras, as I don’t seem to need much support and the one I wear is based on whether or not it is clean. Any love I have for sports bras comes wearing them exclusively since giving up underwire padded bras during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sam put it best… Continue reading Sports Bra Drama
I’m occasionally amused by the search terms which lead people to the blog. Where do I find them? WordPress tracks them for us. I’m not shocked at what people search for. I am sometimes shocked that they click through to a blog with “feminist” in the title. Below are search terms in bold and below… Continue reading Search and you will find. Maybe?
I loved the running bras I used to wear in the early aughts. They were comfortable and supportive, whether I was running or rowing. I remember texting my husband from Spain when I heard the local running shop had a sale on. I think I got four new ones at an unbelievable price. There finally… Continue reading Recognizing diversity in body shapes and parts
Hey Team, I hope that day 19 brings you a feeling of tearfulness and spaciousness. I wish those things for you every day, of course, but I am sending them out with a little extra boost today. And speaking of an extra boost… I feel like I often veer towards gentle workouts when I seek… Continue reading Making Space 2023: Day 19
I normally don’t follow fashion news. With the pandemic, I have had no need of new clothes. Zoom fashion has added longevity to my business clothing. Pop star Lizzo has launched a new line of shapewear, called Yitty, and the line will have sizing from 6X to XS. (Yes, that formatting is deliberate.) Back in… Continue reading The shape of things to come
It’s spring and I’m swapping clothes around, from winter to summer. The fall and spring stuff stays out year round. But I store out of season clothes in the basement in plastic storage tubs, as one does if you only have one closet and a chest of drawers. I have friends who don’t swap clothes… Continue reading Will we go back to wearing ‘real’ bras in a post-pandemic world? Sam isn’t sure
I’m in Charlottetown, PEI, for a week! With a day to myself I could do a self-guided tour with a rental car, walking, public transit, or e-bike. By my title, I think you know which I chose. Probably inspired by other FIFI e-bike posts, I rented an e-bike for the first time in hilly, windy… Continue reading Tourism and e-bikes
Last summer we heard about Olympic athletes who faced obstacles to their need to breastfeed their children while participating in the games. Spanish athlete Ona Carbonell described the rules imposed by Japanese officials as dangerous and impractical. Because it is World Breastfeeding Week, a yearly event promoting breastfeeding and its important role in food security… Continue reading Breastfeeding? Exercise is good for you
First, the good news. Readers, friends, family, fit feminist community, I have a date for knee replacement surgery. OMG. It’s been so long. It’s more than 3 years since my sports doctor decided that we’d done all that could be done with knee shots, physio, braces and so on and that the time had come… Continue reading Sam is checking in for July WITH SOME GOOD KNEE NEWS
All of these posts have been read (ok, well looked at, or clicked on) more than 10,000 times each. That’s pretty exciting for academic authors. We’ve also come a long way. When Tracy and I first started the blog way back in September 2012, we didn’t expect more than family and close friends to follow along.… Continue reading 10 Most Read Posts of All Time, #ICYMI
