Feminist reflections on fitness, sport, and health
All of us at FIFI are grateful to Samantha and Tracy for starting the blog in 2012, inviting us to join as writers and readers, and keeping it going strong in the midst of whirlwinds of change over the past decade plus some. In honor of her birthday, and in no particular order, are 59… Continue reading 59 great things about Sam, in honor of her birthday
With Halloween just 7 days away, I thought it would be fun to post a few themed workouts in case you wanted to get in the ‘spirit’ of things. (ooooooh, so scary!) I haven’t watched or completed all of these, I just picked the ones that seemed fun and weren’t obviously problematic. Please take good… Continue reading Why not have more fun? Try a Halloween workout!
Trans-athletes and the right to participate in sport Meet Rebekah, a Trans 14-Year-Old Who Just Wants to Play Sports In real life, transgender girls in sports are a non-controversy: Retired high school coach Transgender pro athlete weighs in on sports inclusion controversy Random Good news Heavily pregnant Idrees wins taekwondo gold at Nigerian National Sports… Continue reading Fit is a Feminist Issue, Friday Link Round Up #96
Physical appearance has never not been a focus in my life. I did ballet, taekwondo, and a bunch of sports as a kid. I then worked as a kinesiologist and fitness coach at 8 different gyms in Toronto over the last decade before teaching fitness classes on zoom out of my living room when the… Continue reading Movement in Transition (Guest post by Alex Boross-Harmer)
During her Move program in January, Adriene (of Yoga with Adriene) emphasized how important it can be to think about how you move. She invited us to consider the actual movements we made when relocating our hands to move between poses, the way we moved our legs into downward dog, the process of how we… Continue reading Christine thinks (but tries not to overthink) about how she’s moving
Thanks Under Armour. This looks, to me, like an inclusive ad done right. It’s not thin white women. They don’t have perfect bodies. They’re working hard and having fun. Count me in. Nicole shared this to our bloggers’ Facebook group and even though it’s an ad (I know) I wanted to share it with you.… Continue reading I know it’s an ad but I like it
I feel seasick a lot of the time at the moment. I’m working through a perfect storm of grief in my life. Between relationship woes, no longer living with my beloved cat, illness and death among family and friends and moving from my long (long) time home in New York City to Montreal (a city… Continue reading Moving Through Big Emotions
Five years ago, I wrote this post about sports bras and how active women struggle to find the right one for them. At the time, lots of people shared their stories of “success” on the sports bra front. I figure it’s time for an update, since maybe there is some new product out there. I… Continue reading The Sports Bra Dilemma #tbt
Today’s link round up focusses on fitness, fashion, and inclusivity. Athleta’s Latest Launch Is The Inclusivity Push In The Fitness Industry I’ve Been Waiting For “Those of us trying to be more active who don’t fit society’s image of what “health and wellness” looks like can often feel excluded. While the fitness industry has made… Continue reading Fit is a Feminist Issue, Friday Link Round Up #95, Inclusive Fitness Fashion
A few weeks ago Virginia Sole-Smith at Burnt Toast wrote about posting workout selfies. The internet did what it does, which is have a variety of opinions. I posted a link to the article on my personal Facebook page… some folks messaged me privately to say it was an interesting article and they were thinking… Continue reading Workout Selfies: Yay or Nay?
