@brendaelsey.bsky.social
Prof and Historian of politics, gender, and pop culture esp fútbol in LatAm. Views expressed are my own. Co-host www.burnitalldownpod.com; anti-discrimination work with www.farenet.org; she/her, books on gender and sport: https://utpress.utexas.edu
@brendaelsey.bsky.socialHistorians are other agitators, now, too!
@sandruska.bsky.socialReposted by @brendaelsey.bsky.socialQue lindo.❤️
Histórico. Emocionante.
O que começou com a mobilização espontânea dos fandoms, se tornou o maior ato da campanha de #Lula
@burnitalldownpod.comReposted by @brendaelsey.bsky.social🎉 Jessica and Shireen celebrate the news that an anti-trans lawsuit against NCAA was recently tossed out of court (as voted on by you, our listeners!)
Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and support us on Patreon to vote on the topic of our next bonus episode: www.patreon.com/burnitalldow...
@burnitalldownpod.comReposted by @brendaelsey.bsky.socialFlamethrowers! 🔥 We are trying something new. Patrons can vote on what topic they'd like to hear the hosts chat about in between our planned monthly episodes.
🗳️ Voting is open through the weekend!
🙋♀️ What do you want BIAD to talk about?
@burnitalldownpod.comReposted by @brendaelsey.bsky.socialFrom book recs to deeper dives into the politics of women’s sports, @brendaelsey.bsky.social and @shireenahmed.bsky.social tackle your listener-submitted mailbag questions in our latest special on Patreon! 📚🎧
Watch here: www.patreon.com/burnitalldow...
@burnitalldownpod.comReposted by @brendaelsey.bsky.socialOn our latest episode, co-host @amirarose.bsky.social shares a history lesson spanning the 70s through the present day on how money is tied to power and control over US college students and sports.
Watch on Youtube or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! m.youtube.com/watch?v=vDuk...
@katemanne.bsky.socialReposted by @brendaelsey.bsky.socialI wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
@propublica.org PinnedReposted by @brendaelsey.bsky.socialSen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
@burnitalldownpod.comReposted by @brendaelsey.bsky.socialHow did the sports we love become swallowed up by big money and private equity?
Amira, Lindsay and Jessica disentangle issues around the “death of sports” on the latest episode of BIAD! Watch here or find us wherever you listen to podcasts: m.youtube.com/watch?v=vDuk...
@brendaelsey.bsky.socialMuseo de la Resistencia!
@burnitalldownpod.comReposted by @brendaelsey.bsky.socialNew! 🔥 Shireen and Lindsay drop a bonus episode on the Sydney Sweeney sports betting ad, and how younger athletes are using the conversation around it to speak up: www.patreon.com/burnitalldow...
Free and open to all on our Patreon!
@brendaelsey.bsky.socialCongrats, Bridget!
@jessicawluther.comReposted by @brendaelsey.bsky.socialReally proud to have had the Texas Observer's cover story earlier this year about why trans inclusion in sport is good, actually.
@propublica.orgReposted by @brendaelsey.bsky.social(This video contains descriptions of sexual abuse.) At 15, Ashlee Orndorff was a rising basketball star in Hawthorne, Nevada. But behind her success on the court, Orndorff says she was carrying a terrible secret: Her Amateur Athletic Union coach, Matt Williams, had been sexually abusing her.
@brendaelsey.bsky.socialDon’t hire scab officials in sports (or any labor sector)! Or you get this nonsense…
