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2026 Peer-reviewedA silo of their own: The compartmentalization of media coverage of women's sports, 1989–2024 Communication & Sport ↗ 2025 Peer-reviewed'Reimagining' gender equality in media coverage: Feminist frameworks in European and Olympic portrayal guidelines European Journal for Sport and Society ↗ 2024 EssayIs this the dawn of a new era in women's sports? The Conversation ↗ 2022 EssayAt Super Bowl 2022, the NFL, Rams and Bengals rake in money. Cheerleaders get pennies NBC News THINK ↗ 2022 EssayLia Thomas' championship performance gives women's sports a crucial opportunity NBC News THINK ↗ 2022 EssayU.S. women's soccer settlement sets dangerous precedent NBC News THINK ↗ 2021 Peer-reviewedOf wine and whiteboards: Enacting feminist reflexivity in collaborative research 81 citations Qualitative Research ↗ 2021 Peer-reviewedOne and done: The long eclipse of women's televised sports, 1989–2019 364 citations · 51,369 downloads · Altmetric 789 Communication & Sport ↗ 2021 Peer-reviewedSexualized and athletic: Viewers' attitudes toward sexualized performance images of female athletes 70 citations Sex Roles ↗ 2020 Peer-reviewed"This isn't just about us": Articulations of feminism in media narratives of athlete activism 184 citations Communication & Sport ↗ 2020 ReportChasing Equity: The triumphs, challenges, and opportunities in sports for girls and women 107 citations Women's Sports Foundation ↗ 2020 Peer-reviewedFeminist activism in digital space: Postfeminist contradictions in #WhyIStayed 127 citations New Media & Society ↗ 2018 Peer-reviewedNavigating big data dilemmas: Feminist holistic reflexivity in social media research 63 citations Big Data & Society ↗ 2017 Essay"We cannot stand idly by": A necessary call for a public sociology of sport 92 citations Sociology of Sport Journal ↗ 2017 Peer-reviewedFrom fizzle to sizzle: Televised sports news and the production of gender-bland sexism 292 citations Gender & Society ↗
2017 Book reviewReview: Sex testing: Gender policing in women's sports, by Lindsay Parks Pieper Gender & Society ·
2017 EssayTitle IX at 45 Contexts ↗ 2016 Peer-reviewed"Ready for anything the world gives her"?: A critical look at sports-based positive youth development for girls 103 citations Sex Roles ↗ 2016 Essay"This has to change!": News media coverage of women's sports Contexts ↗ 2016 Book reviewReview: Qualifying times, and A locker room of her own, by Jaime Schultz Gender & Society ·
2016 EssayStriking goals for pay and prize parity in sport The Society Pages ↗ 2015 Peer-reviewed"It's dude time!": A quarter century of excluding women's sports in televised news and highlight shows 749 citations · 80,309 downloads · Altmetric 525 Communication & Sport ↗ 2015 Peer-reviewed"It's supposed to be about the love of the game, not the love of Aaron Rodgers' eyes": Challenging the exclusions of women sports fans 119 citations Sociology of Sport Journal ↗ 2015 EssayDespite soaring popularity, women's sports got more coverage a generation ago FAIR ↗ 2015 EssayEven in the wake of a record-setting Women's World Cup, myths still surround women's sports espnW ↗ 2014 Peer-reviewedGender and sport in Montenegro: Barriers and facilitators 50 citations International Review for the Sociology of Sport ↗ 2014 EssayMad (at) March Madness The Feminist Wire ↗ 2014 EssayMattel uses Barbie to titillate male sports fans The Huffington Post ↗ 2014 EssayOn Michael Sam coming out The Feminist Wire ↗ 2013 Peer-reviewed"What makes a woman a woman?" vs. "Our First Lady of sport": A comparative analysis of Caster Semenya in U.S. and South African news media 158 citations Journal of Sport and Social Issues ↗ 2013 Peer-reviewed(In)Justice in sport: The treatment of South African track star Caster Semenya 55 citations Feminist Studies ·
2013 Peer-reviewedPolicing the boundaries of sex: A critical examination of gender verification and the Caster Semenya controversy 208 citations Journal of Sex Research ↗ 2013 Peer-reviewedWomen play sports, but not on TV: A longitudinal study of televised news 678 citations Communication & Sport ↗ 2012 Peer-reviewedPlaying but losing: Women's sports after Title IX 111 citations Contexts ↗ 2012 Peer-reviewedSport, sex segregation, and sex testing: Critical reflections on this unjust marriage 56 citations American Journal of Bioethics ↗ 2012 Peer-reviewedSuccess without honor: Cultures of silence and the Penn State scandal Cultural Studies/Critical Methodologies ↗ 2012 EssayWoman enough to win? The Society Pages ↗ 2010 ReportGender in televised sports news and highlights shows, 1989–2009 294 citations USC Center for Feminist Research ↗ 2010 Peer-reviewedIt's not about the game: Don Imus, race, class, gender and sexuality in contemporary media 254 citations Sociology of Sport Journal ↗ 2009 Peer-reviewed"Girls just aren't interested": The social construction of interest in girls' sport 235 citations Sociological Perspectives ↗ 2005 Peer-reviewedIf you let me play: Young girls' insider-other narratives of sport 129 citations Sociology of Sport Journal ↗ 2003 Peer-reviewedSilence, sports bras, and wrestling porn: Women in televised sports news and highlights shows 354 citations Journal of Sport and Social Issues ↗ Blank space — nothing matches that search.
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