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June 2025

When It Gets Real: Illness, Fear, Recovery
Reflections on a Dark Night of the Soul, and Stomach, After Knee Replacement
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I Asked Olympian Nancy Hogshead for Athletic Advice. She Spoke of Love. (Cornhole #7)
Interview with the swimming champion on overtraining, injury, bodies, & love.
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“I’m So Uncomfortable There Is a Girl!”
When Boys Refuse to Play Along with Trans Fiction in the Locker Room
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What's On Martina Navratilova's Mind? Biles & Gaines
Martina on Simone Biles, Riley Gaines, Misogyny, and Men
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Advocacy Works: World Boxing Stands Strong for Women
Male Boxer Imane Khelif Forced Out of the Female Category - Finally
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We're Launching Women's Sports Policy & Inviting You to Join
A new Substack will offer information, analysis, opinion, and conversation about female-only sports & spaces, brought to you by a mighty team of experts
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Hugging & Breathing: A Graphic Story About Mothers and Mom
For Sarah Burton Nelson, 1924-2019, on the 6th anniversary of her death
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May 2025

40 Bogus Rationales for Allowing Males into Female Sports
In Chronological Order, Complete with Counter-Arguments
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40 Bogus Rationales for Allowing Males into Female Sports
In Chronological Order, Complete with Counter-Arguments
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Female Eligibility Policies: Sport-by-Sport List, U.S. & International
Women's Sports Policy Working Group's Rankings, from Archery to Weightlifting
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