Extra 2015
Killing Us Softly Trailer, by Jean Kilbourne
Nike Commercial with Rajon Rondo and Friends
"No One Knows Who Female Star Athlete is in Nike Commercial," at The Onion
Field Trip with Desean Jackson and Sanya Richards
"A Beautiful Myth? The Gendering of Doing/ Being Good at Maths," by Mendick [There's also excerpts in an attachment at the bottom]
Question Three: How Do Gender Binaries in Athletics Affect Spectators' Responses?
"Time for Jenny Dell, NESN Relationship to End," by Minihan
Sports Science: Hits Like a Girl
"Nine Year Old Girl Plays Football, Kicks Ass, and Maybe Changes the World," by Zirin
"STUDY: NBS More Likely to Cover Men's Olympic Events, Show Women in Sports with Minimal Clothing" by Spross
"Gabby Douglas Covers Essence 'Woman of the Year' Issue with Glamorous Black and Gold Dress"
Core Principles of Media Literacy
Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. are NASCAR's Power Couple
6) Sports Illustrated: Title IX --- 40 Years of Change
Click through to the subpage with the various articles from “Sports Illustrated: 40 Years of Change.” Choose three articles. Respond to each of them by summarizing its argument and two supporting points. From what you learned in the article, how has Title IX made an impact on people in the U.S.?
7) Write an Original Short Story from a Female's POV
Your assignment:
Write a 150-250 word short story from the point of view of a young female who wants to participate in some kind of athletics that is denied to her. Use first person narration (i.e. “I,” “we,” “our”) only.
Begin by characterizing your protagonist: describe her physical appearance, behavior, the sound of her language, how others behave around her, how others talk about her. Write with feeling and voice. Allow your reader to journey along with you through the immediacy you create and the imagery you offer.
Then infuse a significant conflict, one that will require you to become involved as if you were she with her experiences. Don’t just cooperate with her but coexist with her. Share the objects, ideas, and actions of her life itself. Try to see and feel how your very being is wrapped with hers and in larger worlds than you are accustomed to think.
Conclude the short story with a resolution that answers our essential question, “How can sports be a mechanism to improve society?”
Homework: "Femininity and Feminism in the WNBA,” by Sarah Banet-Weiser [handout]
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