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Sportsdykes: Stories from on and Off the Field
Sports - from volleyball to softball; from ice hockey to Martina - are as central to lesbian social and cultural life as bars and discos are to gay men. The playing field is where lesbians meet, where they socialize, and where they express who they are.
SportsDykes explores, defines, and celebrates the lesbian sports experience. From serious investigative journalism to works of lyrical fiction, the life of the "girl jock" is vividly revealed in the thirty-one pieces collected here. They cover the politics of sports, the homophobia of many collegiate and elite teams, the personal empowerment women have achieved through sports, the sheer joy of the game and the zest of competition, and the steamy eroticism that lesbian sports can generate.
Included are pieces by syndicated journalist Victoria Brownworth, former basketball star Mariah Burton Nelson, columnist Alisa Solomon, coach Pat Griffin, novelists Jenifer Levin and Leslea Newman, GirlJock founder Roxxie, erotic novelist Robbi Sommers, and cartoonists Kris Kovick and Michelle Kort, among others.
SportsDykes is tough, funny, unique, and sexy - just like sports dykes themselves.
SportsDykes explores, defines, and celebrates the lesbian sports experience. From serious investigative journalism to works of lyrical fiction, the life of the "girl jock" is vividly revealed in the thirty-one pieces collected here. They cover the politics of sports, the homophobia of many collegiate and elite teams, the personal empowerment women have achieved through sports, the sheer joy of the game and the zest of competition, and the steamy eroticism that lesbian sports can generate.
Included are pieces by syndicated journalist Victoria Brownworth, former basketball star Mariah Burton Nelson, columnist Alisa Solomon, coach Pat Griffin, novelists Jenifer Levin and Leslea Newman, GirlJock founder Roxxie, erotic novelist Robbi Sommers, and cartoonists Kris Kovick and Michelle Kort, among others.
SportsDykes is tough, funny, unique, and sexy - just like sports dykes themselves.
- GenresNonfictionSportsQueer
239 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1994
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Susan Fox Rogers
21 books15 followersI am the author of MY REACH: A HUDSON RIVER MEMOIR, to be published by Cornell University Press in September 2011. In this memoir, I explore the Hudson River from my kayak. As I encounter snapping turtles and great blue heron, visit crumbling ice houses and cement factories, you will learn about the rich natural and built history of this river. In the process I also tell my own story of family and loss.
In addition to MY REACH, I am the editor of eleven book anthologies including Solo: On Her Own Adventure, Going Alone: Women's Adventures in the Wild and Alaska Passages: 20 Voices from Above the 54th Parallel, and Antarctica: Life on the Ice. I teach creative writing at Bard College--the creative essay, nature writing and a course on the Hudson. I live in the village of Tivoli."
In addition to MY REACH, I am the editor of eleven book anthologies including Solo: On Her Own Adventure, Going Alone: Women's Adventures in the Wild and Alaska Passages: 20 Voices from Above the 54th Parallel, and Antarctica: Life on the Ice. I teach creative writing at Bard College--the creative essay, nature writing and a course on the Hudson. I live in the village of Tivoli."
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January 23, 2025
as the title would indicate, this book was even gayer than girljock. highlight for me was the supposedly fictional lesbian softball team from northampton that believed calling for the ball was patriarchal and took breaks for emotional processing during practices. the confluence of sexuality and gender and sports and history that i’ve been longing for 👍
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