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That old saying, if they build it, the people will come, could not be truer, or in this case, if it’s on tv, we will watch. LockerRoom’s Suzanne McFadden reported on Sky Sport’s women’s sport commitment See the Possible, disproving, yet again, that old trope that no one watches women’s sport. This month, Sky Sport reported that inContinue reading “If it’s on tv, we will watch it”

This week I was interested to see two different articles about supporting the future of women’s cricket and that it’s not money that is required (although that would obviously be helpful) but according to captain Sophie Devine “it’s about the resource, the structure, the staff, the systems that go in place behind it.” This argument is shared by theContinue reading “Needed: Change and accomplices”

This week, I found myself wondering, is this what it feels like to be a man who loves sport? To be able to switch on the tv so many times this week and see my people playing sport. And so many sports and so many matches! It’s been awesome! I have watched the cricket world cup withContinue reading “Is this what it feels like to be a man who loves sport? + where are the allies?”

Hopefully you noticed that this week was International Women’s Day (IWD). It also marks one year since I launched HerStory, so happy anniversary to me! Thank you to everyone who has been on this journey with me! IWD means there was plenty of new research and articles on gender inequity released. I am usually sceptical aboutContinue reading “IWD, the gender and ethnic pay gap, and HerStory turns one”

It feels weird to be writing about women’s sport when it has been such a full week, with violence in the Ukraine and hurt here in Aotearoa, as well as Covid and other things happening in our lives at the moment. I don’t plan to write about these things because that’s not why we’re here,Continue reading “So much women’s sport + Sport NZ launch #itsmymove”

This is frequently a theme of HerStory, but this week more than most it felt like the overriding theme of many stories was ‘things that wouldn’t happen to men’s teams/athletes’. First up is the college in the U.S. with a co-ed wrestling team, but when a girl joined the (co-ed) team, the Athletic Director chose to forfeitContinue reading “This wouldn’t happen in men’s sport + homophobia deterring women from sport”

The Financial Times released an excellent 16 minute video this week on the business case for women’s football. They touch on all the important things, from the history where women’s football in the 1910s were attracting huge crowds until the English FA inexplicably banned women from playing, how boots are made for men and only recently IDA has designedContinue reading “The women’s football business case, Gymnastics NZ need to prioritise, and let’s keep talking”

The article this week by women’s rugby awesome advocate Alice Soper really hit close to home for me. She articulated the phenomenon where when there is a development in women’s sport, we are expected to be grateful. Like Alice, I am incredibly grateful when there is a step taken to address something unequal. But the expected gratitude often comes with aContinue reading “Being grateful but not just for crumbs in women’s sport”

First published by Stuff.co.nz: Move the focus from conflict to what brings us together With 90 per cent of the eligible population now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, New Zealanders are showing a level of unification about a cause not seen since the anti-nuclear movement of the 1980s. However, this is a paradox of public opinion. New ZealandContinue reading “United we stand, divided we fall: Public opinion on Covid-19 and being anti-nuclear”

With 90 per cent of the eligible population now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, New Zealanders have not been this unified about a cause since the anti-nuclear movement of the 1980s. However, it’s a paradox of public opinion. New Zealand has always been perceived to be unified in our anti-nuclear stance when in fact there were a numberContinue reading “(Unabridged) United we stand, divided we fall: Public opinion on Covid-19 and being anti-nuclear”