Tag: Sexism

In Review – May 2018

Post author By Spirit Company
Post date June 1, 2018

May has arrived and brought the start of a new season with it.

Washington Redskins Cheerleaders Describe Topless Photo Shoot and Uneasy Night Out via The New York Times
New Policy for Cheerleading Team Angers Girls Who Made the Squad via News 12.
In Defense of Cheerleaders and Cheerleading via Outkick the Coverage.
Column: Time’s Up for Cheerleaders/Dancers at NFL, NBA Games via Daily Tribune Sports.
NFL Cheerleaders Must Be Able to Control Their Own Sex Appeal via ESPN.
N.F.L. Agrees to Meet Cheerleaders’ Lawyer, but Doesn’t Accept Settlement Proposal via New York Times.
NFL Cheerleading Can Still Be Saved via Sports Illustrated.
Hanover Park (N.J.) Responds to Complaints That All at Tryouts Made Cheerleading Squads via USA Today.
Kansas Cheerleaders Say They Were Subjected to Naked Hazing via AOL.
Garland ISD Plans to Expand Auxiliary Cheer Program via Rowlett Lakeshore Times.
Exclusive: UoB Cheerleading Squad Placed on Probation After Racial Incidents via The Tab.
Carmella Compares Being A WWE Champion To Being A Cheerleader via The Sportster.
San Antonio Spurs Replace Female Dance Team with Coed ‘Hype’ Squad via Reuters.
Former Cheerleader Calls Houston Texans Abusive via Courthouse News Service.
11 Bartow Cheerleaders Sign College Offers via The Ledger.
Utah High School Cheerleader Kicked Off Squad for ‘Big Sean’ Recording Files Civil Rights Complaint via Good 4 Utah.
Queen’s Athletics Will Not Insure Queen’s Bands Cheer via The Queen’s Journal.
Ex-Cheerleader Chasing Dream as Pro Football Player in Atlanta via The Asahi Shimbun.
Cheers as Career Takes Off in the US via The West.
Former UCLA Cheerleaders Speak to Unhealthy Standards Expected of Them via Daily Bruin.

In Review – August 2017

Post author By Spirit Company
Post date September 1, 2017

August came and many of us returned to school. The unfortunate major news of the month came from Colorado, as reported by Denver Post, USA Today, and Fox News, among others. Here’s the other news of the month:

Entertainment Weekly published Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Best Lyric Wasn’t in Hamilton.
Regulatory Review posted Supreme Court Clarifies Test for Evaluating Useful Articles.
Hollywood Reporter published Inside NFL Cheerleaders’ Legal Fight for Better Pay.
Mirror posted Good Morning Britain Guest Claims Cheerleading is ‘Sexist’ But is Blasted for Being ‘Ignorant and Offensive’ in Heated Debate.
Daily Mail published Cheerleader With Down Syndrome Proudly Shows Off Her College Acceptance Letter After Fearing She Would Never Get The Chance to Go to School.
Cherokee One Feather posted Let’s Hear a Cheer for the Cheerleaders.
ABC News published Parents Link Concussion With Football, but Ignore Other Contact Sports: Survey.
Keighley News posted Special Needs Cheerleading Classes to Begin in Keighley.
Orange County Register published Cheerleading is Starting School Year as a CIF-Regulated Sport.
Hoover Sun posted A Dream, Realized.
USA Today published Missouri Teen With Down Syndrome Makes School’s Cheerleading Team.
University News posted UMKC Cheerleading Team Loses Funding.
Calaveras Enterprise published From Flips to Flying, Cheerleaders Are More Than What Meets the Eye.
Valley News posted Curve Balls: Cheering Is One Part Sport, One Part Theater.