Anna Kessel | Elevating Women in Sports

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🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Anna Kessel has been writing about women in sports for nearly two decades. Her work — especially when it comes to women’s football — has been so impactful, she was awarded a Most Excellent Order of the British Empire as part of the 90th birthday honors of Queen Elizabeth II. Many consider her book, Eat Sweat Play, to be a must-read at the nexus of feminism and fitness. On this episode, Kessel breaks down the history of women’s athletics, tells us why societal views are largely to blame for barriers to entry, and shares how we can all play a role in evolving the narrative of women’s place in sports.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Jalen Howell of the US Women Soccer Team, and you're listening to
0:04.4	Trained Body and Mind.
0:07.0	Oh, hello, welcome to Trained Body and Mind, a podcast exploring the cutting edge of
0:12.1	holistic fitness.
0:13.3	I'm your host Jacqueline Byer.
0:15.4	Each episode I connect with the world's leading experts and athletes to talk about mindset,
0:20.1	movement, nutrition, recovery, and sleep.
0:23.2	What we like to call the five facets of fitness.
0:26.0	Today, I'm talking with a journalist and author from the UK who's one of the loudest global
0:31.0	voices for why women need sport and sport needs women.
0:36.8	I guess I just want us to stop shutting women and girls down and just allow them to continue
0:42.8	that trajectory of freedom and confidence and exploration and play because I think it
0:49.2	will just take us all men and women to a much better place.
0:55.6	That's Anna Kessel of Sky Sports in London.
0:58.1	She's been a sports journalist for nearly two decades and has written for the Guardian,
1:02.0	the Daily Telegraph, and the Observer.
1:04.8	Her writing, especially when it comes to women's football, has been so impactful she was awarded
1:10.2	an MBE as part of the 90th birthday honors of Queen Elizabeth II.
1:15.5	And yes, I had to look up MBE, which apparently stands for most excellent Order of the British
1:19.8	Empire.
1:21.3	Many consider Anna's book Eat, Sweat, Play to be a must read at the nexus of feminism
1:25.9	and sport.
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