Episode 47: Athlete Moms, Athlete Activists, and Women are Athletes Worthy of Coverage

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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This week, Amira Rose Davis, Brenda Elsey, and Jessica Luther discuss Serena Williams and other athlete moms, including those in college. Jessica interviews Molly Yanity, assistant professor of journalism at Quinnipiac University, about what’s really wrong with the coverage of women’s basketball and women’s sports more generally. Then Amira, Brenda, and Jessica turn to professional leagues’ responses to athlete activism (which includes an update on Kaepernick). As always, you’ll hear the Burn Pile, Bad Ass GIRLS of the Week, and what’s good in our worlds. To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For more info check our website: http://www.burnitalldownpod.com Timestamps -- Intro (5:11) Athlete moms (19:20) Jessica interviews Molly Yanity (30:59) Athlete activism (48:48) Burn Pile (56:05) Bad Girls Woman of the Week (59:19) What’s Good (1:04:12) Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.9	know. Hello, hello, hello, flame throwers. Welcome to this week's episode of Burn It All Down. It's the
0:52.1	feminist sports podcast you need. I'm Amir Rose Davis, assistant
0:56.3	professor of history in women's gender and sexuality studies at Penn State. And I'm joined today
1:01.8	with the fabulous and phenomenal co-host that I have, Brenda Elsie, checking in from Argentina,
1:08.4	who's an associate professor of history at Hofstra University.
1:12.7	And Jessica Luther, who's a freelance journalist in Austin, Texas. Welcome, ladies.
1:17.0	Hi.
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2:04.1	episode, we're going to talk athlete moms. We're also going to discuss Kaepernick continuing to be
2:11.9	out of the NFL and the various league responses to protest and give an update in that regard. Plus, Jess interviews Molly
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