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I am delighted to announce that 'Sex, Gender Identity and Sport', is published today by Routledge and now available for order. It's edited by me, and an academic text so a bit on the pricey side, but use Code 26AFLY1 for a 20% discount.
Cathy Devine
@cathydevine56
Freelance Academic: Sport Policy & Feminist Philosophy.
Ex. Senior Lecturer, Uni. of Cumbria (1995-2017). Ex. Sec. British Phil. of Sport Assn. Labour Party.
Joined September 2016
- Lots of reaction to this, some pointing out poor investment in PE in state schools, esp. in primary schools. So here's the gap between state & private school spend per pupil. The basic truth is that more investment means more funding. Higher taxes or borrowing.And are we not allowed to notice that top Olympians are still 4 times more likely to be privately educated than UK population - let alone ask why? Particularly in the sitting down sports of rowing, equestrian & sailing?
- Signing up to 'gender equity' is a red flag. @IWGWomenSport inserted 'gender' into the original 1994 Brighton Declaration which referred only to 'sex'. I should know, I was on the 1994 organising committee of the first International Women & Sport Conference in Brighton.England Athletics press release.👇 Yet it has frequently allowed males who’ve run in the Female category in licensed events, breaking UKA rules, to keep their results and go unpunished. Enforcing the F category wd be a start if EA wants to help W&G. englandathletics.org/news/england-a…
- 'there has been invective levelled at the right, but also a deal of social-media abuse levelled at progressive journalists – notably black journalists, and especially Guardian journalists who interrogated and reported on the claims made' Good piece.
- Exactly this.Replying to @ExInspectorBDSI read Cofnas's 2024 Substack post, which is summarised (I believe fairly) here. In my view, Cofnas's 'race realism' is racism. Full link below. observer.co.uk/news/national/…
