• Home
  • About MMW
  • MMW Contributors
  • Resources

bodybuilding

Friday Links


Posted by samya on 31 Jul 2015 / 0 Comments
Tweet



Seven Muslim women from around the world are bicycling across Iowa as a way of “promoting female sports participation as a fundamental right“. The 470-mile ride, featuring 8,500 cyclists, began July 19 and finished July 25.   In the last year and a half, as turmoil in Ukraine has dominated the news media’s attention, a […]

Read more →

Power Laced with Femininity: Stereotypes and Female Bodybuilders


Posted by tasnim on 03 Jun 2010 / 0 Comments
Tweet



Becca Swanson, bodybuilder, power-lifter, and pro-wrestler (who has been called “The Strongest Woman on the Planet”) writes on her site that she has “a burning desire to show the world my powerful physique laced with beauty and femininity.” This self-consciously anti-oxymoronic statement reflects the fact that female bodybuilders have often been subject to the most […]

Read more →