<<Slide 1 Opening>> <<Slide 2 Quote>> “No one prepared me for living life as a fat person.” I re-read that statement from Jacqueline Brady several times and reflected on how her mother prepared her for life as a black woman but didn’t warn her of the teasing, taunting, and judgment she would face as a … [Read more…]
Bratich, Jack Z., and Heidi M. Brush. “Fabricating Activism: Craft- Work, Popular Culture, Gender.” Utopian Studies, vol. 22, no. 2, 2011, p. 233., doi:10.5325/utopianstudies.22.2.0233. Corbett, Sarah. “Activism needs introverts.” TED Talk, November, 2016, https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_corbett_activism_needs_introverts “Craftivism.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Sept. 2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craftivism. Hanson, et al. “Marathon Statistics 2019 Worldwide Average Finishing Times.” RunnerClick, Dec. 2018, https://runnerclick.com/marathon-finishing-times-study-and-statistics/. “Humans of New … [Read more…]
Scholar, Judith Butler (2006), discusses hegemonic femininity stating, “gender is a performance with clearly punitive consequences” (Butler, 139). Butler believes that society has cultural guidelines for how genders should perform and when they do not conform to their gender normative role, they are punished through negative social sanction. A study was conducted on hegemonic feminity … [Read more…]
Raglin’s (2007) study on The Psychology of the Marathoner highlights findings of psychological research involving marathoners distinguishing characteristics among groups, including elite and non-elite competitors. Psychology contributes to athletic performances. Psychologists define personality traits as: “relatively enduring differences among people in specific tendencies to perceive the world in a certain way and in dispositions to … [Read more…]
Chicago has been hosting the Bank of America Chicago Marathon since 1978. This annual event hosts 45,000 runners and 1.7 million spectators. Runners participate from all 50 states and 140 countries and 29 percent of the runners are international. In 2018, The Chicago Marathon added a record-breaking $378 million to the city’s economy. … [Read more…]
