Category: Research

Works Cited for Running for Quiet Activism – Blog Carnival

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…

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Body Image for Runners

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…

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Introversion

In 1921, the influential psychologist, Carl Jung published the book, Psychological Types, popularizing the terms introvert and extrovert as the central building blocks of personality (Waude 2017). Jung believed extraverts direct their energy outwards, towards other people, and gain energy through those interactions. Meanwhile, introverts focus inwards and gain their energy from solitary activities. Introverts…

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Psychology of a Marathoner

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…

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