Friday
June 2012
COMMENTS
Written by Cori, Posted in Deconstructing Surfing, Environmental Justice, Feminism, Media Literacy, Surfing
The amount of references that are made to how “manly” the men on the ASP World Tour are in video commentary and elsewhere, is utterly overwhelming at times. With comments like “These dudes are manly men”, “He better man-up”, descriptions of turns as “mannish hacks”, or even references to waves as women (“approach accordingly”), it […]
Friday
December 2011
COMMENTS
Written by Cori, Posted in Feminism, Surfing
Since writing “embracing their femininity”, I stumbled upon a photo feature of surfer Erica Hosseini in STAB Magazine’s Hard Cover Book, December 2011, that pushes Big Surfing’s fetishized “feminine” to it’s most hyper-sexualized yet. STAB ostensibly tries to get away with this image by using a play on Hosseini’s last name, a double entendre, a […]
Friday
December 2011
COMMENTS
Written by Cori, Posted in Feminism, Writing
“Wanderer, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more; wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking. By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind one sees the path that never will be trod again. Wanderer, there is no road– Only wind-trails upon the sea.” -Antonio Machado, Campos de Castilla […]
Thursday
December 2011
COMMENTS
Written by Cori, Posted in Deconstructing Surfing, Environmental Justice, Feminism, History, Politics, Surfing
Three of the top five ladies chosen in this year’s Surfer Poll Awards have bared glistening, bronzed bodies to the world in nearly naked poses that range from playful and flirty to sexual and seductive. The only reason Alana trumped Sally Fitzgibbons in the polls is because Fitzgibbons didn’t get her skin-show on before […]