Jezebel: Girly sports

Hedgehogs Hatch Early For Spring • Sue Johanson Ends Sex Talk

maria — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:30:00 EDT

Baby hedgehogs arrive early in Britain due to warm weather. Awww. • Moms-to-be with gum disease have a higher chance of suffering from preeclampsia, premature births. • Two-year olds likely to have smaller vocabularies if dad is depressed. • Duh: kids in stable post-divorce families have less negative long-term affects from divorce. • Bible-themed park planner used to take snaps for Penthouse. • And! Christianity Today finds that sex sells. • Pregnant women got judged while applying for jobs. • Quitting smoking today won't make you 100% healthy tomorrow or in a few years • A growing number of British children under 10 are developing eating disorders. • Adorable teen girl makes the boys' baseball team. • IUDs can reduce a uterine cancer. • Dying English mill town gets population boost from lesbian families. • Sue Johanson ends Sex Talk on Oxygen, ending an era of stoned late-night TV watching for many. • Tim Gunn and Mo Rocca offer YFZ polygamists some much-needed style tips. • Borders launches book club for Latinas; we just hope they lay off the Allende. • The Toronto Zoo finds homes for three reindeer after outrage at baby reindeer killings.

Brigitte Bardot Is A Racist; Churchgoing Girls Are Apple Polishers

maria — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:30:00 EDT

• Sure, yesterday was Black Day, but it was also Cake and Cunnilingus Day! • A blind man stabbed his fiancee for not wearing her engagement ring. • Mothers experience less eating problems than their drunk and childless peers.• The "D.C. Madam" was found guilty of prostitutin'. • Famous Muslim-hater, Brigitte Bardot, is on trial again for racist slurs. • The girls involved in a playground beatdown of a 10-year-old girl may face expulsion from school. • Gay couples are having trouble obtaining divorces. • Saudi female students and housewives plan Olympic dreams with controversial basketball team. • Social Darwinism? Girls who attend church religiously, are (possibly) harder workers.

Girls are joining organized sports in record ...

maria — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:20:00 EDT

Girls are joining organized sports in record numbers, but their participation (and performance) in physical activity outside of organized sports is declining. A recent study by the University of Minnesota finds that while more and more girls are joining teams and reaping the physical and mental benefits, the girls that have higher risks of obesity, diabetes, and poor academic performance (namely: "girls of color [in] lower socioeconomic groups") have little access to organized sports. In addition, "stereotypical standards of femininity" and the physical education's focus on the "motor elite" rather than developing skill has led to young women participating less and less in physical activity outside of organized sports. Maybe that has something to do with the popularity of frail-thin celebrities over "mannish-looking" toned women that these girls look up to? [Eureka Alert]