General posts, including essays and discussions.
*Cross posted on The Rabbit Hole. I have noticed that the new National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) has been showing a lot of military appreciation on its Twitter feed recently. If you like women’s hockey and supporting the troops, it seems they have a jersey for you: I wrote a piece in 2012 about the increasing…
Co-Authored by: Cheryl MacDonald & Courtney Szto One need not look far for stereotypical portrayals of women in society. Consider this video recently posted on Buzzfeed titled “Crazy Things People Used to Believe About Women in the 1800s” (wandering wombs and bicycle face? Really?!). What’s striking about the video is its portrayal of lesbians, because…
I want to talk about my experience of being a woman who studies masculinity and ice hockey. While I’m out in the field, I don’t think much about my gender identity, but it has become increasingly relevant to what I do. Before delving into my experiences studying Major Junior (ages 16-20) and Major Midget AAA…
I recently watched a documentary called The True Cost (available on Netflix) about the social and environmental costs of the fast fashion industry. The basic gist is that our North American/Western consumption habits are ruining the world. This is probably not news but when you see the piles, correction, the MOUNTAINS of clothes that take…
In keeping with our effort to highlight academic research on hockey, we are pleased to post details about presentations occurring at the the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) annual conference, taking place this week in Santa Fe, NM. The full 2015 book of abstracts can be viewed here, and you can…
*Warning: explicit language included in this post. Chicago sports journalist/broadcaster Julie DiCaro has come under recent fire for her reporting of the Patrick Kane case. She received a litany of abusive tweets and death threats from the Kane supporters, and one rather specific tweet about her movements that forced her to briefly stay away from her office for fear…
The Canadian Library and Archives website hosts a section called “Backcheck: A hockey retrospective.” Roch Carrier introduces the archive with the following words: “Hockey is also the history of Canadians. The game reflects the reality of Canada in its evolution, ambitions, character, tensions and partnerships.” In this archive, we can learn about the beginnings of hockey…
By Victoria Silverwood It comes to something when we are no longer surprised about the periodic news stories telling us that yet another current or retired hockey player has been found dead. Since the summer of 2011 when Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien and Wade Belak all lost their lives to the more recent losses of…
Both the NFL and NHL are responding to concerns about concussions. How are they doing this? Not with science. Not with rule changes. Not with a culture shift. But with more eyes…in the stands. I can’t even wrap my head around how (1) this suggestion even came up and, (2) who said “Sure! The fans…
I took issue with the NHL Player Survey results published September 15, 2016 by USA Today, specifically those associated with the one question on the survey regarding homosexuality. My masculinity studies meter and research methodology radar started going off more fiercely than the audience noise decibel scale on the big screen in the Bell Centre…
Hockey in Society / Hockey dans la société 