Evie Ashton
@evieashton.bsky.social
Journalist.
📚Investigating politics, power and sport.
🎥Video essays & words 👇
💬Signal evieashton.12
📚Investigating politics, power and sport.
🎥Video essays & words 👇
💬Signal evieashton.12
"Sexism and misogyny do not persist by accident, but by design."
After @womeninfootball.co.uk found that four in five women report workplace sexism in football, I wrote about why women sports journalists still don't belong in the sports media.
evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-aga...
After @womeninfootball.co.uk found that four in five women report workplace sexism in football, I wrote about why women sports journalists still don't belong in the sports media.
evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-aga...
Sexism against sports journalists isn’t an accident
On why women still don’t belong in sports journalism
evieashton.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Sexism and misogyny do not persist by accident, but by design."
After @womeninfootball.co.uk found that four in five women report workplace sexism in football, I wrote about why women sports journalists still don't belong in the sports media.
evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-aga...
After @womeninfootball.co.uk found that four in five women report workplace sexism in football, I wrote about why women sports journalists still don't belong in the sports media.
evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-aga...
Sports journalists, do you find press conferences repetitive and that trying to get an insightful quote from the speaker is like pushing water up a hill?
I wrote about why press conferences suck👇.
evieashton.substack.com/p/press-conf...
I wrote about why press conferences suck👇.
evieashton.substack.com/p/press-conf...
Press conferences suck
When did sports journalists become scared of holding the powerful to account?
evieashton.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Sports journalists, do you find press conferences repetitive and that trying to get an insightful quote from the speaker is like pushing water up a hill?
I wrote about why press conferences suck👇.
evieashton.substack.com/p/press-conf...
I wrote about why press conferences suck👇.
evieashton.substack.com/p/press-conf...
Press conferences suck.
This week, I wrote about why they are less about reporting the truth and more about preserving the status quo.👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/press-conf...
This week, I wrote about why they are less about reporting the truth and more about preserving the status quo.👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/press-conf...
Press conferences suck
When did sports journalists become scared of holding the powerful to account?
evieashton.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Press conferences suck.
This week, I wrote about why they are less about reporting the truth and more about preserving the status quo.👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/press-conf...
This week, I wrote about why they are less about reporting the truth and more about preserving the status quo.👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/press-conf...
Was Michelle Agyemang’s ACL tear caused by sexism?
Before jumping to blame hips, hormones, boots or pitches, I write we must consider the gendered inequalities women are subject to throughout their footballing lives that may seriously impact injury risk. 👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-cau...
Before jumping to blame hips, hormones, boots or pitches, I write we must consider the gendered inequalities women are subject to throughout their footballing lives that may seriously impact injury risk. 👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-cau...
Sexism caused your ACL injury
Not your weak female biology
evieashton.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Was Michelle Agyemang’s ACL tear caused by sexism?
Before jumping to blame hips, hormones, boots or pitches, I write we must consider the gendered inequalities women are subject to throughout their footballing lives that may seriously impact injury risk. 👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-cau...
Before jumping to blame hips, hormones, boots or pitches, I write we must consider the gendered inequalities women are subject to throughout their footballing lives that may seriously impact injury risk. 👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-cau...
Reposted by Evie Ashton
Our investigation by journalist @evieashton.bsky.social revealed how athletes were being forced to come out because of blanket sports bans that were being implemented following the Supreme Court ruling and the now withdrawn EHRC guidance on it 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...
www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...
“I had to out myself” – are sports bodies violating Trans+ people’s right to privacy?
QueerAF speaks to experts and victims of Trans+ sports bans about how this might be a breach of their right to privacy, which could see legal challenges
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Our investigation by journalist @evieashton.bsky.social revealed how athletes were being forced to come out because of blanket sports bans that were being implemented following the Supreme Court ruling and the now withdrawn EHRC guidance on it 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...
www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...
Reposted by Evie Ashton
The England and Wales Cricket Board is being sued over its ban on trans women's inclusion in the sport 👇
We asked in September whether they'd considered this outcome of their ban, and they stood by their stance.
This is what they said and what the case will look at 🧵
bsky.app/profile/good...
We asked in September whether they'd considered this outcome of their ban, and they stood by their stance.
This is what they said and what the case will look at 🧵
bsky.app/profile/good...
October 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The England and Wales Cricket Board is being sued over its ban on trans women's inclusion in the sport 👇
We asked in September whether they'd considered this outcome of their ban, and they stood by their stance.
This is what they said and what the case will look at 🧵
bsky.app/profile/good...
We asked in September whether they'd considered this outcome of their ban, and they stood by their stance.
This is what they said and what the case will look at 🧵
bsky.app/profile/good...
Reposted by Evie Ashton
For too long, sporting bodies, @cam.ac.uk societies, and those who shrink in the face of hate, have adopted the blanket approach of excluding trans people from sport. Enough. We are suing the England and Wales Cricket Board. goodlaw.social/qvf6
We’re going to bat for trans people in amateur cricket | Good Law Project
Good Law Project are fighting back against the blanket exclusion of trans people from grassroots sports.
goodlaw.social
October 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
For too long, sporting bodies, @cam.ac.uk societies, and those who shrink in the face of hate, have adopted the blanket approach of excluding trans people from sport. Enough. We are suing the England and Wales Cricket Board. goodlaw.social/qvf6
What if Leah Williamson’s ACL injury that forced her to miss the World Cup 2023 was caused by sexism?
Drawing on a recent paper by sociologist Madeline Pape, I discuss why gender inequalities, not 'female biology', could be behind the “ACL crisis” 👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-cau...
Drawing on a recent paper by sociologist Madeline Pape, I discuss why gender inequalities, not 'female biology', could be behind the “ACL crisis” 👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-cau...
Sexism caused your ACL injury
Not your weak female biology
evieashton.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
What if Leah Williamson’s ACL injury that forced her to miss the World Cup 2023 was caused by sexism?
Drawing on a recent paper by sociologist Madeline Pape, I discuss why gender inequalities, not 'female biology', could be behind the “ACL crisis” 👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-cau...
Drawing on a recent paper by sociologist Madeline Pape, I discuss why gender inequalities, not 'female biology', could be behind the “ACL crisis” 👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-cau...
Had a go at critiquing football's "no room for racism in sport" anti-discrimination expression.
Worried it's less about anti-racism and more about deflection and avoidance of the wider issue of structural racism in English football. ✍
evieashton.substack.com/p/the-proble...
Worried it's less about anti-racism and more about deflection and avoidance of the wider issue of structural racism in English football. ✍
evieashton.substack.com/p/the-proble...
The problem with “no room for racism” in football
Is the anti-discrimination expression about racial justice?
evieashton.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Had a go at critiquing football's "no room for racism in sport" anti-discrimination expression.
Worried it's less about anti-racism and more about deflection and avoidance of the wider issue of structural racism in English football. ✍
evieashton.substack.com/p/the-proble...
Worried it's less about anti-racism and more about deflection and avoidance of the wider issue of structural racism in English football. ✍
evieashton.substack.com/p/the-proble...
“What a summer of women’s sport.”
“England women will inspire the next gen.”
Why are we whitewashing this year?
Trans women and girls were literally banned. Sex testing was brought back. And Black players are being subjected to racism.
Journalism MUST recognise setbacks as well as progress.
“England women will inspire the next gen.”
Why are we whitewashing this year?
Trans women and girls were literally banned. Sex testing was brought back. And Black players are being subjected to racism.
Journalism MUST recognise setbacks as well as progress.
September 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“What a summer of women’s sport.”
“England women will inspire the next gen.”
Why are we whitewashing this year?
Trans women and girls were literally banned. Sex testing was brought back. And Black players are being subjected to racism.
Journalism MUST recognise setbacks as well as progress.
“England women will inspire the next gen.”
Why are we whitewashing this year?
Trans women and girls were literally banned. Sex testing was brought back. And Black players are being subjected to racism.
Journalism MUST recognise setbacks as well as progress.
Sharing this again. Happy for the Red Roses but now more than ever we need to remember those who have been excluded from women’s rugby and won’t be able to reap the benefits of the team’s success.
Thrilled that the Lionesses have done it again. However, is the growth of women's football always the same as 'progress'?
Words on this below. 👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/why-this-s...
Words on this below. 👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/why-this-s...
Why this summer of English women’s sport won’t be a turning point
Growth is not always the same as progress
evieashton.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Sharing this again. Happy for the Red Roses but now more than ever we need to remember those who have been excluded from women’s rugby and won’t be able to reap the benefits of the team’s success.
Reposted by Evie Ashton
NEW: World Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said.
Spoke to Dr Sheree Bekker about the "insidious" effects of this policy for @scotnational.bsky.social.
www.thenational.scot/sport/254819...
Spoke to Dr Sheree Bekker about the "insidious" effects of this policy for @scotnational.bsky.social.
www.thenational.scot/sport/254819...
Expert issues warning over World Athletics bringing back sex testing
WORLD Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said.
www.thenational.scot
September 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
NEW: World Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said.
Spoke to Dr Sheree Bekker about the "insidious" effects of this policy for @scotnational.bsky.social.
www.thenational.scot/sport/254819...
Spoke to Dr Sheree Bekker about the "insidious" effects of this policy for @scotnational.bsky.social.
www.thenational.scot/sport/254819...
Reposted by Evie Ashton
I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
September 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
NEW: World Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said.
Spoke to Dr Sheree Bekker about the "insidious" effects of this policy for @scotnational.bsky.social.
www.thenational.scot/sport/254819...
Spoke to Dr Sheree Bekker about the "insidious" effects of this policy for @scotnational.bsky.social.
www.thenational.scot/sport/254819...
Expert issues warning over World Athletics bringing back sex testing
WORLD Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said.
www.thenational.scot
September 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
NEW: World Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said.
Spoke to Dr Sheree Bekker about the "insidious" effects of this policy for @scotnational.bsky.social.
www.thenational.scot/sport/254819...
Spoke to Dr Sheree Bekker about the "insidious" effects of this policy for @scotnational.bsky.social.
www.thenational.scot/sport/254819...
#journorequest Looking to speak to an academic e.g. historian, social scientist, political scientist etc... on the perceived freedom of speech crisis amid rising anti-immigrant rhetoric and far-right protests in the UK.
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#journorequest Looking to speak to an academic e.g. historian, social scientist, political scientist etc... on the perceived freedom of speech crisis amid rising anti-immigrant rhetoric and far-right protests in the UK.
Reposted by Evie Ashton
A few months ago, trans women and girls had the freedom to participate and enjoy football and cricket and their sporting families taken away from them. I've been investigating how their privacy was stripped from them too.
My exclusive investigation: www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...
My exclusive investigation: www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...
“I had to out myself” – are sports bodies violating Trans+ people’s right to privacy?
QueerAF speaks to experts and victims of Trans+ sports bans about how this might be a breach of their right to privacy, which could see legal challenges
www.wearequeeraf.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
A few months ago, trans women and girls had the freedom to participate and enjoy football and cricket and their sporting families taken away from them. I've been investigating how their privacy was stripped from them too.
My exclusive investigation: www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...
My exclusive investigation: www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...
A few months ago, trans women and girls had the freedom to participate and enjoy football and cricket and their sporting families taken away from them. I've been investigating how their privacy was stripped from them too.
My exclusive investigation: www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...
My exclusive investigation: www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...
“I had to out myself” – are sports bodies violating Trans+ people’s right to privacy?
QueerAF speaks to experts and victims of Trans+ sports bans about how this might be a breach of their right to privacy, which could see legal challenges
www.wearequeeraf.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
A few months ago, trans women and girls had the freedom to participate and enjoy football and cricket and their sporting families taken away from them. I've been investigating how their privacy was stripped from them too.
My exclusive investigation: www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...
My exclusive investigation: www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...
"The responsibility for growing women’s sport and achieving gender justice in sport should not lie with those who were not culpable for its marginalisation in the first place and have borne the brunt of abuse and discrimination since."
evieashton.substack.com/p/stop-burde...
evieashton.substack.com/p/stop-burde...
Stop burdening women’s rugby players
On the unpaid work expected of female athletes
evieashton.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"The responsibility for growing women’s sport and achieving gender justice in sport should not lie with those who were not culpable for its marginalisation in the first place and have borne the brunt of abuse and discrimination since."
evieashton.substack.com/p/stop-burde...
evieashton.substack.com/p/stop-burde...
In 2025, female athletes are still expected to carry out unpaid labour and deal with online abuse and discrimination.
My latest piece on the narrative that female athletes should be responsible for increasing their own, and their sport’s, visibility.👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/stop-burde...
My latest piece on the narrative that female athletes should be responsible for increasing their own, and their sport’s, visibility.👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/stop-burde...
Stop burdening women’s rugby players
On the unpaid work expected of female athletes
evieashton.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
In 2025, female athletes are still expected to carry out unpaid labour and deal with online abuse and discrimination.
My latest piece on the narrative that female athletes should be responsible for increasing their own, and their sport’s, visibility.👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/stop-burde...
My latest piece on the narrative that female athletes should be responsible for increasing their own, and their sport’s, visibility.👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/stop-burde...
Are we expecting too much of women's rugby players?
My latest piece tackles the exhausting unpaid labour female athletes are expected to carry out.👇
open.substack.com/pub/evieasht...
My latest piece tackles the exhausting unpaid labour female athletes are expected to carry out.👇
open.substack.com/pub/evieasht...
Stop burdening women’s rugby players
On the unpaid work expected of female athletes
open.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Are we expecting too much of women's rugby players?
My latest piece tackles the exhausting unpaid labour female athletes are expected to carry out.👇
open.substack.com/pub/evieasht...
My latest piece tackles the exhausting unpaid labour female athletes are expected to carry out.👇
open.substack.com/pub/evieasht...
Reposted by Evie Ashton
You know who never gets called "a biological male"? Biological males.
"Biological male" is a slur against trans women 99.9% of the time it's used
July 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
You know who never gets called "a biological male"? Biological males.
“The “Reform FC Home Shirt” is far more than a gimmick. It is a key to unlocking more voters and mobilising support for a far right party.”
My latest newsletter👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
My latest newsletter👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
Why the UK’s far-right party launched football shirts
Reform UK’s latest merchandise is a concerning recruitment strategy
evieashton.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
“The “Reform FC Home Shirt” is far more than a gimmick. It is a key to unlocking more voters and mobilising support for a far right party.”
My latest newsletter👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
My latest newsletter👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
"Seen as a football club, Reform UK is no longer a political party that, in government, would be responsible for tackling poverty, preventing climate catastrophe, or reducing NHS waiting times, but instead a “winning team” hoping to lift the league trophy." 👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
Why the UK’s far-right party launched football shirts
Reform UK’s latest merchandise is a concerning recruitment strategy
evieashton.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"Seen as a football club, Reform UK is no longer a political party that, in government, would be responsible for tackling poverty, preventing climate catastrophe, or reducing NHS waiting times, but instead a “winning team” hoping to lift the league trophy." 👇
evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
Why we can't afford to laugh off Reform UK's football shirts.
My latest ✍️
evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
My latest ✍️
evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
Why the UK’s far-right party launched football shirts
Reform UK’s latest merchandise is a concerning recruitment strategy
evieashton.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Why we can't afford to laugh off Reform UK's football shirts.
My latest ✍️
evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
My latest ✍️
evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
Reposted by Evie Ashton
“Linking sex attacks to migration is 'dangerous racist diversion' warn 100 women's rights groups”
We all know racist men are just racist men and more likely to be a danger to women themselves.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
We all know racist men are just racist men and more likely to be a danger to women themselves.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Linking sex attacks to migration is 'dangerous racist diversion' warning
In a letter to Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper, organisations including Rape Crisis England and Wales, the End Violence Against Women Coalition and Refuge called on ministers to stand up to the 'danger...
www.mirror.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“Linking sex attacks to migration is 'dangerous racist diversion' warn 100 women's rights groups”
We all know racist men are just racist men and more likely to be a danger to women themselves.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
We all know racist men are just racist men and more likely to be a danger to women themselves.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...