LDJ
@lilahdj.bsky.social
abuse prevention educator in sports | former NCAA 400h champ | Public Voices Fellow for the Op-Ed Project
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LDJ
@lilahdj.bsky.social
· Apr 9
World Athletics’ Sex Testing Policy Revives a Harmful, Discredited Practice | Common Dreams
World Athletics calls it “protecting” women’s sports. History calls it discrimination.
www.commondreams.org
“Rather than protecting the women’s category, these regulations reinforce harmful gender norms, disproportionately target women from marginalized backgrounds, and risk severe personal & professional consequences for women athletes.”
Latest with @annaposbergh.bsky.social
Latest with @annaposbergh.bsky.social
genuinely did not know this Saturday was meant to be a birthday celebration, I thought he was just jealous of all the pride parades 🤷🏻♀️🏳️🌈
June 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
genuinely did not know this Saturday was meant to be a birthday celebration, I thought he was just jealous of all the pride parades 🤷🏻♀️🏳️🌈
“Rather than protecting the women’s category, these regulations reinforce harmful gender norms, disproportionately target women from marginalized backgrounds, and risk severe personal & professional consequences for women athletes.”
Latest with @annaposbergh.bsky.social
Latest with @annaposbergh.bsky.social
World Athletics’ Sex Testing Policy Revives a Harmful, Discredited Practice | Common Dreams
World Athletics calls it “protecting” women’s sports. History calls it discrimination.
www.commondreams.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“Rather than protecting the women’s category, these regulations reinforce harmful gender norms, disproportionately target women from marginalized backgrounds, and risk severe personal & professional consequences for women athletes.”
Latest with @annaposbergh.bsky.social
Latest with @annaposbergh.bsky.social
Incredible turnout this afternoon to #StandUpForScience
March 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Incredible turnout this afternoon to #StandUpForScience
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Federal workers are being asked to report on colleagues who are involved in after-work groups for LGBTQ employees: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
LGBTQ federal workers brace for a McCarthyist purge
"They’re not asking people, ‘Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They’re asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?'"
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Federal workers are being asked to report on colleagues who are involved in after-work groups for LGBTQ employees: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Me @postsports.bsky.social on how Trump’s callous attacks on gov’t workers ensnared the Native American women’s basketball coach at a small Native American college supposedly protected by treaty www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Column | This women’s college hoops coach lost his job in government’s mass firings
Adam Strom intends to finish the season at Haskell Indian Nations University, but he won’t be getting paid for it after recent federal cuts.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Me @postsports.bsky.social on how Trump’s callous attacks on gov’t workers ensnared the Native American women’s basketball coach at a small Native American college supposedly protected by treaty www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
“Sports betting is a billion-dollar industry, but domestic violence is a trillion-dollar problem.”
New research shows legalizing sports betting is linked to increased rates of DV/IPV. How can legislators ensure gambling revenue helps more than it harms? ⬇️
minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/20/m...
New research shows legalizing sports betting is linked to increased rates of DV/IPV. How can legislators ensure gambling revenue helps more than it harms? ⬇️
minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/20/m...
Minnesota legislators: With more sports gambling, expect more domestic violence • Minnesota Reformer
Sports betting, now legal in 38 states and the District of Columbia, is a billion dollar industry that states have leveraged to fund public initiatives like youth sport programs and infrastructure rep...
minnesotareformer.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“Sports betting is a billion-dollar industry, but domestic violence is a trillion-dollar problem.”
New research shows legalizing sports betting is linked to increased rates of DV/IPV. How can legislators ensure gambling revenue helps more than it harms? ⬇️
minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/20/m...
New research shows legalizing sports betting is linked to increased rates of DV/IPV. How can legislators ensure gambling revenue helps more than it harms? ⬇️
minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/20/m...
A timely piece with tonight’s big game re: an alarming number of hazing cases reported on high school football teams this season. My latest for @the74.bsky.social on hazing prevention in high school sports, cw sexual violence, racially motivated violence
www.the74million.org/article/supe...
www.the74million.org/article/supe...
Super Bowl Highlights Football’s Glory, But Youth Sports Must Confront Hazing
Drafts-Johnson: With high school football programs across the country reeling from hazing allegations, coaches, districts and states need to step up.
www.the74million.org
February 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A timely piece with tonight’s big game re: an alarming number of hazing cases reported on high school football teams this season. My latest for @the74.bsky.social on hazing prevention in high school sports, cw sexual violence, racially motivated violence
www.the74million.org/article/supe...
www.the74million.org/article/supe...
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"When it comes to taking sports seriously, Democrats have flat-out dropped the ball. But downplaying the importance of sports has a long and ignominious tradition.
For years, academics and political strategists alike have snubbed sport as unserious turf. A shiny bauble for the trinket shelf."
YES!
For years, academics and political strategists alike have snubbed sport as unserious turf. A shiny bauble for the trinket shelf."
YES!
My latest for the @theguardian.com: "Donald Trump’s Return to Power Lays Bare the Lie that Sports Don’t Matter." Sports are politics by other means, and in the coming years, sports will be vital political terrain. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
Donald Trump’s return to power lays bare the lie that sports don’t matter | Jules Boykoff
The Democrats find themselves out of power because they failed to embrace spaces where community connection is forged
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"When it comes to taking sports seriously, Democrats have flat-out dropped the ball. But downplaying the importance of sports has a long and ignominious tradition.
For years, academics and political strategists alike have snubbed sport as unserious turf. A shiny bauble for the trinket shelf."
YES!
For years, academics and political strategists alike have snubbed sport as unserious turf. A shiny bauble for the trinket shelf."
YES!