Kris Newhall
@krisnewhall.bsky.social
Associate Professor, queer, unionist, teaches & writes about sports/exercise; responsible for too many blogs
https://title-ix.blogspot.com/
https://afterata.blogspot.com/
Views expressed here are my own and do not reflect the views of my employers.
https://title-ix.blogspot.com/
https://afterata.blogspot.com/
Views expressed here are my own and do not reflect the views of my employers.
USTA capitulated to censorship & now should refund these folks' $$; trying to balance the fascist agenda with the capitalist one is not working out for the them #USOPEN
US Open: a very large crowd of spectators is waiting to get in the Arthur Ash Stadium. It is mainly due to the reinforcement of the security protocols imposed by the presence of Trump.
September 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
USTA capitulated to censorship & now should refund these folks' $$; trying to balance the fascist agenda with the capitalist one is not working out for the them #USOPEN
Guardian points out the irony of the #USTA censorship amidst 75th anniversary celebration of Althea Gibson www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
The USTA’s censorship of Trump dissent at the US Open is cowardly, hypocritical and un-American | Bryan Armen Graham
By asking broadcasters not to show any protest against Donald Trump at Sunday’s final, the governing body has caved to fear while contradicting its own history of spectacle
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Guardian points out the irony of the #USTA censorship amidst 75th anniversary celebration of Althea Gibson www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
Ah, so ESPN/ABC is covering the fact that the match is delayed because of all the traffic and the extra security.
September 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Ah, so ESPN/ABC is covering the fact that the match is delayed because of all the traffic and the extra security.
The USTA has asked media not to cover the expected negative response to the president who is attending the men's final of the US Open. afterata.blogspot.com/2025/09/anot...
Another moment of complicity
In less than 20 minutes, coverage of the men's final of the US Open will begin. TV media outlets that are covering the match are being aske...
afterata.blogspot.com
September 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The USTA has asked media not to cover the expected negative response to the president who is attending the men's final of the US Open. afterata.blogspot.com/2025/09/anot...
Pleased to see @lindaholmes.bsky.social mention Sugar (2008) in PCHH newsletter! Great movie that defies many conventions of the sport film. I use it in my Sport Film class and students really like it.
August 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Pleased to see @lindaholmes.bsky.social mention Sugar (2008) in PCHH newsletter! Great movie that defies many conventions of the sport film. I use it in my Sport Film class and students really like it.
The Dept of Energy is now in on the anti-trans, anti women athletes agenda. title-ix.blogspot.com/2025/06/depa...
Department of Energy is making Title IX rules?
In one of the more curious things I have seen in regard to Title IX rule-making, the Department of Energy is attempting to issue a change t...
title-ix.blogspot.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The Dept of Energy is now in on the anti-trans, anti women athletes agenda. title-ix.blogspot.com/2025/06/depa...
Any discussion of falling birth rates must be through a racial lens. When Black, Indigenous &other women of color have "too many" babies, they are vilified. And if they seek gov assistance to help support those children, they are accused of gaming the system. The gov's concern is over white babies.
April 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Any discussion of falling birth rates must be through a racial lens. When Black, Indigenous &other women of color have "too many" babies, they are vilified. And if they seek gov assistance to help support those children, they are accused of gaming the system. The gov's concern is over white babies.
Another post in which I respectfully steal legal scholar and activist Jennifer Levi's ideas and apply them to trans athletes. afterata.blogspot.com/2025/04/why-...
Why trans athletes?
In a continuation of my last post in which I crib from GLAD lawyer Jennifer Levi's thoughtful social media posts, I offer here an explanatio...
afterata.blogspot.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Another post in which I respectfully steal legal scholar and activist Jennifer Levi's ideas and apply them to trans athletes. afterata.blogspot.com/2025/04/why-...
The sexism of the anti-trans movement and a special call for white women:
afterata.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
afterata.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
The sexism of it all
Oddly, sexism is giving me hope right now. Well, the recognition by folks that all this shit is based on sexist and racist idea that white ...
afterata.blogspot.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The sexism of the anti-trans movement and a special call for white women:
afterata.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
afterata.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
The new IOC president is a woman but that does not mean anything will change. afterata.blogspot.com/2025/03/kirs...
Kirsty Coventry is not progress
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has elected a new president, Kirsty Coventry. Coventry is the first woman to earn the position. Wh...
afterata.blogspot.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The new IOC president is a woman but that does not mean anything will change. afterata.blogspot.com/2025/03/kirs...
Reposted by Kris Newhall
The more coverage a story gets, the more important readers think it is.
So it matters when the NYT inflates flimsy Dem ‘scandals’ while downplaying real, criminal ones from Trump and Republicans. It’s not just bad judgment — it shapes public perception.
So it matters when the NYT inflates flimsy Dem ‘scandals’ while downplaying real, criminal ones from Trump and Republicans. It’s not just bad judgment — it shapes public perception.
March 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The more coverage a story gets, the more important readers think it is.
So it matters when the NYT inflates flimsy Dem ‘scandals’ while downplaying real, criminal ones from Trump and Republicans. It’s not just bad judgment — it shapes public perception.
So it matters when the NYT inflates flimsy Dem ‘scandals’ while downplaying real, criminal ones from Trump and Republicans. It’s not just bad judgment — it shapes public perception.
Every Cornell women’s hockey game I’ve been to has played both Canadian and US anthems (which still …ugh). Today for second round of NCAAs we get just US. Because of course NCAA has that policy. Also of note almost the entire starting lineups for both teams is Canadian.
March 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Every Cornell women’s hockey game I’ve been to has played both Canadian and US anthems (which still …ugh). Today for second round of NCAAs we get just US. Because of course NCAA has that policy. Also of note almost the entire starting lineups for both teams is Canadian.
My thoughts on the administration's take that achieving equity in NIL disbursement would just be too burdensome. afterata.blogspot.com/2025/03/no-n...
No NIL for you!
This much belated post about the administration's reversal of Biden (out-the-door) era g uidance on distribution of NIL monies is cross-p...
afterata.blogspot.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My thoughts on the administration's take that achieving equity in NIL disbursement would just be too burdensome. afterata.blogspot.com/2025/03/no-n...
Gender norms for women in hockey officiating. afterata.blogspot.com/2025/03/is-i...
Is it a no-win for women hockey referees?
My N of one today is yesterday's ECAC quarterfinal game between Cornell and Union. It was game 2 and a must-win for Union who lost Friday n...
afterata.blogspot.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Gender norms for women in hockey officiating. afterata.blogspot.com/2025/03/is-i...
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trump: I’m going to protect women
women: no thank you
trump: I’m gonna do it
women: please don’t
trump: I have kicked those 7 trans girls off the jv volleyball team
women: what
trump: and brought back andrew tate
women: why
trump: YOU’RE WELCOME WOMEN also you can’t vote anymore
women: no thank you
trump: I’m gonna do it
women: please don’t
trump: I have kicked those 7 trans girls off the jv volleyball team
women: what
trump: and brought back andrew tate
women: why
trump: YOU’RE WELCOME WOMEN also you can’t vote anymore
February 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
trump: I’m going to protect women
women: no thank you
trump: I’m gonna do it
women: please don’t
trump: I have kicked those 7 trans girls off the jv volleyball team
women: what
trump: and brought back andrew tate
women: why
trump: YOU’RE WELCOME WOMEN also you can’t vote anymore
women: no thank you
trump: I’m gonna do it
women: please don’t
trump: I have kicked those 7 trans girls off the jv volleyball team
women: what
trump: and brought back andrew tate
women: why
trump: YOU’RE WELCOME WOMEN also you can’t vote anymore
Reposted by Kris Newhall
Reposted by Kris Newhall
Boycott tomorrow!
Join in tomorrow’s economic blackout
robertreich.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Reposted by Kris Newhall
Just got fired from being a freshman football coach, if you want to know what MAGA does to communities.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
February 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Just got fired from being a freshman football coach, if you want to know what MAGA does to communities.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
Nothing particularly new re recruitment of white cis women athletes as leaders of anti-trans movement but still worth a read (possibly of use in an undergrad class for those looking for materials) www.gaytimes.com/uncloseted/w...
Why the far-right chose Riley Gaines for the trans sports debate
Riley Gaines has become the darling of the far-right by using transphobia before science to make bank from attacking the community
www.gaytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Nothing particularly new re recruitment of white cis women athletes as leaders of anti-trans movement but still worth a read (possibly of use in an undergrad class for those looking for materials) www.gaytimes.com/uncloseted/w...
The NCAA trans athlete ban reveals no coherent inclusion/exclusion criteria and, of course, the organization's deep hypocrisy.
afterata.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
afterata.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
The trans athlete ban: Part 3a: NCAA hypocrisy
[this is cross-posted with Title IX Blog where I will also post something about the announcement that NIL is not subject to Title IX] The N...
afterata.blogspot.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The NCAA trans athlete ban reveals no coherent inclusion/exclusion criteria and, of course, the organization's deep hypocrisy.
afterata.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
afterata.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
Nex Benedict died a year ago after the gender-based violence he and others were experiencing was ignored. We need to keep fighting for the protections that still exist and demanding that they be applied. Title IX is not dead. title-ix.blogspot.com/2025/02/stud...
Students still have protections...
...but we need to demand that they are ensured and applied. I was reminded by Teen VOGUE ( follow them on BlueSky !) that it has been a ye...
title-ix.blogspot.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Nex Benedict died a year ago after the gender-based violence he and others were experiencing was ignored. We need to keep fighting for the protections that still exist and demanding that they be applied. Title IX is not dead. title-ix.blogspot.com/2025/02/stud...
Things giving me hope right now afterata.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
The Hope Post
Things are bleak and despair is high. I hope folks are doing what they can to fight the fights they think are worth fighting and finding way...
afterata.blogspot.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Things giving me hope right now afterata.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...