FSF’s final session of the year featured a wide-ranging discussion of women’s soccer. Discussion focused on posts written by Jean Williams, Martha Saavedra, Gwen Oxenham, and a co-written piece by Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel.
- Martha Saavedra – A Pitch of Her Own
- Gwen Oxenham – The National Teams We Know Nothing About
- Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel – Marimachos*: On Women’s Football in Latin America
- Jean Williams – When Two Elephants Fight, It is the Grass That Suffers
The posts and conversations centered on local contexts for fútbol femenino, mixed football, a possible boycott of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and strategies to connect our academic expertise on the women’s game to journalistic coverage.
Participants: Alon Raab, Brenda Elsey, Brian Bunk, Danyel Reiche, Gwen Oxenham, Hikabwa Chipande, Jean Williams, Joshua Nadel, Laurent Dubois, Lindsay Krasnoff, Martha Saavedra, Melissa Forbis, Roger Kittleson, Steven Apostolov, Liz Timbs, Peter Alegi, and Alex Galarza.
Audio can be downloaded here, for educational/personal use only.