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FYOS 21: Women, Sports, and Media
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Introduction

Background

We’re going to start off with a combination of the abstract and the very real with this class. The first is going to be understanding critical/cultural theory and how it does and doesn’t apply to women and sports. This is not critical race theory, but it’s a cousin, and we’ll discuss both the theory and criticisms and limitations to it. The much more real is going to be working together to learn about your experiences and beliefs about women, sports, and media.
Readings:
Duncan-Andrade, Jeffrey M. R.
Critiquing Critics of Sport in Society.
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Counterpoints, 2010.
Gonzalez, Mike, and Lindsey Burke.
To Tackle Critical Theory in the K-12 Classroom, Start with Colleges of Education.
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National Review, October 5, 2020.
Hill, Jemele.
Why Naomi Osaka Fought the French Open.
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The Atlantic, June 2, 2021.
Lecture:
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Quiz
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Activity

Weekly reflection: Read “Critiquing Critics,” Gonzales and Burke on critical theory, and Jemele Hill’s piece on Naomi Osaka, watch Dr. Suggs’ lecture, and take the quiz. Then think of another news story, be it about an accomplishment involving women in sports or a controversy, and write a short post in the 02_theory_reflection channel discussing what that story tells you about society and culture right now.

Classes

Introduction to the class, to sports media, and using framing and theory to understand positions people take on women, sports, and media.

Assignment

To be discussed on the first day.
Introduction Schedule
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Date
Time
Section
Type
Description
1
8/19/2021
​12:45 PM
Introduction
Class
First day of class!
2
8/19/2021
​11:59 PM
Introduction
Weekly reflection
Finish up class assignment and post Google doc link to the
1_first_day
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Slack channel
3
8/23/2021
​11:59 PM
Introduction
Weekly reflection
Read at least a few of your classmates’ assignments and find a point of commonality and a point of difference between you and another person in the class. Write a short reply to the appropriate post(s) in Slack.
4
8/24/2021
​12:45 PM
Introduction
Class
Syllabus and other introductions; introduction to theory and practice
5
8/25/2021
​11:59 PM
Introduction
Weekly reflection
Read “
Critiquing Critics
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Gonzales and Burke on critical theory
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, and
Jemele Hill’s piece on Naomi Osaka
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, watch Dr. Suggs’ lecture, and take the quiz. Then think of another news story, be it about an accomplishment involving women in sports or a controversy, and write a short post in the
02_theory_reflection channel
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discussing what that story tells you about society and culture right now.
6
8/26/2021
​12:45 PM
Introduction
Class
How to use theory, and how not to
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