Day: July 16, 2012
A First, Saudi Arabia Lets Women Compete in Olympic Games
Bowing to six months of ongoing international pressure, Saudi Arabia made a historic last minute move on July 12 announcing that two women athletes Wujdan Shahrkhani, in judo, and Sarah Attar, in track and field will compete in the 30th Olympic Summer Games in London.
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Grrrl Rock It!
In the late ‘80s pop was filled with girls, but punk rock was a different world. Still a bastion of maleness, Joan Jett, who straddled punk and rock, was the only girl who pushed through the testosterone to make it.
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Backstage with Chely Wright
All-American girl Chely Wright shocked the nation when she became the first U.S. country singer to declare her love for women two years ago with her seventh musical release “Lifted Off the Ground” and her confessional memoir Like Me: Confessions Of A Heartland Country Singer.
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Five Fabulous Years of Fabulosa Fest
Hundreds of women will head to the fifth annual Fabulosa Fest to camp out and frolic in the sun listening to great music, check out crafts and attend workshops, swim in the creek, and maybe even partake in a little mud wrestling at Walker Creek Ranch in Sonoma County, CA on July 20 – 22.
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U.S. Women Athletes Score at Olympics 2012 before the Games Begin
Sporty girls are making historic milestone that is a testament to the value of supporting women in sports on the 40th year of Title IX. The United States Olympic Committee revealed that for the first time in the 116 year history of the modern Olympic Games American women outnumber the U.S. men heading to London this summer on July 10.
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