In the fourth installment of our special series, Female Athlete Stories, we’re tackling the forces we’re up against. Highlights of this super rich episode include: another deep dive on body image, the objectification of the female athlete body, safety as female athletes, femininity and athletics, the myth of balance for women in sport, navigating the medical system and health challenges as a female athlete, lack of research, and cultural assumptions about our abilities and performance. This was a fun one! 

View extended show notes for this episode here.

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Safety resources: 

Strava Beacon / Find Friends for location sharing

Garmin inReach for backcountry adventures 

On balance: Work Play Love podcast (Lauren Fleshman and Jesse Thomas)

Articles we mentioned:

Labor market value of motherhood

One Partner Runs the Marathon — and the Other Does Everything Else

Female athlete research and resources we mentioned: 

Female Athlete Science and Translational Research Program (FASTR) at Stanford

Female Athlete Program at Boston Children’s Hospital

Gender gaps in sport science research

On the dangers of intermittent fasting for female athletes

ROAR by Stacy Sims

Up to Speed by Christine Yu

Our emails:

Katie: [email protected]

Elena: [email protected]