When Julien Alfred won the gold medal in the 100m at the Olympic Games in Paris, she took the athletic world by surprise. By winning gold she not only gave her country St Lucia its first Olympic medal in history … Continue reading
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EVE-volution: A Woman’s Sprint for Equity against the 2024 Olympic Sex Relay
All was never fair in science and sports… until the female body came into the picture. With the 2024 Paris Olympics soon under way, conversations surrounding sex-testing are re-intensifying, making the release of Cat Bohannon’s novel Eve remarkably timely. In … Continue reading
The 2022 Beijing Olympics: China’s Tool to Consolidate Its Authoritarianism
More than a decade later, China has become even more powerful politically and economically, and Beijing became the only city in the world that held both summer and winter Olympics. However, the 2022 winter Olympics led to more drama than the 2008 summer Olympics, which was ignited by the long-standing debate on China's authoritarianism and suspected human rights violations.