Women, Sport and New Media Technologies: Derby Grrrls Online

Sisterhood and affective politics: The CaiRollers mobilising change through roller derby in Egypt

“…Pavlidis and Fullagar's (2014a) work interrogates the relationships between social norms in derby and emotions, and the ways 'toughness' can be mobilised (online and off) to disrupt, and sometimes adhere to, gender norms. In particular, the digital context of roller derby -as a sport reinvented in the contemporary era of new digital media (Pavlidis and Fullagar, 2014b) -creates opportunities for visibility and affecting others. Drawing on Ahmed's work, Pavlidis and Fullagar (2013: 682) write, 'the virtual space of derby culture is claimed through enjoyment that is "witnessed" by others .…”

The Film Kids 25 Years On: A Qualitative Study of Rape Culture and Representations of Sexual Violence in Skateboarding

“…Most importantly, their work dispels ideas of rape as the result of men's biological make-up or a 'natural' urge. Recent theoretical and empirical work forged by 'new feminism' and 'post feminism' (Keller et al, 2018;Mendes et al, 2018;Pavlidis & Fullagar, 2014;Phipps et al, 2018;Toffoletti et al, 2018) continue to advance understandings of the social dimensions of gender rather than biological theories. Such literature places an emphasis on the social construction of gender hierarchies, in which hegemonic forms of masculinity and heteronormativity currently dominate and work to sexually objectify women and position them as inferior and subordinate.…”

“…Recent demographics of skateboarding are becoming more reflective of various generations, genders and sexualities, ethnicities, abilities and First Nations and non-Western skate scenes (Borden, 2019;Schwier & Kilberth, 2019;Willing, 2019aWilling, , 2019b. This increasingly broader participation has drawn more attention to issues of intersectionality in skateboarding, which reflect wider calls for social change in mainstream sport and physical cultures (Pavlidis & Fullagar, 2014;Toffoletti et al, 2018). Incidents of sexual violence (such as rape), however, are argued to still be met with dismissal, inaction, avoidance and downplayed, particularly in skate circles where men are typically dominant (Dobija-Nootens, 2018; Ebeling & White, 2019).…”