Eat Sweat Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives
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Description
Long-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.
Sport's for everyone . . . isn't it?
Society has led us to believe that women and sport don’t mix. But why? What happens to the young girls who dare to climb trees and cartwheel across playgrounds?
In her exploration of major taboos, from sex to the gender pay gap, sports journalist Anna Kessel discovers how sport and exercise should play an integral role in every sphere of our modern lives.
Covering a fascinating range of women, from Sporty Spice to mums who box and breastfeed, Eat Sweat Play reveals how women are finally reclaiming sport, and by extension their own bodies, for themselves - and how you can too.
'Anna Kessel's book should inspire a whole generation of women. It ought to be on the school curriculum.'
Hadley Freeman
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3,5 - motivierend aber zu viele Anekdoten
Als Frau sportlich aktiv zu sein - zum Spaß und um zu sehen wozu man fähig ist - ist ein feministischer Akt, der vielen anderen verwehrt wurde und wird. Das macht das Buch deutlich und bricht dabei Sterotype und Taboos auf. Könnte aber weitreichender gehen und weniger anekdotisch sein.
3.5 / 5 ⭐️ Very enjoyable, informative and eye-opening. However, I felt some chapters were too fact-based and heavy on real athletes - while I find that motivating and inspiring it's not what I personally can identify with. That's why I cannot give more stars! If you're into (professional) sports, though, I'd definitely recommend this book to you!
Description
Long-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.
Sport's for everyone . . . isn't it?
Society has led us to believe that women and sport don’t mix. But why? What happens to the young girls who dare to climb trees and cartwheel across playgrounds?
In her exploration of major taboos, from sex to the gender pay gap, sports journalist Anna Kessel discovers how sport and exercise should play an integral role in every sphere of our modern lives.
Covering a fascinating range of women, from Sporty Spice to mums who box and breastfeed, Eat Sweat Play reveals how women are finally reclaiming sport, and by extension their own bodies, for themselves - and how you can too.
'Anna Kessel's book should inspire a whole generation of women. It ought to be on the school curriculum.'
Hadley Freeman
"
Book Information
Posts
3,5 - motivierend aber zu viele Anekdoten
Als Frau sportlich aktiv zu sein - zum Spaß und um zu sehen wozu man fähig ist - ist ein feministischer Akt, der vielen anderen verwehrt wurde und wird. Das macht das Buch deutlich und bricht dabei Sterotype und Taboos auf. Könnte aber weitreichender gehen und weniger anekdotisch sein.
3.5 / 5 ⭐️ Very enjoyable, informative and eye-opening. However, I felt some chapters were too fact-based and heavy on real athletes - while I find that motivating and inspiring it's not what I personally can identify with. That's why I cannot give more stars! If you're into (professional) sports, though, I'd definitely recommend this book to you!