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It does lead to the question, though. How can trans athletes compete safely, and ensure equity and/or safety for biologically female competitors? In some sports, weight divisions may solve the issue. In some sports, three divisions may be needed. In some other sports, it may be that there are already open divisions.

Or, homogeneity and Flanderisation. We're back with ranticles baby! This is not a new idea, it's not an original idea, it's just a series of opinions (which as a white dude approaching his early middle years, I am sure the world wants...). Cast your mind back, it's the years following the release of Lord of the Rings. The world is feeling it. One ring has bound them all, and in the wake of this fantasy behemoth "everyone" is writing Tolkien pastiches, ripoffs, or whatever oth

This article contains reference to sexual violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and a few more troubling topics, reader discretion is advised. Terry Gene Bollea died last week. You, like many, may be wondering who that is and why you should care. He was a racist, proudly self proclaimed, as well as a right winger and overall nutter. More importantly for this ranticle, he was Hulk Hogan, wrestling icon and one time portrayer of Thunderlips in Rocky I. The passing of Terry th

Why I think reading to boys, and expressions of love could be what the world needs right now. A ranticle. Depending on where in the world you live, but assuming you are in a western society, somewhere WASPish, and or anywhere else in which this shit is pervading the world, you may have noticed men being awful. (Awfulness is not only afflicting the abovementioned places, it's just that as a white western dude, I don't feel it's my place to speak on what the rest of the world s

I've been coaching women's sport for a bit over a decade (namely lacrosse) and in that time I have made the leap from someone who watched almost exclusively men's sport, to some one who watches a whole lot of women's sport too. While I wanted to call this piece "Why Marty Sheargold needs to remember his arse isn't a hat and should pull his head out of it" I decided on the above because I feel it is to the point, concise and is friendly enough that men won't become overly emot