This study analyzes the marketplace performances that are enacted in the field of women's
flat track roller derby using the theoretical lens of gender performativity. Rather than treating …

This paper takes an affective approach to theorizing the production and circulation of
fitspiration media within a women's Instagram fitness community. In the context of fitness …

Whether it is a sport scientist watching their participant's responses to an exercise load, a
psychologist witnessing a tennis player's reactions to loss, or a sociologist making sense of …

Internationally, patterns of participation in sport are changing, with so-called
'informal'participation displacing club-based and other formally structured involvement in …

As a new breed of lifestyle sport enthusiasts' derby grrrls' are pushing the boundaries of
gender as they negotiate the nexus of pleasure, pain and power relations. Offering a socio …

Non-representational theory is an academic approach that animates the active world; its
taking-place. It shows how material, sensory and affective processes combine with …

Skateboarding and Femininity explores and highlights the value of femininity both within
skateboarding and wider culture. This book examines skateboarding's relationship to …

Colombian girls are not encouraged from playing sport due to gendered roles that idealize
girls as “delicate” and reserve sport as an activity for boys. Since the early and mid-2000s …

The COVID-19 pandemic has radically shifted modes of communication and connection. For
many, digital technologies have played critical roles in enabling ongoing relationships …

In this article we draw on our varied experiences of conducting feminist sport and leisure
scholarship in digital spaces to offer some reflections, learnings and ways forward for …