Tag: competition
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Why “Hitting Like a Girl” is a Compliment
“You hit like a girl.” “You can’t play with the boys, you’ll get hurt.” “Boys are naturally better athletes.” Society encourages these culturally constructed ideas and messages to infiltrate the minds of young girls, essentially stomping on their aspirations with a giant sexist foot. Little girls and boys alike have dreams of becoming leaders, astronauts…
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From the ISL to the NCAA
Lafayette, Columbia, Boston College, Mercer, Notre Dame, Williams, Bucknell, Dartmouth, Washington College: this list of prestigious colleges and universities does not end here. These are only a handful of the schools where recent Stone Ridge alumnae and current student-athletes have committed to play a college level sport. Stone Ridge is regarded across the DC…