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Yesterday was the final day of competition in this sport. But my only interest stems from the equal rights campaign the IOC forced women ski jumpers to wage just to compete. The IOC argued ski jumping was simply too dangerous. The female jumpers repeatedly found themselves responding to the idea that jumping would injure their… Read more.
The May 30 edition of The Economist leads with a provocative, informative, and instructive article, heralding “social change” the like of which the world has not seen since decolonization and desegregation during the 1960s. The change referred to women being poised to dominate traditional professions. Soon, the representation of women in law, dentistry, accounting, and… Read more.
Women’s Ski Jumping In my Day 1 commentary below, I mocked the way the International Olympic Committee was “gilding the lily” by adding so many redundant events (like Team Figure Skating) to the Winter Olympics this year. This is why I feel so incredulous that the (mostly male) members of the IOC forced women ski… Read more.
I first became aware of the Cannes Film Festival’s relevance and influence in 1976 when Taxi Driver won the Palme d’Or. Back then, Cannes seemed to recognize films for their artistic merit rather than box-office potential. That distinction mattered. Without winning the Palme d’Or, some of my favorite films would probably never have gotten funding for… Read more.
Finally, a woman has done in South America what women across Europe and Africa have already achieved — cracked the political glass ceiling. On Sunday, Michelle Bachelet made history by becoming the first woman ever elected president of South America. Her victory in Chile is far more than a national milestone; it’s a symbolic breakthrough… Read more.
