The first few years of teenhood are straight-up torture. Between changing bodies, raging hormones, and determining WTF to do with a tampon, most young women (my former self included) spend a variety of their energy simply attempting to navigate puberty and the drama that comes around with it. So though it will not be surprising […]
As a division 1 cross-country and track runner on the University of Michigan, Erin Finn became an NCAA All-American and Big Ten Champion. But multiple injuries slowed her down, and at a certain point, her body stopped responding well to training. By the point she learned it was because she wasn’t eating or resting enough, […]
Thanks partly to good old-fashioned misogyny, women athletes are sometimes undervalued—and underpaid—in sports. So once I watched a now-viral soccer ad end in a surprising way that challenged those deeply entrenched misconceptions, I used to be all for it. The 2-minute ad, created by the French division of the telecommunications company Orange and the marketing […]
After 22 days in an induced coma following a horseback riding accident, Sergio Rico, the PSG goalkeeper woke up and was capable of come out of sedation. His partner, Alba Silva, said that he recognized his family members, although he hasn’t yet regained his speech. While that is a very important and hopeful step, the […]
For Jake Fedorowski, running is a reset. Once they log miles around their home in Seattle, they’re connecting with their body and mind, and “escaping from the chaos” of on a regular basis life. Without it, Fedorowski tells SELF, they wouldn’t give you the chance to indicate up as their authentic self and carry on […]