KaleidHERscope - Episode 30: Phyllis Ellis, film-maker & former Olympian, discusses sport organizations, misogyny& disinformation (15/8/2024)

Aug 15 2024 | 00:54:35

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Following the brutally public discussion and treatment of Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting’s during the Paris Olympics especially online, on kaleidHERscope Magda Zenon speaks with Phyllis Ellis, film-maker and former Olympic field hockey player about gender and the focus on ‘what you look like’ rather than on performance, the 90-year history of sex testing and how sports organizations police only women’s bodies, and the toxic misinformation spread on-line, lead mainly by rich, uninformed, white people. Phyllis Ellis is director of the 2022 documentary Category: Woman about the heart-breaking stories of 4 women athletes from the Global South, torn from their sport, due […]

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