Show notes
Amy Kraft and Kabir Seth spend the podcast discussing the Olympics. They kick things off with a history of women at the Olympics quiz (1:30)(Kabir doesn't fair to badly) the dominant and diverse US Women's Gymnastics team (6:30), the worst of sexist olympic coverage (14:00) as well as body shaming on social media (30:00).The podcast covers a ton of articles, some of which are in the newsletter this week but here's the full list:https://www.olympic.org/women-in-sport/background/key-dateshttp://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/you-throw-girl-an-olympic-shot-putters-feminist-missionhttp://jezebel.com/simone-biles-im-not-the-next-usain-bolt-or-michael-ph-1785182242http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/08/leslie-jones-and-kerri-walsh-jennings-rio-bffs.html?mid=facebook_thecutbloghttp://time.com/4446944/simone-biles-rio-2016-olympics-gymnastics-gold/http://fusion.net/story/335443/social-media-strikes-back-after-mexican-olympic-athlete-gets-body-shamed/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fusion&utm_content=linkhttp://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/08/gabby-douglas-only-has-1-job-and-it-isnt-to-fix-her-hair-to-please-you/http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/essential-olympics-gif-from-laurie-hernandez.html?mid=facebook_vulturehttp://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/how-to-really-watch-olympic-gymnastics?mbid=social_facebookhttp://mashable.com/2016/08/08/sexist-moments-rio-olympics/#v6Y.p9Lt4uqghttp://www.vox.com/2016/8/5/12369420/rio-2016-womens-gymnastics-simone-biles-diversity-race-relationshttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/09/female-olympians-guide-gaffes-athletes-sports-makeup-shorts-marital-status-lindy-westhttp://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nbc-riol-olympics-rio-2016-olympics-katie-ledecky-swimming_uk_57ac19c4e4b08ab70dc128c6http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/03/sport/sexism-sport-rio-olympic-games/http://jezebel.com/simone-manuel-makes-history-as-the-first-black-woman-to-1785185468?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&utm_source=jezebel_facebook&utm_medium=socialflowhttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/11/sports/olympics/rio-schedule-medals-biles-phelps-lochte.html?_r=1https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/simone-manuel-on-making-history-the-gold-medal-wasnt-just-for-me/2016/08/11/28cc3fe6-603d-11e6-9d2f-b1a3564181a1_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_olymmanuel-1240am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
