Browsing by Author "MacLaren, Meghan"

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‘The golf course doesn’t know what gender you are’: feminist perspectives in the online blog of a female professional golfer

Kitching, Niamh; Bowes, Ali; MacLaren, Meghan (Routledge, 2022-09)

Many female athletes are using online platforms to control their own portrayals, and such representations have been examined mostly through neoliberal and postfeminist perspectives, which position female athletes as ...
Online activism and athlete advocacy in professional women’s golf: risk or reward? (Pre-published)

Kitching, Niamh; Bowes, Ali; MacLaren, Meghan (Routledge, 2021-12-10)

Whilst golf provides an avenue by which women can play professionally, more men have the opportunity to do so and when they do, they make more money than women. In terms of visibility, endorsements, prize money and media ...
'Write when it hurts. Then write till it doesn’t’: athlete voice and the lived realities of one female professional athlete (Pre-published)

Kitching, Niamh; Bowes, Ali; MacLaren, Meghan (2020-11-21)

Digital media has played a central role in promoting women’s sport, where female athletes are increasingly using online platforms to control their own representations and challenge male dominated sporting institutions. ...