#girljock

[popculturelib]

Girljock: The Book (1998) ed. by Roxxie is a compilation of the best articles originally published in the zine Girljock throughout the early 1990s. It was notable for talking about women's sports and the experiences of women who play them before they were popular enough to be regularly broadcast. As Roxxie says in the introduction:

When I originally imagined Girljock magazine as a forum on the lesbian sporting experience, the bits of mainstream media coverage of women in sports either ignored lesbians or would merely report the fact that so-and-so was accused of being a lesbian, or all too rarely, so-and-so came out of the closet. The reality of the lesbian experience differs from what the mainstream of media will report. In Girljock magazine, we are describing our own sporting lives, without the mainstream media's bias. Good-bye to all that mainstream mush. Since there aren't a lot of women's sports writings (yet), many times we have published the pioneer article on a particular aspect of a particular sport. Not all the women we have interviewed, or the contributors, or the Girljock staff are lesbians. But all of them believe in the value of being part of a new lesbian-positive athletic female universe. We are disgusted with the butchphobia and lesbophobia which has held back the women's sports world.

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[lifesver]

april mckinney would simply go to the sawyer property with a gun if there was a chance her little brother wasn't dead

[lenaisagirl]

me @ myself

[iesnoth]

I was watching this review of the latest Miraculous Ladybug film, and the reviewer made a comment about how Marinette's mom must have really strong genes for her to look NOTHING like her dad.

Which gave me the idea for Big!Marinette. And I think she solves a lot of problems (or just pet peeves) with Marinette's character.

First, her initial unpopularity and low sense of self worth would make more sense (I know, skinny/petite people are self-conscious too... set that aside). Second, a teen girl going through aggressive growth spurts would be more physically awkward, having to quickly adapt to a rapidly changing body size. This would excuse some of her quirky TM tendencies. Third, a less conventionally attractive Marinette would take positive attention from Adrien very seriously, as she would be more intimidating to boys her age. Her belief that he could never be interested in her romantically would make more sense. Fourth, HARD Clark Kent/Superman vibes from her. More baggy clothes in her civilian life, because girls her size aren't catered to in fashion, while her Ladybug outfit is flattering. Perhaps the Miraculous even gives her superhuman strength and agility (I don't know, haven't watched since season 2), so she's not clumsy and thus confident in her body and strength. Intimidating villains (no longer hiding her size) would be empowering. The difference between Marinette and Ladybug would be much more vast.

Plus, there would be girljock/femboy vibes with Marinette and Adrien, which I love so much.

[greenandhazy]

On the 8th of July, I went to the biggest branch of the Philadelphia Free Library to try and find a book called Girljock, which was sparsely described in the description but as far as I can tell is a compendium of articles written for a magazine of that name in the 90s on the subject of lesbians in sports. It had a call number--796 something--but, oddly, was listed as being located in the Fiction Hall--Adult Paperback.

Now, one thing that aggravates me about this library is that the rooms are organized by categories that do NOT correspond to LoC call numbers. I started off checking the Social Sciences room, which contains the 300s, 400s, and the 900s. Couldn't find it. Went instead to the Science and Wellness room, which contains the 500s and 600s and seemed promising at first--lots of books about exercise--but alas, ended there. Asked my first staff member where I could find the 790s, and they pointed me to the Arts and Literature room, which contains the 700s and 800s... with a noticeable gap.

Having gone allllll the 700s, I reached 792 and stopped. Dead end. Asked staff member #2 where I can find 796. They told me Social Science. I went back to Social Science and asked staff member #3 where I can find 796. He pointed me to a small shelf with all of their activities and sports books... and Girljock wasn't there. It was listed as available on the online catalog, but it definitely wasn't there. I looked uncertainly at the catalog listing again: 796, Fiction Hall--Adult Paperback.

I went to the Fiction Hall. Looked around and saw new releases, large print, mystery, romance, general fiction. Asked staff member #4 where Adult Paperback was and he pointed me to a small section upstairs, then told me it wasn't organized by author name (?). I went up to the section. It definitely was organized by author name. I had a mononym for the editor--Roxie--but I didn't find anything under Roxxie. Scanned the entire section, which was only like two bookcase's worth. Wasn't there.

Staff member #5 saw me looking lost and asked if he could help. I told him my predicament. He asked the title. "Girljock, by Roxxie," I said, submitting to the mortifying ideal of being known by a librarian. He asked to see the catalog listing on my phone, looked at the location, looked at the cover, picked up on my vibe, hesitated, and asked "is this an LGBT book?" I said yes and explained the magazine compendium thing.

He took me down to the LGBT fiction section. The book wasn't there. He checked the staff computer, said "hm, that's strange," and took me over to the short stories collection (because it was a collection of articles, perhaps?). The book wasn't there. Staff member #6, who had chatted with him a little at the computer, came over and said "There hasn't been any activity on that title since 2001."

Staff member #5 apologized to me and said the book had probably been either weeded or lost and they're going to update the catalog to remove it, because let's face it, after 23 years that thing ain't showing up. However! He sent me over to staff member #7, who provided me with a flyer for the interlibrary loan service. I filled out the registration form online and submitted a request for Girljock and settled in to wait.

[aclaywrites]

Hi, I am looking for a lesbian magazine called Siren. It ran from 1995 to 2004. Do you happen to know about it and know where we can find it online? I'd be very grateful for your help please!

Wha a blast from the past! I hadn’t thought of that magazine in years! That and GirlJock were two really good ones and will be missed!

I did find one article (linked below) and will do some more archival digging to see if I can find real copies. Thanks for making my morning more interesting!

[monkeyssalad-blog]

1992 Girljock Magazine - Lesbian Sporting Forum by Vinnie DeVille Via Flickr: Vintage 1992 (no month) issue of Girljock Magazine. Girljock was a self-described forum on lesbian sporting and was the first publication devoted to exploring the mystique of women and sports. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!

[daisyachain]

June is a refreshing character as an archetype I have run into many times in life and not in fiction. The reserved girljock. Charming!

[bitter-as-wormwood-13]

maybe once rehearsals get started and I get a costume I'll make fanart of my guy. my background guy. hashtag girljock, most important character in heathers. powers of both girl and jock

[michadeau]

i actually like that mio’s kind of stupid. girljock.

[username-not-registered]

This site is very girlboss girlsplain girlfuck girlstare girlsatan girlgling girlknife girlpi girlwoman girlparalysisdemon girlwoke girlwife girlweed girlpost girltext girlblog girlslap girlworm girllemon girlcastinate girltosis girlman girlpaint girllove girlgun girlcrime girltime girlgriculture girlstory (alternatively herstory) girlthink girlgesture girlrose girlzombie girlevil girlorc girlnerd girljock girlcat girlllama girlmeme girlboyfriend girlgirlfriend girlfight girlgender girlsimp girlship girlwin girlkiss so far

[hardhittr]

“       yeah, yeah, i know all about that life                   i was a waterboy at some point, so you could say that i was pretty much a part of the team.       ”

@girljock​ liked.

[metuere-now-exspiritment]

@girljock​

“I’ll help you get fucked up, but I’m not buying booze for you and all your friends. I have to draw the line somewhere.” But it’s a very flimsy line — Spirit doesn’t even sound like she’s convinced herself of these ethical boundaries.

[ghcstfced-archive-2]

YOU LITTLE DILF? HOW DARE YOU PUT THOSE WORDS BEFORE MY EYES

𝑯𝑨𝑼𝑵𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑵𝑨𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑳𝑰𝑬

[sarcasmhe]

          ‘     i’m   never   gonna   abandon   this   jeep   !    ’      stiles   ,   honey   , you   look   crazy  .      wrench   in   one   hand   and   the   other   covered   in   oil   and   waved   around   chaotically   .     boy   genius   he   is   doesn’t   even   notice   she   never   asked     -     only   taking   the   (     half   a   second     )   glance   in   his   direction   as   a   confrontation  .

@girljock​     /     sc   .

[sequelkilled]

cherries + sequelkilled

um shes a dumby who doesnt ever shut the fuck up r u sure abt this <3