feminist utopia E 76: The Olympics Are a Problem Pt. 1

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Do you have fond memories of watching the Olympics? We do as well. The research for this episode started when trying to find uplifting stories about women and then all these things about how sexist/racist/awful the Olympics are. This is part 1 where we discuss how corrupt and awful for athletes the Olympics have become.   RESEARCH https://www.npr.org/2021/07/23/1019567905/an-energy-company-behind-a-major-bribery-scandal-in-ohio-will-pay-a-230-million- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/sports/olympics/tokyo-olympics.html https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb/12/tokyo-olympics-chief-resigns-over-sexist-comments https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/23/olympic-swimmer-ona-carbonell-nursing-baby/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0U9WXb5MM27ED6aD9u3DNFxU8kuE1lhaCQ7l6P-mZlb9V78SprKoAo-Ms https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/17/football/germany-olympics-football-honduras-racism-spt-intl/index.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Gameshttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/politicspast/page/0,9067,892902,00.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/06/30/nursing-moms-babies-tokyo-olympics/?itid=lb_more-about-the-tokyo-olympics_7 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9809595/Norways-beach-handball-team-REFUSES-wear-bikini-bottoms.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/07/20/paralympian-olivia-breen-shorts-controversy/ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/tokyo-olympics-bribery-scandal/ https://olympics.com/athlete365/voice/ioc-extends-opportunities-for-athlete-expression-during-the-olympic-games-tokyo-2020/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/becca-meyers-paralympics-deaf-blind-swimmer-out-assistant-denied/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/world/asia/japan-tokyo-olympics-volunteers-covid.html https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/story/2021-06-03/10000-volunteers-drop-out-tokyo-olympics   https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/07/22/are-the-olympic-games-a-bad-deal-for-host-cities?utm_campaign=the-economist-today&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=2021-07-22&utm_content=article-link-3&etear=nl_today_3 https://www.npr.org/2021/07/21/1018768633/a-womens-beach-handball-team-is-fined-for-not-wanting-to-wear-bikini-bottoms