Fitness Icons

So I stumbled upon an article posted by the WNBA's Twitter that was from Fitness Magazine.  They named the Top 20 Fitness Icons in this article so I decided to check it out.  One thing I was happy with is that 17 out of the 20 were women!  There were a few women who were questionable as to why they were on the list (i.e: Madonna, Gwen Stefani), but never the less it was amazing to see women and also minority women such as Lisa Leslie, the William's sisters, Billie Jean King, Gabrielle Reece, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mia Hamm, and Dara Torres on the list!  Also a good amount of them are athletes who play sports such as basketball, tennis, swim, track, and soccer.  The main thing that upset me about the list though, were the pictures they chose to use to highlight these women.  Of course they were sexualized in their poses, and only two were even in their uniform playing their given sport.  So again its a step forward for women in sports, yet still a step backwards because of how they chose to represent the women in this article.

Tiffany Brickey
KIN 338I W 4-6:45PM