Skateboarding and Femininity

Skateboarding and Femininity explores the complex and varied nature of skateboarder identities and the ways in which girls and women have held and created space for themselves within skateboarder identity narratives and practices.

Dani Abulhawa is a Lecturer in Contemporary Applied Performance, University of Leeds.

Introduction: Getting connected to who you are 1. Girls and Women Holding and Creating Space in Skateboarding 2. Skateboarding and Feminism 3. Skateboarding physical culture 4. 'Skateboard Philanthropy': A somatic practice perspective Conclusion: Skateboarding's participation in the world beyond itself