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Maria Sakkari: Greek Goddess or Greek Olympian

Photograph of Maria Sakkari is by Jim Fawcette, © jfawcette

In Athens, the city of her birth, Sakkari sails back 25 centuries to the 5th century BCE. Male nude olympians everywhere sculpted in all their glory. History’s greatest ideas buzz around them like bees: Democracy, Drama, Dialectic. Due to Maria’s athletic prowess—her sprinter’s speed, her gynmast’s arms–she is allowed to compete in the Olympic Games. She […]

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Billie Jean King, Feminist

Christina Tarkoff, Billie Jean King. From the artist's "Women Who Shatter Barriers" series.

Parable of the Three Doors The first door’s locked. Deadbolts everywhere, a not yet discernible voice inside. I couldn’t get a closet deep enough. I’ve got a homophobic family, a tour that will die if I come out, the world is homophobic and, yeah, I was homophobic.  The second door’s a ceiling. The Houston Astrodome, […]