Journalist. 📚Investigating politics, power and sport. 🎥Video essays & words 👇 💬Signal evieashton.12https://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3m73vpg3lrc23Is English football enabling violence against women? NEW video essay tackles online abuse, the ban on trans women, workplace harassment in media, and more👇. The Truth About Violence Against Women In English Football: youtu.be/BB1hU1-hkFs https://youtu.be/BB1hU1-hkFs03 Dec 2025 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73vpg3lrc23https://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3m5j4az2zqc2j"Sexism and misogyny do not persist by accident, but by design." After @womeninfootball.co.uk found that four in five women report workplace sexism in football, I wrote about why women sports journalists still don't belong in the sports media. https://evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-against-sports-journalists13 Nov 2025 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5j4az2zqc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3m54d7vh47k2zSports journalists, do you find press conferences repetitive and that trying to get an insightful quote from the speaker is like pushing water up a hill? I wrote about why press conferences suck👇. https://evieashton.substack.com/p/press-conferences-suck08 Nov 2025 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m54d7vh47k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3m4xssayedc2uPress conferences suck. This week, I wrote about why they are less about reporting the truth and more about preserving the status quo.👇 https://evieashton.substack.com/p/press-conferences-suck06 Nov 2025 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4xssayedc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3m4fvq234bc2pWas Michelle Agyemang’s ACL tear caused by sexism? Before jumping to blame hips, hormones, boots or pitches, I write we must consider the gendered inequalities women are subject to throughout their footballing lives that may seriously impact injury risk. 👇 https://evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-caused-your-acl-injury30 Oct 2025 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4fvq234bc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3m4do7yovn225What if Leah Williamson’s ACL injury that forced her to miss the World Cup 2023 was caused by sexism? Drawing on a recent paper by sociologist Madeline Pape, I discuss why gender inequalities, not 'female biology', could be behind the “ACL crisis” 👇 https://evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-caused-your-acl-injury29 Oct 2025 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4do7yovn225https://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3m3rpew525c2tHad a go at critiquing football's "no room for racism in sport" anti-discrimination expression. Worried it's less about anti-racism and more about deflection and avoidance of the wider issue of structural racism in English football. ✍ https://evieashton.substack.com/p/the-problem-with-no-room-for-racism22 Oct 2025 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3rpew525c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3lzy7ys5wc22k“What a summer of women’s sport.” “England women will inspire the next gen.” Why are we whitewashing this year? Trans women and girls were literally banned. Sex testing was brought back. And Black players are being subjected to racism. Journalism MUST recognise setbacks as well as progress.29 Sep 2025 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzy7ys5wc22khttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3lzti6n5tv22bSharing this again. Happy for the Red Roses but now more than ever we need to remember those who have been excluded from women’s rugby and won’t be able to reap the benefits of the team’s success. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2025 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzti6n5tv22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3lzdnbmzip22qNEW: World Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said. Spoke to Dr Sheree Bekker about the "insidious" effects of this policy for @scotnational.bsky.social. https://www.thenational.scot/sport/25481919.expert-issues-warning-sex-testing-world-championships-2025/21 Sep 2025 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzdnbmzip22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3lzdnbmzip22qNEW: World Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said. Spoke to Dr Sheree Bekker about the "insidious" effects of this policy for @scotnational.bsky.social. https://www.thenational.scot/sport/25481919.expert-issues-warning-sex-testing-world-championships-2025/21 Sep 2025 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzdnbmzip22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3lyv25phuzs2h#journorequest Looking to speak to an academic e.g. historian, social scientist, political scientist etc... on the perceived freedom of speech crisis amid rising anti-immigrant rhetoric and far-right protests in the UK.15 Sep 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyv25phuzs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3lyd63k25nk2yA few months ago, trans women and girls had the freedom to participate and enjoy football and cricket and their sporting families taken away from them. I've been investigating how their privacy was stripped from them too. My exclusive investigation: https://www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out-myself-are-sports-bodies-violating-trans-peoples-right-to-privacy/08 Sep 2025 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyd63k25nk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3lyd63k25nk2yA few months ago, trans women and girls had the freedom to participate and enjoy football and cricket and their sporting families taken away from them. I've been investigating how their privacy was stripped from them too. My exclusive investigation: https://www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out-myself-are-sports-bodies-violating-trans-peoples-right-to-privacy/08 Sep 2025 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyd63k25nk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3ly4acgehwk2a"The responsibility for growing women’s sport and achieving gender justice in sport should not lie with those who were not culpable for its marginalisation in the first place and have borne the brunt of abuse and discrimination since." https://evieashton.substack.com/p/stop-burdening-womens-rugby-players05 Sep 2025 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly4acgehwk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3lxylyikc7k2sIn 2025, female athletes are still expected to carry out unpaid labour and deal with online abuse and discrimination. My latest piece on the narrative that female athletes should be responsible for increasing their own, and their sport’s, visibility.👇 https://evieashton.substack.com/p/stop-burdening-womens-rugby-players?r=3p8l4y04 Sep 2025 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxylyikc7k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3lxwvh7fhws2oAre we expecting too much of women's rugby players? My latest piece tackles the exhausting unpaid labour female athletes are expected to carry out.👇 https://open.substack.com/pub/evieashton/p/stop-burdening-womens-rugby-players?r=3p8l4y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true03 Sep 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxwvh7fhws2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3lwvkdkitx22j“The “Reform FC Home Shirt” is far more than a gimmick. It is a key to unlocking more voters and mobilising support for a far right party.” My latest newsletter👇 https://evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uks-far-right-party-launched21 Aug 2025 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvkdkitx22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3lwttamqdns2t"Seen as a football club, Reform UK is no longer a political party that, in government, would be responsible for tackling poverty, preventing climate catastrophe, or reducing NHS waiting times, but instead a “winning team” hoping to lift the league trophy." 👇 https://evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uks-far-right-party-launched20 Aug 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwttamqdns2thttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3lwt54eh2b22qWhy we can't afford to laugh off Reform UK's football shirts. My latest ✍️ https://evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uks-far-right-party-launched20 Aug 2025 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwt54eh2b22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/evieashton.bsky.social/post/3lvdggtdwwk2f"Sport, with its inherent power and resource imbalances, has a unique capacity to generate, enable and support gender-based violence." More in my latest👇 https://evieashton.substack.com/p/does-sport-perpetuate-violence-against01 Aug 2025 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:wc2immhfqegeebadr4tbc7yz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvdggtdwwk2f