Maggie Mertens
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Freelance | Writing about gender, culture, bodies, health, sport, etc. for @theAtlantic @npr @SInow | Author @algonquinbooks | Half of @Gilmore_Women | She/her
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3 weeks ago |
thehalfmarathoner.com | Terrell Johnson |Maggie Mertens
A quick note before we get started: if you find yourself struggling with motivation to run, or just needing an extra boost to keep you inspired, I hope you’ll consider becoming a paid member of The Half Marathoner. Every week, we share thoughts and stories that keep us going, as well as races and places I think you’ll love running across the U.S. and around the world.
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Sep 17, 2024 |
gilmorewomen.substack.com | Maggie Mertens
Welcome to Gilmore Women: Two journalists discuss everything that’s wrong with every episode of Gilmore Girls & why we still love it.
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Aug 10, 2024 |
msn.com | Maggie Mertens
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Aug 10, 2024 |
theatlantic.com | Maggie Mertens
When Joan Benoit Samuelson was born, in 1957, the longest race that women were allowed to compete in at any international sporting event was 800 meters—well under a mile—according to the international track-and-field federation’s rules. Twenty-seven years later, the longest race was a marathon. Benoit Samuelson ran it in the Olympics and won gold, proving to the world all that women were capable of.
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Aug 8, 2024 |
boisestatepublicradio.org | Maggie Mertens
When Olympic heptathlete Chari Hawkins was competing in college she says she constantly judged the way her body looked. “What’s so crazy is how much it got in the way of my performance,” she told the Voice in Sport podcast in 2022. “I was so worried about what my body looked like that I wasn’t focused on what it could actually do.” When Hawkins hits the track this week in Paris, though, she’ll do so with a changed mindset. She's said she now values nourishing her body’s capacities.
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