Fitzroy FC player Kirsty Marshall writes on her experience playing in a Pride Game and what this kind of celebration and visibility means to her. On Sunday the 2nd of May, Fitzroy Football Club and Melbourne University Women’s Football Club came together to compete in the first ever official Pride Game in the Victorian Amateur …
Our Siren Emerging Sports Writer, Courtney Hagen has written a beautiful personal piece as part of the program about the power of representation in sport. Sport, despite its amazing ability to bring people together can also do the exact opposite. In my own personal journey with sport in its many facets, sometimes it has made …
*in no particular order In the process of reflecting on our journey to 20 issues, we were interested in looking back at which of our pieces were most popular with you, our readers, the most. As a collective that largely came together in the stands of AFLW games, it’s exciting to see so many sports …
It may have been cut short, but the 2020 AFLW season is the first full domestic women’s sport season that we’ve covered since we launched Siren in January. With our 20th edition of the Siren newsletter it felt right to look back on how we covered the season, and some of the things we’re hoping …
A much loved tradition has been born in the few short years of the AFLW competition: the AFLW Pride Game. It means so much to so many and this year the sentiment has grown to include more teams spreading the message of love and acceptance through football. As part of the tradition that now adds …