Evie Ashton
@EvieRAshton
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SJA Academy Silver Award winner 2022. Sports Journalist. Writer of ‘It’s Just A Game.’ Bylines in @bbcsport @skysportsnews @wisdencricket 🏳️🌈🏳️���⚧️(she/her)
Joined April 2016
"Growing up, I knew I was deaf and there were barriers, but it was normal to me. I put up with it. That was life." Spoke to England Deaf's all time leading run scorer, Umesh Valjee, on his career, deaf awareness, and why disability cricket matters.👇
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RT @EvieRAshton: Increasing diversity in women's football isn't enough to solve what happened to Bunny Shaw. Racism is a white problem, onl…
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RT @casparijz: the silence from journalists, news outlets, and also players in women’s football about the racism bunny has faced is kind of…
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RT @heresisted: Only in the fucking UK could they put a brown woman on trial for calling a white cop white, and then have the gall to sugge…
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RT @vsrsus: The racist and misogynistic abuse Bunny Shaw suffered in her last WSL game is proof women’s football in England must do better…
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RT @EvieRAshton: “You may say discrimination has no place in the game, but the sooner we admit that testimonies of racism (& misogyny in Sh…
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This framing is a shocking example of what I wrote about in my newsletter: "Making the ‘shared gender struggle’ the primary concern centres the white woman’s experience, as if hers is the norm, while ignoring that to be Black and a woman is entirely different."
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If he’s willing to say that live on national radio, imagine what’s he’s saying off air to his colleagues
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RT @mimwalkerkhan: Being a woman of colour in sport is exhausting. We are so rarely listened to and SO often erased from spaces and convers…
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“You may say discrimination has no place in the game, but the sooner we admit that testimonies of racism (& misogyny in Shaw’s case) in contemporary women’s sport aren’t the first or the last, the better.” From my latest newsletter:
Manchester City were appalled to learn that Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw was subjected to racist and misogynistic abuse following Sunday’s fixture. Discrimination of any kind, either in stadiums or online, will not be tolerated and has absolutely no place inside or outside the game. Bunny has decided not to share the messages publicly so as not to give the oxygen of publicity to the vile individuals who sent them. The content has been shared with the authorities. An investigation will follow, and the Club offers our full support to Bunny following the disgusting treatment she’s received.
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RT @natalie_a_berry: Some personal news: I was made redundant from UKClimbing as Editor-in-Chief after 10 years in the company. I'll contin…
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@ashabirdii absolutely I completely agree - so important to recognise how deep rooted it is throughout media - particularly anxiety inducing given the role it plays in upholding democracy. Thank you for reading!!
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@merseyrose Yes exactly. Will continue pushing those underrepresented stories but also feel it’s extra important to hold the industry to account. Thank you for reading & kind words💙
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