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Christine Yu

@christineyu.bsky.social
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Author of UP TO SPEED: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes. Freelance journalist—sports, outdoors, science, & health for NYT, SELF, Outside and others. Sci Comm. Pro napper. linktr.ee/cyu888

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Jessie Singer @jessiesinger.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
in his statement "cancelling" congestion pricing, sean duffy calls people who ride the subway "an elite few" and i just feel as a communication professional that they gotta decide if they're going with that or crime-ridden drug den homeless shelter
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans: www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
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Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds
Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a right to the procedure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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Maggie Mertens @maggiemertens.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
"We should keep men out of women’s sports who weaponize Title IX to invoke trans witch hunts instead of utilizing the law to encourage schools provide equal resources and opportunities for girls and women in sports." This is IT, @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social www.powerplays.news/p/yes-we-sho...
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Yes, we should keep men out of women's sports
Hi, friends.
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Christine Yu @christineyu.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Looking for researchers who study the effect of yoga on stress and sleep quality. If that's you, please reach out!
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Here’s a strategy: 1) establish the frames, what problems will these changes cause, how will they impact communities; 2) inspire people to use those frames to tell their own stories of their families or communities are impacted; 3) amplify those stories.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
“There’s still this idea that news is only ‘real’ once it’s confirmed by big corporate outlets. After all, could one woman with absolutely zero institutional backing in leggings and a sweatshirt in her NYC apartment really be the one to break such an important story? Now we know the answer is yes.”
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Breaking: The Handbasket is first to report catastrophic OMB funding memo
Posted on Bluesky earlier this evening, other major outlets have since confirmed.
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Christine Yu @christineyu.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Help me find some new podcasts? What are you favorite science (life, physical, biomedical) and health related podcasts?
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Is the communications pause that's been imposed on the US government's health agencies affecting you? @statnews.com would love to hear about it. Please let us know. www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...
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Are you affected by the Trump administration’s pause on health communications, science meetings, and reviews?
Have you been affected by the Trump administration’s pause on communications, science meetings, and reviews? @statnews would like to hear from you.
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Christine Yu @christineyu.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
"This legislation would change the actual statute of Title IX to explicitly exclude transgender people from a federal civil rights law." If passed, it would revoke fed $ for schools (public K-12 + colleges/universities) that allow trans girls in women's sports 19thnews.org/2025/01/tran...
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House votes to ban trans girls from women’s sports in schools
If passed into law, the legislation would change Title IX and revoke federal funding for schools that allow trans girls in women’s sports.
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Christine Yu @christineyu.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I didn’t quite finish a draft of my WIP by the end of the year. Combo of family, holidays, travel got the best of me. Thankful for @jamiattenberg.bsky.social and #mini1000 for jumpstarting my writing again and knowing others are too. Feeling excited and energized to finish this thing.
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Christine Yu @christineyu.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Happy last day of college applications to all who celebrate! 😂🫠
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Christine Yu @christineyu.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
There are plenty of videos promise that the secret to faster running lies in your technique. As Matt Fitzgerald told me, “It reinforces the idea that running form is important and that most people are doing it wrong.” Still, should you change your form? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/w...
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Does Your Running Form Really Matter?
Many runners believe their natural stride could be improved. Here’s what to know before trying to change yours.
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Christine Yu @christineyu.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
I determined to finish a draft of my WIP by the end of the year and have written 3600+ words this week. it's been a long time since I felt this excited (and joyful?) about writing and it feels good to immerse myself in a creative project that's just for me. Just need to figure out that ending! 😅
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Christine Yu @christineyu.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I'm sure that there are many business reasons for this move but as a fan of the sport, this move by HOKA is incredibly disappointing and feels short-sighted. It misses (ignores?) a huge brand storytelling opportunity esp as more women continue to run and run as they age.
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J. Jacob Marion, Writer of LGBT Urban Fantasy @jjacobmarion.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This is why puberty blocker and adolescent healthcare bans are more serious than people realize. If you require trans people transition BEFORE puberty and then ban gender affirming care UNTIL AFTER puberty, you've just effectively banned trans people from a sport entirely.
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Christine Yu @christineyu.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
How do you hold on to something you love, that’s meaningful, without holding on too tightly that it escapes your grasp? That's what I've been trying to figure out lately (always?) and I wrote about some of those shifts in work/identity. christinemyu.substack.com/p/what-i-wou...
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What I wouldn’t give for a straightforward plan
Wait, I thought you were supposed to have figured out who you are by your 40s?
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Christine Yu @christineyu.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Today's writing: 1000 words before work and during "lunch" and I got to write a really fun scene. OK, I'm starting to feel like I'm getting into a grove again. Just need all the other obligations in my life to go away for a bit so I can finish this!
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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Everyone watches women’s sports, but no one wants to pay people to cover them
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Christine Yu @christineyu.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
OK I've said all year that I'm going to finish this draft of my WIP. Actually I said that last year too. But with a month left in this year, no more futzing around. I'm going to get to THE END. So far today 12/2, I've written 500 words 😅
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christan (no i), ß @christanwnba.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
San Jose State volleyball coach Todd Kress released this statement after his team lost to Colorado State in the Mountain West championship game last night Sad it had to be said but I'm glad it was
Our team played their hearts out today, the way they have done all season.
I want to recognize and thank our seniors - Alessia, Chandler, Brooke, Brooke and Blaire - for their tremendous efforts on the court all season long. They have all helped us to get where we are.
I have immense pride in the fact that we competed as a team all season long. These players put their love for the game above all else to play as a team each and every match.
This has been one of the most difficult seasons I've ever experienced and I know this is true as well for many of our players and the staff who have been supporting us all along.
Maintaining our focus on the court and ensuring the overall safety and well-being of my players amid the external noise have been my priorities. I would especially like to thank Chief Michael Carroll - who has been here with us for this tournament.
I will not sugarcoat our reality for the last two months. Our team prepared and was ready to play each match according to established Mountain West and NCAA rules of play. We did not take away anyone's participation opportunities.
Sadly, others who for years have played this same team without incident chose not to play us this season. To be clear, we did not celebrate a single win by forfeiture. Instead, we braced for the fallout. Each forfeiture announcement unleashed appalling, hateful messages individuals chose to send directly to our student-athletes, our coaching staff, and many associated with our program.
I am thankful for those of you who took the time to share your support and messages that recognize our players and their fortitude. Like you, I am enormously proud of this team and I am enormously proud to be the coach of these resilient women
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Christine Yu @christineyu.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
New study of 2022 Boston Marathon runners & relationship between fueling + performance 👟42.5% women & 17.6% men had indicators of low energy availability ➡️ Slower times + worse finishing place ➡️ Higher risk of injury/lost training days ❌ No relationship between BMI bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Boston Marathon athlete performance outcomes and intra-event medical encounter risk associated with low energy availability indicators
Objective To determine the association between survey-based self-reported problematic low energy availability indicators (LEA-I) and race performance and intra-event medical encounters during the Bost...
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Nikki Hiltz @nikkihiltz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I’d love to expand a bit here- Part of loving someone is holding them accountable for their actions in a respectful and productive way -which is different from shaming them. I believe harassing Shelby isn’t productive. That doesn’t mean I, and many others in this sport, won’t expect accountability.
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Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Great summary of Mace's ghoulish thirst for publicity from @sulliview.bsky.social, with a nice quote from @parkermolloy.com:
“As a trans person myself, I’m really worried about where this is headed,” wrote Parker Molloy, who writes incisively about politics and media in her newsletter the Present Age. “I spend each day worrying about whether or not the healthcare that keeps me alive will remain legal, whether I’m going to face new restrictions on where I’m allowed to exist in public, what would happen to me if (god forbid) I wound up in prison for some reason, and whether or not my identity documents like my passport will be retroactively made invalid.”

She added poignantly: “Now, more than ever, I feel alone.”
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Christine Yu @christineyu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
“Throughout modern medicine, we’ve considered women just a little bit hysterical” when there isn’t an obvious medical explanation for symptoms, Dr. von Deck said. But “you can’t treat anything if you don’t have a name for it.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/w...
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Has Menopause Made Your Body Ache? There’s a Name for That.
For women, the muscle and joint pains of aging could be linked to a loss of estrogen. A few lifestyle changes can make a big difference.
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This is like my own little Reverse Gamergate.
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Christine Yu @christineyu.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
$30M for girls’ & women’s soccer + more women coaches and refs. “She said the U.S. cannot maintain dominance without major changes to their youth system…’But this is not going to be permanent unless the entire sort of the pyramid structure and the ecosystem is there.’” www.espn.com/soccer/story...
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Kang makes record donation U.S. women's soccer
Washington Spirit owner Michele Kang has pledged to donate $30 million to the U.S. Soccer Federation's women's and girls' programs, the USSF announced Tuesday.
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Christine Yu @christineyu.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Finally getting set up here - hi! I’m a freelance journlist writing stories about sports, science and health. Work in sci comms. Women’s sports fan. Runner. Book lover & romance reader. Aggressive hand talker. I wrote a book about the gender data gap in exercise phys + sports sci research.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Racist assholes have stopped me on the street, all my life, to tell me to “go back where I came from.” Every Asian I know has experienced this. Now racists will feel even more empowered to go after ANY Asian, with the government’s blessing. Be careful out there, folks.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
People who say they care about women’s and girls’ sports are noticeably quiet about how eliminating the Department of Education would end federal oversight of Title IX enforcement of the equal existence of women’s and girls’ sports
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