To be seen is to be known. To be heard is to be understood. To be known is to be loved. Such statements present a seemingly simple, logical progression, pipeline, or pathway, and yet: notions of visibility, audibility, and comprehension are not as straightforward as they may initially appear. What happens beneath the surface, in the in-between? How does power shape our perceptions of who is worthy of being seen, heard, and known in the first place? Worthy of being remembered? To problematize visibility, audibility, and comprehension within contextual frames of history, memory, and worthiness is to expose a near-invisible nexus of power shaping and directing our lives across time and space. This research aims to apply a multidimensional, both/and framework to the realms of sport, media, and gender that simultaneously acknowledges systemic, institutional barriers facing Western women’s sports and media coverage while centering the collective agency, resistance, and joy of the women’s sports community, both online and offline.
