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Back in 2015, Sports Heroines on Film author Viridiana Lieberman summed up the state of sports movies best: “It’s truly a disservice how few female-driven sports films there are.” She wasn’t wrong. For years, Hollywood treated women’s sports stories like an afterthought—or worse, made athletes prove their femininity just because they dared to pick up a ball or lace up skates. “The more un-feminine a sport is played, the more a female involved must mediate her femininity,” Lieberman wrote.

Fast forward to 2025, and the game has changed. Today, we have many more films that don’t make women and girls apologize for being in or loving sports. Why? Let’s start wi

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