Kate Fagan has been a writer and editor for several women’s magazines, including Seventeen, Lucky for Men, Brides and others. She has also written for several online publications and has been a guest blogger for several other sites. She graduated from Vassar College in 1998, where she earned a Bachelors in Journalism.
Height and gender do seem to be an issue in this day and age, even among a writer who covers sports. In an online piece, Kate Fagan discussed the lack of female athletes being represented prominently in headlines and being paid the same as their male counterparts. She also talked about the Omen Card, which shows someone’s height and color-coded according to the year they were born. While she seems to understand why the NCAA has no current women’s basketball tournament, she wonders why there aren’t more high school girls playing sports, or if there are any high school girls at all who play basketball. It does seem unfair, Kate thinks.
She also wrote about how athletes’ height and gender are affected by the various marketing efforts. For example, some companies will only give out male models and athletes to use for their ads, but they’ll give female models and athletes to use as well. These examples of company-sponsored advertising can often make it seem like the world is not equal, Kate writes. This, of course, is why it’s so important to be aware of marketing strategies, especially when you’re dealing with money, as it often is.