Issue 06 (Fall 2020)

ON THE COURT || Designed by Nora Nafal, written by Marissa De Louise PATTERNS || Designed by Isabelle Zhao MONOCHROME || Designed by Emily Luo, written by Maggie Katsoudas VOTE || Designed by Emily Luo, Jessie Peng, & Isabelle Zhao; written by Vivian La SHADOWS || Designed by Joanna Lee, written by Mason Gregg WONDERLAND || Designed by Taylor Santucci, written by Chester Wilson III ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT || Designed by Jessie Peng, written by Jasmiat Oyolola

Playlists written and curated by Christine Sheriff

Contents

On the Cover Photographer Aidana Karipbayeva Stylist Greer Durham Model Lonnie Jones

Editor’s Letter TFN has grown in size and scope in the past couple years. But creativity and community has always remained at our core. Even in the pandemic.

Large-scale location shoots became intimate one-on-one sessions. Our incoming directors led six different shoots. We collaborated with The Kat Walk and Elevated Media 360. We hired a writing director. We connected members via Discord.

Our sixth issue represents the resilience and ingenuity of the TFN general body and executive board. It is the product of young year of collective trauma and grief.

On a personal note from the outgoing president, I feel lucky to have spent my college years creating with and learning from this community. For me, TFN has always been a source of joy.

Going through this magazine, we hope you’ll

Contact tfnuiuc@gmail.com Social Media @tfnuiuc President / Editor-in-Chief Jessie Peng // Sidney Madden Creative Director Emily Luo // Taylor Santucci Marketing Director Mason Gregg Photo Director Isabelle Zhao Writing Director Jada Fulcher Finance Director Nubaira Kabir // Kasey Kim Social Events Director Elizabeth Karlovics

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on the

court Designed by Nora Nofal

Photographer Jose Hernandez Stylists Danny Vogwill & Clare Budin Models William Monroe & Heather Robinson

Stylist Clare Budin Model Heather Robinson Photographer Eileen Yang

Stylist Jessie Li Model Sherry Wu Photographer Shriya Srikanth

Model Irene Ryu Stylist Kristine Xie Photographer Isabelle Zhao

Stylist Molly Pfeifer Model Amanda Awayda Photographer Joanna Lee

Addressing sexism, racism

on and off the court

By Marissa De Louise

We’ve seen it a million times before. A woman do something completely innocuous and mundane, and the public will suddenly become frenzied. The act that was once completely unsuspecting becomes sexualized and obscene, much to the chagrin of the woman just trying to live her life.

This was the case when player Alize Cornet returned to the court from a break and adjusted her shirt at the 2018 US Open, momentarily expos her abdomen and sports bra. The umpire gave her a warning for presenting “unsportsman-like conduct” on the grounds that she violated the Grand Slam rule that women players could only change their clothing “during a break between sets in the nearest restroom.” During the quarter

finals, player John Isner changed his shirt 11 times and never received a single warning.

The US Open later released a statement apologizing to Cornet received and specified any player can change their shirt, but female players can change in a more private location if they choose. he 2018 US Open the normalized belief that men’s bodies aren’t concern for sexualization while women’s bodies are. Women athletes, and especially Black women athletes, have been subject to unfair sexist and racist scrutiny.

When professional tennis player Serena Williams openly disapproved of the call made by umpire

Carlos Ramos at the same tournament, she was given code violations and was seen as reckless, emotional, and highly strung.

Throughout her career, Williams has stood up to the racist and misogynistic attacks she receives. Williams and her sister Venus attended the 2001 BNP Paribas Open tournament, and were later accused by fans of match-fixing.

Returning to their seats at the match, Williams was the target of racial slurs. has taken a toll on her and her sister’s mental health, as well as on the Black community.

Black women in sports have also been oversexualized for decades. The inappropriate, over-fascination of Williams’ body parts

Model Florence Yung Stylist Anushka Agrawal Photographer Mohul Varma

undermines power she holds as a player role model for young Black women who need representation.

Williams wore a black catsuit, inspired by the “Black Panther’’ film, to the 2018 French Open because it aided her blood circulation after she had recently given birth. In response, the French Tennis Association said they would be releasing a dress code to ban players from wearing form-fitting clothing.

Racism has long permeated the sports industry, and the people who are standing up for racial justice on and off the court are Black women athletes. At the 2020 US Open, Naomi Osaka decided to wear seven different masks with the names of members of the Black community that were murdered due to police brutality and racial injustice.

Oftentimes, people seek sports to escape from political issues, but Osaka and others remind the world that combating systemic racism can’t be turned on and off when convenient. Her fashion statement shows it’s not enough to not racist — one has to be actively anti-racist.

Stylist Amrit Subbarao Model Amrit Subbarao Photographer Ryan Leshock

Sexism and racism toward women in the sports industry is prominent because of

Stylist Ziyan Chen Photographer Justyne Go Model Csammer Love Jularbal

institutionalized ideologies that are placed on women, their bodies, and their emotions. If women had the same treatment as men on the court or in the field, they wouldn’t be penalized for the same thing a man wouldn’t be looked at twice for.

They wouldn’t be told to tone down their emotions when a man is allowed to speak his mind freely.

They wouldn’t be told that they can’t change shirts on the court when men have continuously done so.

They would be able to freely and openly showcase their femininity in alignment with their sport without fearing remarks of weakness or subordination.

If players of color like Serena Williams had the same treatment as her white competitors, they wouldn’t be called racial slurs or compared to animals from the sidelines or online, women wouldn’t be sexualized because of their features, and they would be positively and correctly represented in media outlets instead of using racist stereotypes such as the “Angry Black Woman” stereotype. For society to overcome racism and sexism surrounded by women in sports, we must openly discuss the importance of these issues, shed light on systemic wrongdoings, and advocate for better treatment of women and people of color by practicing being an active advocate and ally on and off the court.

Stylist Scott Jung Photographer Michael Chen Model Nancy Panagiotopoulou

Stylist Red Garcia Photographer Taylor Santucci Model Nataleigh Rix

Stylist Jonathan Zheng Photographer Jack Pompe Model Sophia Duran

“Sexism and racism toward women in the sports industry is prominent because of institutionalized ideologies that are placed on women, their bodies, and their emotions.�

Photographer Alissa Xiao Models Jada Fulcher & Chester Wilson III Stylists

Model Kat Tamayo Stylist Liz Karlovics Photographer Jose Hernandez

Stylist Jessie Li Model Sherry Wu Photographer Shriya Srikanth

Stylist Serena Zhang Model Samantha Beil Photographer Mason Gregg

Stylist Nubaira Kabir Model Jayna Patel Photographer Chirag Pachori

Stylist Catherine Urquiza Model Chester Wilson III Photographer Briella Henderson

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