Vanity or Victory: Female Athletes Tackle Body-Image Issues

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 14, 2015

Cindy Boren, sports reporter for The Washington Post, discusses a controversial New York Times story which features Serena Williams admitting it took her a while to feel comfortable about her powerful physique. The story also quotes other tennis players who reveal they didn't want William's muscular frame because they wanted to look like “women,” despite the success Williams’ athletic build has afforded her in her sport.

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Jack Schlossberg, the Kennedy Running for Congress in New York. Plus, the Astronaut Reid Wiseman

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New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill took call after call Wednesday night from people who told her state police had been overly aggressive in violent clashes with protesters outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center this weekend.

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Elizabeth Kim discusses the issues Mayor Mamdani talked about in his first "ask the mayor" segment.

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