Abstract
Can feminist fitness exist? Before we can begin to answer that question, we must first examine what is at stake in asking it and why it’s a question in the first place. Ultimately, what we wonder when we question the coexistence of feminism and fitness is whether individuals can read themselves into narratives of feminism while simultaneously reading themselves into narratives of fitness. Of course, this task is made much more difficult by the fact that narratives of feminism and fitness are not monolithic. Both ideological frameworks manifest themselves in variegated ways that can be mapped through lived experiences, shifting historical meanings, media representation, and scholarly inquiry. It is hard enough to...