My Life at the Gym: Feminist Perspectives on Community through the Body

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments I want first to thank all of my family members and friends who continue to believe in me as a writer and scholar. In particular Victoria Boynton is an invaluable personal and professional friend who keeps me on the writing path. I am indebted to the faculty and staff, especially Interim Dean Susan Strehle, of the School of Education of the State University of New York at Binghamton for sustained support of this project. I am especially grateful to the contributors to this volume, who share my commitment to telling the stories of “women at the gym.” However, the idea for and the work of this book is most dependent on my bonds with the women I “work out” with at Shamrock Athletic Center and the inspiration I derive from the classes taught by my favorite instructors: Christine, Karen, Marcia, and Rose. Anne Mamary’s “Kaleidoscope Dances,” along with photographs by Amy Wieber, was originally published in International Studies in Philosophy 37:1 (2005). “The Women’s Dance,” a poem by Virginia Corrie-Cozart, first appeared in 1991 in Calayx, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women. ix ...