The controversy about transgender athletes in sports does not seem to rest. Quite the contrary. The rhetoric suggests a conflict between those who advocate for inclusion and those who argue that allowing transgender athletes to compete is unfair and unsafe, particularly for women who would be ‘forced’ to compete against transgender women. One might argue that the issue of transgender athletes has become a weapon in a politically and ideologically instigated culture war. However, regardless of their position, scholars and others seem to agree that that transgender athletes are considered as outsiders in sports. Being subjected as outsiders may in fact have greater importance for how we understand gender classifications and gender ideology in sports than we first may think. In this paper, I will suggest that transgender athletes, as outsiders, constitute the gender boundaries when it comes to sports. Additionally, I will suggest that the issue is a matter of gender ideology and based on that one might claim that trying to exclude transgender athletes is not a way of protecting female athletes, as it is often claimed, but rather a way of protecting a specific gender ideology.

Bohemians and outsiders have long fascinated the media and the general public because they challenge conventional lifestyles and societal norms. This fascination extends to sport, where narratives about such figures appear in both historical and contemporary media. By analysing the media's framing of cross-country skier Lars Theodor Jonsson (1903-1998) and speed skater Nils van der Poel (1996-), this essay identifies two distinct ideal types: the 'idealistic bohemian' of modern society and the 'rational outsider' of postmodern society. Through an examination of these athletes' careers, public personae, and lifestyle choices as represented in the media, the essay sheds light on how sporting hero narratives evolve in relation to broader social and cultural changes.

Essän behandlar wrestling som ett fenomen där gränsen melllan sanning och fejk utmanas, såväl politiskt som moraliskt. Slutsatsen som dras av resonemanget är att det ytterst är åskådarna som bestämmer vad som är äkta eller oäkta. 

I artikeln diskuterar jag framför allt ilskans betydelse för fotbollssupportrar, bland annat med utgångspunkt från författaren Nick Hornbys självbiografi Fever Pitch. 

Essän behandlar multisportevenemanget The Enhanced Games (TEG), som är tänkt att äga rum under våren 2026. I texten argumenterar jag för att TEG är en spegelbild av "vanlig" idrott. 

Essän behandlar den politiskt laddade situationen mellan USA och Kanada, och den roll ishockeyn kom att spela i samband med turneringen Four Nations. Jag genomför en analys av de "teatrala" slagsmål som inledde matchen mellan de nämnda länderna, och tolkar dem som en vädjan om moralisk stabilitet i en värld i upplösning. 

I essän behandlar jag förhållandet mellan idrott och kärlek ur ett filosofiskt perspektiv, och argumenterar för att kärlekens komplexitet ibland tar sig formen av det vi kallar idrott. 

Essän behandlar transidrottare och deras politiska och kulturella status i idrottsvärlden. 

In her essay Powers of Horror, Julia Kristeva investigates the concept of abjection. Essentially, the term means "the state of being cast off" and according to Kristeva it is a feeling of disgust, filth and humiliation, things we tend to reject for becoming subjects and protecting identities. But as I will argue here, by rejecting athletes who dissolve the culturally strict boundaries in sports, the sports organizations become abjects themselves, and consequently evade moral responsibility.