Women in sport an interview with Kim Toffoletti

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Published: 2026-02-19
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35699/2526-4494.2026.v11.63828
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Australia, Athletes, Fan cultures, Gender, Media

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Soraya Maria Bernardino Barreto Januário
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0405-6381
Paloma de Castro
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6606-757X

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The interview with Professor and researcher Kim Toffoletti from Deakin University, Australia, explores Women in Sports through her primary contributions to strengthening the field. Kim Toffoletti has dedicated her career to teaching and research in the areas of gender, feminism, media, new technologies, and sport. Her current work focuses on athletes' self-representation on social media and how to improve women's participation in sports. Thus, we seek to delve into her key concepts and present them to a wider Brazilian academic audience.

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Soraya Maria Bernardino Barreto Januário, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Postdoctoral research at McGill University, Institute of Gender, Sexuality and Feminisms (IGSF), Montreal, Canada. PhD in Communication from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Advertising professional and Professor in the Department of Communication at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Permanent Professor in the Graduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM/UFPE). CNPq Research Productivity Fellow, Level C.

Paloma de Castro, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

PhD Student in Communication in the Graduate Program in Communication at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Master's in Communication and Bachelor’s in Advertising from the same institution. CAPES Scholarship holder.

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BERNARDINO BARRETO JANUÁRIO, Soraya; DE CASTRO, Paloma. Women in sport: an interview with Kim Toffoletti. FuLiA/UFMG , Belo Horizonte/MG, Brasil, v. 11, n. 2, p. 218–249, 2026. DOI: 10.35699/2526-4494.2026.v11.63828. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/fulia/article/view/63828. Acesso em: 20 feb. 2026.

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