The ripples of Title IX and the women who played in its wake

I was watching USC in the Rose Bowl in the mid-2000s while chatting online with a bunch of friends, and we were making snide comments about the University of Southern California Song Girls, though they weren’t singing and weren’t girls. 

They’re actually a dance team, and a rather good one. They leave the cheering to groups called the Spirit Leaders and the Yell Leaders.