Last November, after we had voted in the first woman to be vice president of the United States and the fallacy of female empowerment was at its peak, the National Women’s Soccer League posted a photo and message on its official Facebook page.
It prominently featured Vanderbilt soccer player Sarah Fuller, who got a call to try out for the football team as a kicker and became the first woman to play in a Power Five college game. Framing this image were tweets from NWSL players and teams. The league added the clever caption: “Empowered women empower women.