Last month, WLRN’s Dani Whitaker spoke with Emily Kaht, an athlete and feminist who recently completed a marathon while carrying a flag that read, “Save Women’s Sports. Woman = Adult Human Female.” As Kaht discusses, this courageous act garnered both support and criticism during and after the event.

Kaht is a twenty-nine-year-old woman with a bachelor’s degree in biology. She has been involved in sports throughout her life with a current focus on long-distance running, and is committed to protecting the integrity of women’s sports so that other women and girls can enjoy the same fulfillment and opportunities that sports have provided her.

In this interview, Kaht shares the motivation behind her recent activism as well as the importance of acknowledging biological sex and preserving women’s spaces.