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In reality, leather tanning poisons the global south with heavy metals. And it's impossible to rear cattle without contributing hugely to climate change. We can't keep pretending it's a byproduct which somehow doesn't count. As if beef died on the cross and absolved all other cow products of their sins. Leather is a huge part of the profitability of the cattle industry. Even pretending a leather bag has a 100 year lifespan, it's not worth the CO2 or heavy metal pollution required to produce it. It would be drastically better to replace 1 leather bag with 20 hemp bags. And, of course, none of this even mentions the abject torture the cow had to go through.

Here’s a quick look at what’s happening across pro women’s team* sports in North America right now!

In season as of April 29, 2026:

⚽️ National Women’s Soccer League (USA) regular season is in full swing until November

⚽️ Northern Super League (Canada) is in its second week and continues through November

⚽️ USL’s Gainbridge Super League continues its playoff push through May

🏐 Major League Volleyball’s regular season is in its last week, with the playoffs starting Thursday, May 7

Starting soon:

🏀 WNBA begins preseason today, April 29, with the Toronto Tempo’s first game!

🏉 Women’s Elite Rugby begins play this weekend, May 2 & 3

🥎 Athletes Unlimited Softball League’s college draft is on May 4, and the season begins June 9

🥍 The Women’s Lacrosse League resumes play May 15

⚾️ Women’s Pro Baseball League starts its inaugural season August 1!

Keep an eye out in the fall and winter for:

🏐Athletes Unlimited Volleyball in October

🏐 League One Volleyball in January

🏀 Unrivaled 3x3 in January

🏀 Athletes Unlimited Basketball in February

*this doesn’t include individual/Olympic sports! Admittedly, I don’t closely follow tennis, the WPGA/golf, Athlos/track and field/running, or other circuit/Grand Prix competitions like swimming, figure skating, extreme sports, etc.