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Photo by Good Trouble Collective on June 26, 2026.
Photo by Good Trouble Collective on June 26, 2026.
Photo by Good Trouble Collective on June 26, 2026.
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Posted On: June 26th 2026, 08:49 pm
En Garde.

Miranda Wynne Freedman has spent her entire collegiate career in a fighting stance — not against opponents, but against every system that told athletes they had to leave part of themselves at the door to compete.

Tonight, she puts the guard down.

A medically retired Division I fencer, Team Captain, founder of EmpowHER, President of @buckeyespectrum, Athlete Ally 2025 Chapter of the Year recipient, Big Ten LGBTQ+ Equality Symposium presenter, U.S. Surgeon General mental health meeting participant, incoming Clinical Psychology doctoral student, and one of the most quietly powerful advocates in collegiate athletics today — Miranda joins us at Play for Joy to speak to what it means to be both things at once. The athlete and the human. The competitor and the whole person. En garde and finally, fully, at rest.

This is for every student-athlete who has ever been asked to choose.

Tonight, we choose everything. Play for Joy — A community-centered space at the intersections of sport, identity, and creativity.

Liberation. Healing. Belonging.🖤

Tonight. Doors open. Come as you are.

RSVP link in bio — see you there.

#PlayForJoy #GoodTroubleCollective #TheScatterJoyProject #AthleteAlly
Comments (35)
kat.viola 4 months ago

kat.viola

miranda this is so cool!!!!!!!!!

tharini.peiris 4 months ago

tharini.peiris

I KNOW HER SHES AWESOME

harrison_hue 4 months ago

harrison_hue

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

lesliehillel 4 months ago

lesliehillel

Period. 🔥 🔥 proud of you

tamarivz 4 months ago

tamarivz

Omggg❤️❤️

melanie.kraus.03 4 months ago

melanie.kraus.03

I’m so proud of you!

ohiostatefencing 4 months ago

ohiostatefencing

Miranda!! 🙌🙌

raiiyyaannq 4 months ago

raiiyyaannq

👏👏👏👏

hollowpaige 4 months ago

hollowpaige

BUILT DIFFERENT

hope.nosanchuk 4 months ago

hope.nosanchuk

hi ur my hero

heyitsash_2002 4 months ago

heyitsash_2002

You are so incredible 🥹 you inspire me every day

fiona.obyrne23 4 months ago

fiona.obyrne23

My hero!

haven_henry378 4 months ago

haven_henry378

Very impressiveeee

schep_erin 4 months ago

schep_erin

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

jadendeutscher 4 months ago
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