We’ve thinking that the anti-trans movement pushes anti-sexual abuse mvment to the side.

Here, DIRECT proof.

Didn’t have capacity to prep an interview, so these are my thoughts 🙏🏻 Frankie de la Cretaz Karleigh Chardonnay Webb Dvora Meyers Sydney Bauer Assigned Media (Evan Urquhart) for informing these ideas.

Marketability?

Considering A'ja Wilson sold enough books to become a bestselling author within the span of one week, the idea that she wouldn’t have a signature shoe flying off the shelves just as fast is laughable.

My latest Awful Announcing

awfulannouncing.com/wnba/aja-wilso…

'Sports are entertainment and it’s always more enjoyable when there’s conflict involved...I don’t want to see less trash talking, I want to see more. I don’t want to see women pressured to be polite or likable,' writes Frankie de la Cretaz cnn.com/2024/04/18/opi…

for my astrology girlies, Mercury Rx in my 10H has me rethinking my relationship to social media esp in terms of career!

For my first big Sports Business Journal story, I went inside ESPN’s Women’s Final Four studio show live from Cleveland to learn what made the chemistry between Elle, Andraya, Chiney, Carolyn and Aliyah so special, and how this production is as big as Monday Night Football sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/…

'If you don't know who Maya Moore is, and you know who Caitlin Clark is, that's a tell on yourself. ... Women's basketball is, right now I think, the most singularly interesting area to study of what social media does when something reaches over into the mainstream.'

Longtime…

Why are women always expected to be nurturing and supportive at all costs? Backlash toward Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart over Caitlin Clark commentary is both sexist and unfair newsday.com/sports/columni… via Newsday

The crowd at #drawdownbrewery in JP for the NWSL Boston meet the founders event! #drinkupdrawdown in JP

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Kelsey Plum is hosting her DAWG CLASS with Under Armour again this year — inviting top college women’s players to IMG for a 3-day Skills Camp and providing them with resources for the transition to the WNBA.

The first 2 invites are:

• MiLaysia Fulwiley
• Raven Johnson

For The Atlantic, I wrote about six cult classics that I adore. As always, thank you so much to Emma Sarappo for the edits!

(*whispers* Please don't come at me about whether or not these are indeed cult classics? *whispers*)

theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

the lede on the NYT's original 1995 story about OJ Simpson's trial is insane

Before you watch the 2024 WNBA Draft, please read this article by colleagues Lauren Hindman, Dr. Ajhanai (AJ) Keaton, Ph.D., and me: WNBA set the standard for fan inclusion in social -- by letting fans drive sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/… via @sbj

Yes! Less “we are everywhere,” more “it shouldn’t matter.”

JoJo Siwa clarifies her comments on “inventing” gay pop:

“I’m definitely not the inventor of gay pop… But I do wanna be a piece of making it bigger than it already is. I wanna bring more attention to it. I’m not the creator… but I might be like the CEO, or the CMO.”

Over the past several years, it's been driving me a little insane that trans aesthetics seem to be reaching newfound heights of popularity as actual trans people are increasingly dispossessed. Finally wrote about it here them.us/story/trans-st…