Well ‘If a woman is assaulted and the public didn’t hear about it, does it really matter?’ is the philosophical thought experiment of the 21st century, isn’t it?

Sadly, probably to the Julie Chen contract buyout.

My sense from reading various tennis-knowers this morning is the coaching violation really was a pretty ridiculous call, given the circumstances and what was being penalized. But also Serena definitely came unglued, possibly because she was getting pushed around by Osaka.

I know I’ll be in the greys forever, but I just had to post a picture of my super awesome dog who turned two this week. And yes I put him in a bow tie. I sure as shit did. 

Hi! I’ve never posted on SNS before but it’s the wee hours (in Scotland) and I am sitting on a rollaway bed in hospital watching my 2 year old daughter sleep. Every time her blood oxygen level goes below a certain level a machine beeps like hell and wakes her up so I keep having to push her oxygen mask closer. But of…

Congrats! Welcome to the club. Membership cost is all your money but also that awesome feeling that something is yours.

You will never again have nothing to do on a weekend with a house. BUT you have a place to keep your crap. Congrats. 

And no doubt an editor somewhere thought themselves real smart with the whole “mother” wordplay, because mothers being portrayed as “hormonal and emotional” isn’t some equally played out bullshit.

Ohhhh. I am here early enough to comment rather than read!

The older I get, the more the term hysterical provokes a cold, decidedly unhysterical, fury.

The phrase: “The mother of all meltdowns,” attached to Serena when male tennis players like Andy Roddick and the guy literally famous for his short temper, John Fucking McEnroe really REALLY puts into light how sexist tennis is.

Serena is the best athlete her sport has ever known and doesn’t get anywhere near the adulation she deserves from inside said sport.

The government cares quite a bit. The feds have no interest in whether California has decriminalized marijuana use under State law as it remains a violation of federal law and you can still be arrested or cited for marijuana use by the federal government. Being legal in California won’t protect you if you are, for…

Worth remembering this:

I felt so bad for her I was crying. Just like you said, imagine having your childhood dream come true and this shit hanging over it. Forever. I have total faith she'll go on to have a monster career, and I hope she'll be able to put this behind her.

She did not take it like a champ. Serena takes the majority of the blame for this fiasco. She’s the one who ruined Naomi’s victory with her behavior.

You should clarify that Serena took her loss like a champ and implored the crowd to celebrate Osaka’s victory rather than shit on the poor officiating (save that for the NFL tomorrow). 

“She can’t manipulate me as easily as she can my wife”

I think part of Guilt’s problem is they really *can’t* quite understand that a parent can be that damn toxic, since their parents weren’t. But a lot of us learned that hard way that just because someone is related to you doesn’t mean they’re worth a good goddamn. I had a grandmother a lot like this (and others) and…