Maybe, just maybe, it isn’t a misogynistic conspiracy and they’re finally just tired of her bullshit. By all accounts she’s an asshole. But that’s not outragey enough.

Ehh, if we are going to compare punishments, Solo made out quite well in her whole one game suspension for the domestic violence arrest, which I would point out was heavily criticised at the time as being completely inadequate. This particular suspension may be an overreaction, but I don’t think you can ignore Solo’s…

Is Hope Solo really a hill worth dying on Jez?

Hope isn’t being suspended or released because of the Sweden comment. Rather, she’s being released because she’s been given slaps on the wrist over and over again because, up to this point, she was valuable to U.S. Soccer. But she is no longer the goalie she once was.

look, they’ve got a point. following athletes requires an intimate knowledge of their athletic event. you might think he’s a complex human with a life and personality separate from football, you might even think you know the national anthem, but unless you can contextualize those things within your expert knowledge of…

I am so sick of her not being exactly what everyone wants her to be all the time. It’s like she isn’t even trying to take all of our criticism simultaneously. I liked her at first but then she was too likeable and now I hate her but she just keeps being Jennifer Lawrence and I am just like HELLO, HAVE YOU SEEN OUR…

Wow, you guys get ripped off. Here in the UK the NHS buys them from the manufacturer for about $35 each.

Japanese wrestler Kaori Icho won her fourth gold medal in a row although she dropped down a weight level this year. Barring the
Maroulis upset, Icho’s compatriot Saori Yoshida would have joined her but ended up with a silver to go with her three golds.
In all, Japanese women were in five of the six women’s wrestling…

PENNY OLEKSIAK.

You forgot Caster Semenya breaking the record for sheer volume of white tears generated for a single track event.

Her identity and credentials don’t actually make much difference here - without testing, it’s ridiculous to assert based on merely appearance that someone is intersex. It doesn’t matter who is making the claim, but to assert that people are probably or potentially intersex is stupid, since it is based on nothing more…

Gee, I can’t imagine why these three would be singled out or have in common:

LADY SPORTSER DOESNT LOOK PRETTY LADY ENOUGH

That’s such bull - “potential” intersex and “probably intersex” are such a weasely way of being discriminatory against people who don't fit into the gender binary the way some narrow minded people demand they do. It's said without evidence and is just baiting.

“I’m sure if she transitions back that you will come back here and admit to everyone that you were wrong.”

Whoa, whoa, whoa. That whole “crossdressing is a fetish” thing is routinely used to dismiss trans people’s identities and it’s super fucked up. Gender=/=sexuality, and gender identity is not a fetish.

i can’t believe how everyone is speaking over you right now.

Just say she’s a phony! Say she got a divorce for ratings! Say she lied about whatever, as long as you don’t say “She isn’t trans because she’s a liar.” Don’t misgender her. Don’t imply that she went to the massive expense and the massive emotional journey of transitioning in order to get attention. That makes light…

Generalities aren’t what’s important. The basis of her joke was that Caitlyn Jenner’s trans identity is a costume that she put on for ratings. That is predicated on the idea that transitioning is easy, fast, and reversible. She’s punching down, and you’re excusing her.

I'm not trans but I'm horrified by Bettes tweet and the people defending it. There is nothing cute or funny about misgendering people. I'm shocked at the amount of people defending Ms. Midler in the comments here.