honestly. i’d like to think i know how human bodies work, but i’d also like to think i kind of know how physics works, and i really feel that, if you’re running a marathon...wouldn’t that like speed up the process? man, if i bled as little as this, i’d totally go free-bleedin’!

homegirl is fucking lucky as shit and also has the lightest period on god’s green earth bc if that was me please believe they would have blurred out my entire lower half and all 26 miles behind me that were literred w huge globs of my uterine lining.

Damn, kudos to her for running a frigging marathon on her period (or running a marathon period). This was always my go-to pose during mine.

Lenny Kravitz's penis is jealous.

WELL no i am not, but i will soon become familiar! thanks for the tip ;)

and her tiny pup!! i’m assuming that that precious little baby is hers, because he or she is in the shot. sooo cuuuuuuuute, just admiring his or her amazing mama. love.

Just damn. She can get it morning, noon, or night.

The tiny dog makes the picture, the tiny dog is our stand in.

Way back when, I saw this very sweet looking 17 year old walk onto the court at one of the biggest stadiums in New York, Arthur Ashe Stadium. Transfixed on the beads in her hair, the only thing pulling my eyes away were the powerful forehands and backhands that she slayed upon her canvas, so much so that from the…

Holy fuck, she is amazing. Just... the muscles and the flexibility and damn. Full stop- one of the greatest athletes to ever live.

I love love love the comment Serena makes about on-court behavior and careers. That is a total shot at McEnroe. He criticizes her behavior all the time without realizing the irony of it. His popularity was almost entirely based on being petulant manchild on and off the court but Serene better not dare say one…

Serena is so amazing in all ways and I bow down to her general awesomeness.

Awsome photo, great piece for New York Magazine.........I just loved the hell out of it.

I'm in awe of her because of how strong and beautiful she is. She looks so elegant and powerful on the cover. I admire her so much and think she's wonderful.

WHAT i didn’t even know the human body could DO that. Omg, that’s beautiful and mind-boggling

I love that they chose the glamour shot for the cover and not the typical athletic shot.

She is just about the greatest athlete in the history of sport and even being cued to remember all the ways she’s been written about dismissively is enough to make my blood boil this fine Monday morning.

I loved “booing lustily”. She’s got a way with words, in addition to her many other talents. Leave something for the rest of us, Serena! :)

The cover is beautiful, but this image is just...wow. Huge props to her for speaking honestly about the sport and the things she’s endured. And good for the writer for calling out all the coded language in use around the Williams sisters. Plus, Serena was great in “7 Days of Hell.” Love her!

‘genteel lynch mob.’