Pop’s great. I think it also helps running a franchise in San Antonio where there’s certainly privilege and supremacy issues abound, but where white people aren’t the majority. That puts a different flavor on things.

My demand wasn’t to paint the NBA as uniquely weak on this, they are the best of the leagues on this issue. But there is always room to do better. I’m not going to let whataboutism get in the way of this criticism. We need to see more white coaches, white players, etc. in the league come through the crack in the door…

I want to preface this by saying that I am a Laker fan and although it doesn’t count for much these days, in the salad days of 90’s-00’s basketball the Lakers-Spurs match-ups were Must-See basketball. Basically, that’s a long way of saying I used to HATE the Spurs...emphasis on ‘used to.’

Popovich is A NATIONAL TREASURE.

I wouldn’t be opposed to having another sibling.

Too late, I got dibs. ;)

Can Pop become my new grandfather?

I have not had a c section but did witness a close friend recover from one. Couple that with people being real jerks about her having a c section, I’m gonna venture that she was making a joke about something that was said to her and it really hurt her feelings.

Thank you. Like I said, she was talking about her own experience. I also said that the context makes it sensitive.

In last night’s episode of the Great British Bake Off, Noel Fielding emerged from a fridge as part of a bit. Cue people being outraged because kids could see that and go in fridges and suffocate etc. etc. I mean they could also attempt to cut a slice of cake and stab themselves to death, but I don’t think Noel…

Sorry about your baby.

And better yet, the baby is a JR. I FUCKING LOVE IT. And to tie it back in with the OP, I also love that Serena’s been candid about how difficult the birth was. The more talk about pregnancy experiences, personal choices, and maternal health is normalized, the better.

I’m also really digging that they named their *daughter* after the Dad, rather than waiting for a son. Not as much as if her name was Serena Olympia, but close.

RIGHT? Can’t think of a more fitting name.

Olympia! Holy shit what a great name.

Off-topic: OMG Serena has just revealed her daughter’s pics and her name: Alexis Olympia, and they’re calling her Olympia! *Dies*

This. The backlash is predictable, but idiotic. This is why I am sick of constant internet outrage. We can’t even discuss our personal feelings about our own experiences anymore? Fuck that noise.

Yeah I was thinking that too. She was talking about her own personal experience with it, not making a broad statement about everyone else’s.

OMFG - maybe it was a lazy choice for HER?? I honestly don’t see the issue with her comments at all. Seriously. Does anyone actually read this and think that she talks about ALL the c sections ever done? Because to me it reads pretty clearly as a personal experience. And why not?