Megan Rapinoe called out Martina Navratilova for Martina’s (underreported) transphobia towards trans athletes. Martina responded by digging in her heels. Way to tarnish your legacy as a LGBTQ icon, Martina. [Jezebel]
These Bennifer photos are so sweaty! [Just Jared]
Michael Cera’s Big Allan Energy. [LaineyGossip]
A big spoiler for Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning. [Pajiba]
Rita Ora looks bored with herself (I agree). [Go Fug Yourself]
This moment between Emily Blunt & Florence Pugh was so cute. [Seriously OMG]
Jordyn Woods’ desert photoshoot. [Egotastic]
Janelle Eason’s ex has been arrested again. [Starcasm]
I’m glad this plastic surgeon lost her license, OMFG. [Buzzfeed]
Meatball Ron DeSantis is firing campaign staff! [Towleroad]
Jenna Coleman wore Alessandra Rich to Wimbledon. [RCFA]
Martina has been a problem for decades. She has kept a lot of players back over the years. Seemed like she wanted a certain “look” and “attitude”.
They tried to get rid of her a few times but some entity likes her. I don’t know if it’s the organization or foreign or advertisers or the men league.
There will be a lot of people happy when she finally steps to the side completely. She has made it so no one else can speak on behalf of usa women’s tennis.
You would think Martina would have more empathy considering what was said about her when she played Chris Evert.
Pepperidge Farms remembers.
You are exactly right. She made some horrible comments about Venus and Serena so, I have out with her for decades
After all the horrible behavior I have seen by people against each other in the past 10 years, all I can say is that people continue to disappoint me.
I would have thought all the female tennis stars of that generation, who broke thru the pay ceiling for women players and were the first line of feminists, would be supporting all the next generation players coming up.
Support and kindness are becoming extinct, it seems.
I think support and kindness have become endangered, but are not extinct. yet. we can bring them back! I’m in!
That little moment with Emily and Florence was super adorable 🥰 And funny 😄
Good on Megan Rapinoe for calling out Martina Navratilova on her transphobia.
I must say I am very surprised and saddened by Martina’s transphobia.
Martina Navratilova should know better since she has dealt with bigotry herself.
Martina actually has a mega-block on twitter against anyone who supports certain trans-positive accounts.
I found out one day when I tried to view her profile and realised I was a member of a select club. I had never interacted with her account.
She is deeply problematic given how the media treated her for being an openly gay woman. So much internalised hate with some celebs.
Back in the 70’s/80’s there were a lot of women athletes from Eastern Europe who were given drugs to enhance their strength and stamina. They were very good athletes to begin with but the drugs they took gave them a huge edge over women athletes that did dose up. Martina was strongly rumored to be one of those dosed up athletes. Meanwhile, trans women are given drugs that *lower* their strength/stamina from their original amab levels.
Martina’s hypocrisy is stunning.
I just read this on Chris Evert’s wikipedia:
“In 2021, Evert became a supporter of the new Women’s Sports Policy Working Group,[50] formed in opposition to President Joe Biden’s executive order that mandates blanket inclusion for all transgender female athletes.[51]”
Dammit.
Martina can go f herself. Trans women are women.
This.
I’m a medical professional and a high utilizer patient, and the idea of live streaming anything having to do with a patient – even de-identified – is abhorrent to me. Not to mention stupid, because any mistake you make is now there in perpetuity. Some bad judgement can’t be overcome.
I find the squabbling over the athletic inclusion pointless without studies backing it one way or anther. Study, observe, and test trans athletes against cis. Is there a notable difference? Do the results suggest biology is impacting things? Once you have some material data on that, then we can have a real discussion about the implications one way or another. It may very well result in desegregating sports by gender in some categories for all we know. It’s insulting to treat trans athletes like they can’t be part of the work of our ideas around these things.
Watching the DeSantis campaign struggle has been fascinating. I really feel like they underestimated how much cult of personality is built into American politics, and he’s just not bringing anything to the table.