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LanternWaste

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10. As much I'm not surprised anyone is so invested in calling sexism...

Reply to Awsi Dooger (Reply #7)

Tue Sep 11, 2018, 02:20 PM

Sep 2018

...anything other than what it is, invested in holding the aberrant example as the standard, and congratulating the very press which ran a racist cartoon against her, though no doubt, you'll justify that as something other than what it is as well.

"Laughable" indeed... were it not itself, so damned prevalent in the here and now.

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Serena Williams & the Silencing of Women [View all] Reader Rabbit Sep 2018 OP

Didn't seem like much silencing her? She seemed to speak her mind. hexola Sep 2018 #1

+1000 Pachamama Sep 2018 #4

Back when I was playing competitive tennis, you were taught to mix things up stopbush Sep 2018 #13

I'd be ok w/ the umpires treating the men as they did Serena MissMillie Sep 2018 #2

That's the rub...seems like she wants equal corruption for women... hexola Sep 2018 #3

lol at "silencing" Loki Liesmith Sep 2018 #5

She is not only dealing with sexism, it is also racism disenfranchised Sep 2018 #6

Absolutely. Reader Rabbit Sep 2018 #8

Serena's endorsements earn her more than double her stopbush Sep 2018 #11

The money was not my point. disenfranchised Sep 2018 #15

I can't believe anyone is defending her Awsi Dooger Sep 2018 #7

You mean the Australian press who printed the racist cartoon? Reader Rabbit Sep 2018 #9

As much I'm not surprised anyone is so invested in calling sexism... LanternWaste Sep 2018 #10

Serena has an endorsement deal with luxury watchmaker Audemar Pigeut, stopbush Sep 2018 #16

Serena is known for poor behavior. Lucky for her, she usually wins, or we would see more of it. Tipperary Sep 2018 #17

Serena is many things, but powerless she is not. cwydro Sep 2018 #12

Here is a good example of Serena Williams' mean spirited personality Awsi Dooger Sep 2018 #14