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09-23-17, 07:08 PM | |||
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Serena Williams gives birth to baby girl
http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/n...letter-w504539 (link to the full letter also at the end of the article)
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09-25-17, 06:51 AM | ||
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: NJ
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I don't like tennis for a number of reasons that I won't get into because it's not relevant to this discussion, but I agree with you on S. Williams for the reasons you mention. |
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09-25-17, 07:36 AM | |
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Orange County, CA
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So happy that the world is changing so that more than 1 female body type or size is considered acceptable. I can still remember Tracy Anderson saying that she knows that ALL women want to be teeny tiny and that's what her workouts would do. I feel that there has been a double standard (men can be large - and not just with large muscles but with some body fat - and still be considered good athletes, whereas women were only considered fit or athletic if their muscles were toned-but-smallish, and they had very little body fat.) Loving the fierceness of women in the public eye who challenge that assumption.
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09-25-17, 05:09 PM | ||
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"Oh, yeah, they are behaving badly..oh but their the best so I guess that's what it takes for them to succeed." I remember hearing that a lot from tennis fans growing up, and that along with other things turned me off from enjoying tennis years before Serena and Venus came on the scene. With John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors, I believe there is more to them than when they are at their worst. (Although I saw John McEnroe on the Stephen Colbert Show and I think the jury is still out on him.) I think we have already seen there is more to Serena Williams than when she didn't act her best. She most certainly isn't a phony...I don't think she is ever afraid to be herself. I know that I am strengthen and inspired to see her have become such a champion, and now a mother, even after the adversity she faced growing up and challenges she faced after becoming a success (both internal with her health as well as with the public). It inspires me to overcome the adversities in my life to become the best I can be and live my truth in every moment. Also, I think you may be the only person in the world to ever have called her a ballerina. |
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09-26-17, 03:48 PM | |
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Arlington, VA
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Good point about the double standard, you are right on. I read an interview where she discussed the aftermath of her kerfuffle with the line judge and her mom really gave her the business. She admitted being ashamed about it.
I don't mind her ego, she likely needs a measure of it to play with that much fierceness. |
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