this might be the most important message i’ve ever said on here. while I am so excited about the growth of women’s sports we need to do a better job at protecting female athletes !!!
the way ppl treat angel reese is diabolical. I mean the comments on EVERY single angel reese post make me want to throw up. I have NEVER seen someone so hated on for everything they do OR don’t do. like how do these adults in the media look themselves in the mirror, or their daughters, or mothers. she has done nothing but good things for women’s basketball. THEN finally she speaks out not to long ago about another issue of people over sexualizing her. and now when she posts a bikini pic ppl are like “oh but u don’t want to be sexualized?” AHHH im getting angry now because just thinking of how young angel is and so many other college athletes it’s sick. DO YALL KNOW THEY WERE CREATING AI NUDES OF HER. Could you IMAGINE seeing that shit of yourself or your daughter or your sister in the internet!? what is wrong with people.
and with Paige, like yes there are edits all over the internet of her, she’s great at basketball, she’s got rizz, how about SHES STILL IN COLLEGE and has grown men posting on the internet stalking her. threatening her and buying tickets to her games like!??! she’s just in college playing the game she loves and now you’re waking up being scrutinized and honestly over sexualized all over the internet.
I don’t want people to wait until a girl ends up in a really dangerous situation for us to START TALKING ABOUT IT. basic compassion for women in media especially sports is rare and that’s sad.
Harper Murray is a college vb star at Nebraska. She was the NUMBER 1 recruit in her class, played in a stadium of 92,000 ppl (the most attended women’s sporting event like ever). then she loses the natty in 2023 and all because of 1 press conference where she was “overly confident” in saying she’s going to win the national championship the next three years, she was bullied so bad by the internet it damn near killed her. it ended in a mental health diagnosis, DUI, and an outpatient program. and she CONTINUES to be bullied on the internet last vb season!!! as an 18 year old girl in the sport that she loves, jumped by grown ass adults! unbelievable. don’t even get me started on if she were a man or a college football player they would’ve been eating that confidence up.
I hope the adults in all these women’s lives and the leagues have mental health practices in place, safety practices in place. and for fans positive comments and engagement with these athletes can change everything! anyways idk man that’s my rant.
