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coco gauff & jessica pegula // my brilliant friend by elena ferrante

#coco gauff #jessica pegula #cocojess #web weaving #madi.ww #<- using this tag for the first time in FOREVERRR #idk i was rereading and got soooo inspiredddd #sorry if this has no basis or substance #plus i made it in an hour #but them playing doubles together.... reuniting in berlin... now the quarters in wimby #they were wn1 in doubles together.... singles ranked 2 and 3 last yr in wimby aughhhh #and that trophy kiss pic is one of my faves RAHHHH #and they r so cutee and giggly☹️☹️❤️❤️ my loves

lecstat

with the wta seemingly introducing mandatory genetic sex testing i want to highlight that not only is sex testing/testosterone testing deeply rooted in transphobia/bullshit fearmongering about an extremely marginalized population but also disproportionately affects BIPOC athletes:

2009 Olympics — Caster Semenya forced to undergo sex testing following her gold medal win / long form profile by Ariel Levy

2021 Olympics — Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi banned from participating in women’s 400m race because of naturally high testosterone levels. / Op-ed piece by Morgan Campbell on misogynoir in sports / NPR podcast: The origins of modern day sex testing in sports

2024 Olympics — The case of Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting / Morgan Campbell Op-ed

[paywalled pieces accessible via remove paywalls dot com]

#articles #transmisogyny

aliassimes

wta implementing sex testing is beyond fucked like this is such a blatant excuse to treat intense and invasive transmisogyny as if it’s normal and inherent to women’s sport; it’s not and never should be but it’s also naive to hope that anyone prevalent on tour will comment against it. of course this is going to be weaponized further against athletes of color and contribute to a normative “ideal” of femininity in a space where it ought to be entirely irrelevant

#wta #tennis #transmisogyny