This is what I’m saying! (And let’s all prepare ourselves now for the parade of free agency visits she’s gonna take in the offseason—whether the Lynx win it this year or not—just because it’s her first real opportunity to do so and she deserves to be wined and dined.)

Britt Robson @brittrobson.bsky.social · 8h ago

A challenge for all you click-thirsty folks amplifying utterly unverifiable rumors that Phee is unhappy in Minnesota. Explain *why* she would be unhappy. Describe a better situation for her than what she has now. Or concede that you are a useful idiot for other people's agendas.

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our own graphic designer @nicoleharvel.bsky.social reviewed the new @wnba.com Cleveland Sirens logo because why wouldn’t she

Thomas Costello@thomascostello.bsky.social · yesterday

The entire suite of Cleveland Sirens logos.

They spent $60M+ in pro-Trump, pro-war money trying to buy Michigan's Senate seat. They lost. A movement for the people and by the people will always win. Tonight we celebrate. Tomorrow, we get to work to defeat Trump puppet Mike Rogers in November. Congratulations, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social.

on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...

There are so many local orgs to support instead.

Human Rights Campaign@hrc.org · 2d ago

The look everyone’s talking about can now be yours: show your support for trans youth now ➡️ hrc.im/transkidsbelong 🩵🩷🤍

Back in 2021, I wrote that genital exams on children were the next step in the bans on trans athletes & now here we are. Here’s that piece:

Attacks on Transgender Athletes Are Threatening Women’s Sports

A flurry of legislation claims to “protect” women in sports by potentially requiring athletes to prove their gender through invasive exams.

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The Cut@thecut.com · 3d ago

This November, voters in Washington State will weigh in on IL26-638, a ballot measure requiring that girls who want to play sports in K–12 schools undergo sex-verification tests such as genital exams.

I hope Minnesotans are ready for the level of anti-trans sports ads we’re going to be swimming in this fall. It wasn’t an accident that Riley Gaines flew in *here* to hang with Senate candidate Michelle Tafoya for the Lynx game. Let’s show up for inclusion on the court and at the ballot box.

Here’s the moment when one of my PhD student’s (Joey Schafer) research on Bluesky influencers intersects with my other PhD students’ (Nina Lutz and Adiza Awwal) research on visual representation (and propaganda) within WNBA discourse. Honestly didn’t see this coming…

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Sophie Cunningham is getting booed every time she touches the ball here in Minneapolis

100% supportive of this sentiment. The WNBA needs a crash course in online information dynamics and media manipulation. ASAP. Old school crisis response plans are going to fail spectacularly.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 3d ago

A good commissioner steps in now before every WNBA game becomes a rightwing performance space, like school board meetings were during peak CRT. You just have to throw the hammer down on this. Do not give them an inch.

I’m pretty sure I passed by her while exiting the arena. Didn’t realize who she was but gave her the stank face.

taylr@taylordahlin.com · 3d ago

riley gaines is at the minnesota lynx vs indiana fever game posing with people courtside as they line up for photos

Thank you, Coach Nakase.

Along Came Poly-4-The-W@alongcamepoly4thew.bsky.social · 3d ago

Full quote on Natalie Nakase’s answer to being asked about what she thinks about regarding the ongoing Sophie Cunningham/trans-athletes debate that's swept across the WNBA - kenzo fukuda on x "Im all about women, little girls deserving to play & that includes trans women...im all about inclusivity"

In the W, offense is more dynamic than ever. Players have greater freedom of movement. And against a historic offense in a historic scoring season league-wide, the Lynx showed they can beat the Fever at their own game. For @stribsports.startribune.com www.startribune.com/minnesota-ly...

The Indiana Fever have a historic offense. The Lynx showed they can beat them at their own game.

The Lynx extended their win streak to 10 with a 108-100 win over the Fever at Target Center on Sunday.

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Hey the Indiana Fever are in 5th place just like Riley! Way to keep that loser energy going!

taylr@taylordahlin.com · 3d ago

riley gaines is at the minnesota lynx vs indiana fever game posing with people courtside as they line up for photos

Lynx fans. "Coffey Popup" at Bichota Coffee Saturday August 8th 8am-11am Lynx signs from @mrjohnsonpaints.bsky.social for $5, with every sign sold $1 will go to Juxtaposition Arts from @pentzhomes.bsky.social, 10% off all "Coffey" drinks and some other giveaways!

Sydney Taylor clapping her hands coming around the screen like “GIVE IT TO ME.” (NGL, I saw A’ja put that bucket in to go up two with 3.2 left and was like “welp” and turned it off.)

CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 4d ago

SYDNEY TAYLOR!!!! Three to win, the building goes nuts

We already have a shitty, exclusionary place in sports: it's called men's sports. They built it like that on purpose. Let them own it and figure that out for themselves. Women's sports were built in opposition to that structure, built for inclusion. The WNBA has represented the best of that.

I get not wanting to talk about Cunningham herself, not wanting to give air to her bullshit. But she's still talking and outlets are still printing it and people will still show up in support of her anti-trans bigotry. We have to counter it with vocal support of the trans community. We have to.

This is why the only answer here is for leagues, teams, coaches, and players who actually care about their teammates and fans to loudly shout down this hate. She's gonna keep talking. Her shithead followers are going to keep showing up. They should be made to feel unwelcome. They are not welcome.

I once heard (or read?) someone say something like “a physical book is a souvenir of the experience of reading it” and that has really stuck with me.

Shiro Sirius@shirosiri.us · last wk.

I don’t want to be too sensationalist about this but also I’m the least violent person in the world and I think if someone said this to my face I’d hit them

👀

Kendal Killian@kedrickillian.bsky.social · 4d ago

Is the Minnesota news adequately covering the attempted security breach of our drinking water systems by a foreign adversary? And the President essentially saying we deserve it? Seems bad.

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Seerat Sohi@seeratsohi.bsky.social · 5d ago

New pod: What I got wrong in my Sophie Cunningham column, and a conversation with ER Fightmaster on their new album Tolerance, the anti-trans Trojan Horse, fixing WNBA jerseys, and the state of pop culture in women’s sports open.spotify.com/s/UF8I22s

Appreciate Seerat doing some self-reflection and taking the feedback on a pretty wrong take, and speaking to it at length on the pod. (And I’m among those who’d like to see that in writing along with the original piece).

Seerat Sohi@seeratsohi.bsky.social · 5d ago

New pod: What I got wrong in my Sophie Cunningham column, and a conversation with ER Fightmaster on their new album Tolerance, the anti-trans Trojan Horse, fixing WNBA jerseys, and the state of pop culture in women’s sports open.spotify.com/s/UF8I22s

Their quaint lil thang is gonna start at 11am (game’s at noon). Would be cool if a bunch of us were already out there (visible but not engaging!). Gonna be a gorgeous day to stand outside in the sun and breeze!

Erica@ericamauter.com · 6d ago

Here’s what we do. Got a trans-supportive shirt/sign/whatever? Wear/bring it to Target Center on Sunday. Don’t have game tix? Quietly/visibly chill outside the arena pregame. Spread out. Don’t engage those people, tho. Just be there. If you’re media, ask about it. Ask Cheryl, at least. 1/2

See now that wasn’t hard. I’m pretty sure Steph White could have come up with something similar if Fever PR didn’t muzzle her.

Nik Streng@nikstreng.bsky.social · 5d ago

Portland Fire coach Alex Sarama on the transgender community and how they have been affected by recent comments made in the WNBA space

Hey Minnesota won and the nudification technology ban will go into effect tomorrow at 12:00AM!

Definitely doing the midwest dad “we needed this rain” thing.

We bailed on Melvin for this?

Naomi Kritzer@naomikritzer.bsky.social · 6d ago

If there's been an article anywhere that rounded up all the allegations (and miscellaneous other stuff) about Mayor Her, I'm not finding it, so I'm going to make a thread.