[Content Note: Heterocentrism.]
Jess has a pair of great posts about the WNBA's #1 draft pick, Brittney Griner, the first on Griner talking about being a lesbian in women's sports and the second on the ensuing media coverage and its heteronormative frame, which, as I've noted before, is also intertwined with the entitlements we feel we are owed by public figures—as if someone isn't really "out" until they disclose that information on the cover of a magazine to "us."
Anyway. Read them!
I love this: "Okay, Nike. Word is that you are eager to endorse an openly gay athlete. You best get Ms. Griner on the phone." YES.
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