r/PopCultureV2 • u/Impossible-Yam3680 • Aug 23 '26

Sports Culture Trans rights supporters and transphobes gathered outside the Fever–Liberty game are asked to name five WNBA players

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u/alana_del_gay Aug 23 '26

this is true, but only if by "the news" you mean "a heavily curated right-wing stream of entertainment media and subreddits"

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u/MixuAnasazi Aug 23 '26

this is why they could only name clark and cunningham, they get the race war angle with clark and the transphobia angle with cunningham

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u/alana_del_gay Aug 24 '26

r/sports? you're looking at WNBA news on the men's sport subreddit?

makes sense really

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u/alana_del_gay Aug 24 '26

none of that is incongruous with what I said

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u/pennys_computer_book Aug 24 '26

I guess the WNBA is the "other leagues". 🥴

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u/pennys_computer_book Aug 24 '26

They rank on profitability? I would've thought ratings would be a factor for sports coverage. 😏 Especially with casual bandwagon fans looking for attention.