08/05/2026
Happy Wednesday LLiS fam. Pam here, doing a mid week summer time “Hey!” Anybody catch any good WNBA games lately? 😏 If you had someone other than Caitlin Clark being the most talked about player on the Indiana Fever this season, I need to know who your insider is.
Some of you might know the term: TERF, but I’ve recently coined a new acronym, because the word “feminist” doesn’t aptly apply. So let’s practice a new one: FART: Female Acting to Repress Transpeople. And Sophie Cunningham is working hard to earn that title. The Indiana Fever Guard has been very outspoken about her Christianity, views on ‘protecting women’, and insert right wing script here stereotypes.
And following her statement, some mistakes have been made on both sides. Seattle Storm co-owner, Celeste Keaton, is currently serving a league suspension for confronting teenaged fans who thanked the Fever player for her views. And, while this is a hot button issue, adults confronting children in anger isn’t okay and should be taken seriously.
Caitlin Clark is facing backlash from both sides, with Megyn Kelly calling her out for not standing up for her teammate. Caitlin’s remarks amounted to: this is an owner and coach situation, I just want to play basketball.
Storm center Stefanie Dolson was recently spotted very intentionally wearing a “Trans Rights are Human Rights” shirt.
Las Vegas Aces forward Brianna Turner, who spent the last two seasons with the Fever, released information about concerning misogynistic behavior within the organization, and cited Title IX concerns in her defense of Transgender Equality and Rights.
And in their game against the Fever, Minnesota Lynx Head Coach, Cheryl Reeve, had another blatant wardrobe choice on the bench. Once she proudly displayed to Cunningham’s face in a brief mid court conversation before the Lynx took the game with an 8 point win.
And with all this chaos and controversy swirling, bringing in a minority owner of the Yankees to now encourage some kind of calm and order, the people who are at the heart of this controversy are the ones who can’t be heard: transgender women.
It’s highly unlikely that these athletes who are so worried about amab humans on the basketball court with them have ever actually faced off a transgender opponent. Instead of focusing on something like the continued pay inequality in professional sports, unequal playing conditions, or increasing marketing to audiences to draw attention to and uplift all of women’s sports, we’re back to fighting over whether or not a person is a boogeyman or not. (team NOT!)
Which is part of why I personally love Reeve and Dolson’s style of response. Let the shirt do the talking so they can get other important things done.