Daughter: What does gays mean?
Me: Well you know mum and dad love each other - two men can love each other the same way
Her: So what's 'penetrating gays'?
Me: Er... read me the whole sentence
Her: "She stared at him with a penetrating gaze"
Me: Oh
I will admit I have said worse and not gotten penalized. And I’ve also been given a “soft warning” by the ump where they tell you knock it off or I will have to give you a violation. He should have at least given her that courtesy. Sad to mar a well played final that way.
When a man argues with an umpire, it’s passion.
When a woman does it, it’s a meltdown.
When a black woman does it, it’s a penalty.
#DoubleStandards#USOpen#Serena
(2/2) When a woman is emotional, she’s “hysterical” and she’s penalized for it. When a man does the same, he’s “outspoken” & and there are no repercussions. Thank you, @serenawilliams, for calling out this double standard. More voices are needed to do the same.
So, here's a little thread for anybody who’s feeling uncomfortable with the @Tess_Holliday Cosmo Cover. Its about health, weight, fat phobia, and weight bias. So go grab yourself a cuppa @piersmorgan and have a read - you never know, you might learn something 1/
The paradox of sport is that it’s both trivial and deeply significant.
It can be play, entertainment, and a luxury. But it’s also a celebration of what it means to be alive and to be human.
Our first speaker at the Northern conference, will be former GB International runner and coach Mike Baxter.
Mike seen here with claireduckybear
and Rachel Bamford, who he coaches.
Date… https://t.co/MxA3kiLHjo
I have had more than one male colleague sincerely ask whether a certain behavior is mansplaining. Since apparently this is hard to figure out, I made one of them a chart.
@AnnaBoniface@Strava I haven't used Strava or a GPS watch for over a year - just a simple Casio stopwatch. I've found that I run & race better when I pace by feel. Used to get too distracted/anxious by what pace I was *supposed* to run at. All the data is too much info, the brain knows best 🧠
@kilianj breaks the 36-year-old Bob Graham Round record by over an hour - 12 hours 52 mins (previous record 13:53 by Billy Bland). Coverage here from former Trail Running editor Claire Maxted @WildGingerFilms https://t.co/N0fwV8xj6N
It’s interesting but when I was in Kenya writing my book, I visited and stayed in many of the top training camps. The only one I couldn’t get anywhere near was the Rosa camp.