On the conflict/negotiation about what the WNBA stands for, I’m reminded of the commercial ascent of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, and how it deeply hurt him that his music was now being bought and enjoyed (and repurposed) by the types of people who bullied him high school and whose culture he stood against. “He’s the one / who likes all our pretty songs / and he likes to sing along / and he likes to shoot his gun / but he knows not what it means”
(Also I loved your description of my site and videos… if my work were a book, then “high level analysis delivered with a slightly unhinged stream-of-consciousness” is a great blurb to live up to.)
You should check out Double Crossover: Gender, Media, and Politics in Global Basketball by Courtney M Cox. It just dropped and is a fantastic book for new and old women’s basketball fans! Check it out.
Interesting and thought-provoking piece!
On the conflict/negotiation about what the WNBA stands for, I’m reminded of the commercial ascent of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, and how it deeply hurt him that his music was now being bought and enjoyed (and repurposed) by the types of people who bullied him high school and whose culture he stood against. “He’s the one / who likes all our pretty songs / and he likes to sing along / and he likes to shoot his gun / but he knows not what it means”
(Also I loved your description of my site and videos… if my work were a book, then “high level analysis delivered with a slightly unhinged stream-of-consciousness” is a great blurb to live up to.)
those lyrics are 🔥🔥🔥
thrillllllllllled to be in valks community with u!
Yayyyyy!! Thanks for the shout, friend!
You should check out Double Crossover: Gender, Media, and Politics in Global Basketball by Courtney M Cox. It just dropped and is a fantastic book for new and old women’s basketball fans! Check it out.
OMG IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT ONE, HELL YEAH!
I don’t know jack about bball except I know I love this piece.
awwww patty <3333333333333 you got any valks fans/friends out there who might wanna subscribe?