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Misogyny at its finest

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by wicked, May 15, 2022.

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  1. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Woke Illustrated Releases WNBA Swimsuit Model Photos, Keeps Pumping Inclusion Angle - OutKick

    I don't watch a lot of the WNBA, but whatever, the mag is doing what it thinks is the best business decision. The comments here are bad. The guys on here would last eight seconds or less if any one of those women, even the "dogs," got naked in front of them. Incel culture is bad, and yeah, I'm looking down on these loosers* because that's what they are.

    (* — Newbies: "Loosers" is SJ style.)
     
    wicked, May 15, 2022
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  2. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Yeah - how ridiculous to show actual athletes in the SI Swimsuit issue instead of the usual models.
     
    DanOregon, May 15, 2022
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  3. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    Clay Travis site writes something awful. People are outraged. Rinse. Repeat.
     
    Regan MacNeil, May 15, 2022
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  4. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Lesbians buy the swimsuit issue, too.
     
    Batman, May 15, 2022
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  5. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member


    Outcuck?

    IncelSports?

    UnlessI'mMasturbatingWomenAreFrighteningToMe.com?
     
    Last edited: May 16, 2022
    Azrael, May 16, 2022
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  6. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    I felt like that was bad, even for Outkick. Usually it focuses on the race-baiting and Dem trolling vs. outright sexism.
     
    wicked, May 16, 2022
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  7. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Not commenting on Clay Travis or Outkick of the motivations and trolling. We all know who they are.

    But the Swimsuit issue existed because it sold copies. A boat load of copies that made a ton of money. Right or wrong, objectifying women or not, they came up with something that had a huge audience, which made for a cash cow.

    Does anyone really think there is that much demand out there for photos of WNBA players in onesies? Actually it's not a matter of what any of us think. Throw itout there, as opposed to an old issue of SI with Tyra Banks on the cover and objectively see what they do in terms of making money.

    What happens here is that we all know what I am saying, so Travis takes it to an extreme with edgy "wokeness" commentary designed to trigger the people that photo is really geared to. And that brings about the other extreme, where those people pretend that Kate Upton in a bikini was not being driven by an insatiable appetite of men to see Kate Upton in a bikini, while these photos are not going to have anywhere near the same kind of interest from anyone. And you are a sexist if you so much as hint at the obvious.
     
    The Big Ragu, May 16, 2022
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  8. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Didn't Clay Travis sell Outkick to Fox a year or two ago?
     
    Batman, May 16, 2022
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  9. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Yes.

    And yet his spirit lives on . . .

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    Check out today's front page.

    https://www.outkick.com
     
    Azrael, May 16, 2022
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  10. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    The WNBA players are to the swimsuit issue what the articles were to Playboy. Those initial ESPN the magazine ads still make me laugh - considering they too came up with "The Body" issue.

     
    DanOregon, May 16, 2022
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  11. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    Sure, but Deadspin was still a Daulerio site well after he left. And it had stopped being a Will Leitch site long before.
     
    Regan MacNeil, May 16, 2022
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  12. sgreenwell

    sgreenwell Well-Known Member

    This guy's column is stupid on pretty much every level. By the way, two of the four cover models this year are Kim Kardashian and Ciara. The other two are a 74-year-old and a fuller figured model. So, it's not like they've completely left the T&A behind here. Finally, to use classic SJ.com parlance, I think a couple of those WNBA stars certainly qualify as 6s, even if they play in the WNBA.
     
    sgreenwell, May 16, 2022
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