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Net Loss: The U.S. Open Stole More Than a Point from Serena Williams

Naomi Osaka winning her first major Grand Slam title should’ve been a complement to Williams’s own legacy.

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Center Black Women

The history lesson about Black women that you never got. Read more »

Not Just Serena: Monifa Bandele Explains How Hospitals Kill Black Mothers

MomsRising’s Monifa Bandele explains how America can better serve Black mothers. Read more »

Losing To Gain Humanity: Serena Williams’s Body Belongs Solely To Her

Many patriarchal constructs collide for childbearing athletes. Read more »

Popaganda: Why We Love Sports

Being a feminist sports fan is complicated. Athletes are talented artists and teams can build community and confidence. But sports culture has many dark sides: violence, homophobia, greed. On this episode, we talk with feminist fans of football, tennis, soccer, and basketball about what keeps them... Read more »

The Age of the Bumpspiracy

When we will stop thinking famous women are faking their pregnancies? Read more »

Not Your Belly, Not Your Business: On Serena Williams, Reproduction, and Athleticism

Invasions of Black women’s privacy are often supported by societal notions of Black women’s inability to feel pain in the same ways non-Black people do. Read more »

“We are From Compton and It’s in Our Hearts.”: Venus & Serena Williams Create a Community Center to Help Victims of Gun Violence

The center is in honor of their older sister, who was shot in Compton in 2003.  Read more »

Before Serena Williams, There Was Champion Tennis Player Althea Gibson

A new documentary remembers champion tennis pioneer, who was proudly assertive on the court and off.  Read more »

Serena and Venus Williams' Powerful Protest Against Racist Tennis Culture

The past year saw numerous displays of political protest at in professional athletics.  Read more »