BuzzH
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Finally, the sexism and demeaning memes toward women was the last straw. Women are such an important part of the future of hunting, but from those memes I dont know why they would bother to lift a finger in support.
Again, something I dont talk much about is my passion for women's basketball. I started attending, watching and supporting women's basketball in the early 80's. My Alma Mater being UM, you'll know why. When I first started attending games, you walked through the door no ticket required. If you wanted a snack or drink, you brought your own, no concession stands were open. Over time I watched coach Selvig grow a program from literally nothing to a revenue generating powerhouse that competed with the top schools in the nation, including a heart breaking loss on double overtime 1 point loss to Stanford that would have taken them to the sweet 16.
There were the WAR games, women's attendance records, that were sold out days in advance. So many great players some of whom I went to grade school, high school, and college with. Ann Lake, Kelly Pilcher, Trish Olson, Marty Leibenguth, all high school class mates played on the teams. So many other from all parts of Montana, Greta Koss (ive hunted elk on her family's ranch), Skyla Cisco and several others from the Malta country. Also 4 Native American Players, including the first Division 1 Native American to play on a full ride Scholarship, Malia Kipp. I've watched so long that one early player, Cheri Brat-Roberts, had a daughter Liv, that I had the pleasure of watching play for UW here in Laramie.
I could go on and on, I've had season tickets to either UM or UW for over 30 years. Its been incredible watching the success of women's basketball. That's carried over to also being a huge WNBA fan.
When I saw those marginalizing, rude, and frankly ruthless memes regarding the only thing WNBA players deserved were having dildos thrown at them, I was truly done. Ive supported women's basketball too long to say or do nothing.
If I didn't say or do anything that made me 2 things, complicit and a coward for not standing up to the objectifying and marginalizing of women's athletics.
Its truly sad and unbelievable to me that those in our highest office would be active participants in something like that.
I cant abide that, these women that have come this far do not deserve to be punched down upon. It truly breaks my heart and its so goddamn far from being funny or a joke I don't know what else to say.
Leadership and doing the right thing starts at the top, and right now the top is a rudderless, rude, crude dysfunctional hot mess. Its taking us backward, not forward, and if I dont say or do what I csn to help address it, Im no better.
I'll leave it all on a higher note, trailers to 2 great films that, IMO, are exactly why I have supported women's college basketball and why I think they are most certainly worth more than memes that have our CIC throwing sex toys on them.
The house rob built.
Native ball.
Again, something I dont talk much about is my passion for women's basketball. I started attending, watching and supporting women's basketball in the early 80's. My Alma Mater being UM, you'll know why. When I first started attending games, you walked through the door no ticket required. If you wanted a snack or drink, you brought your own, no concession stands were open. Over time I watched coach Selvig grow a program from literally nothing to a revenue generating powerhouse that competed with the top schools in the nation, including a heart breaking loss on double overtime 1 point loss to Stanford that would have taken them to the sweet 16.
There were the WAR games, women's attendance records, that were sold out days in advance. So many great players some of whom I went to grade school, high school, and college with. Ann Lake, Kelly Pilcher, Trish Olson, Marty Leibenguth, all high school class mates played on the teams. So many other from all parts of Montana, Greta Koss (ive hunted elk on her family's ranch), Skyla Cisco and several others from the Malta country. Also 4 Native American Players, including the first Division 1 Native American to play on a full ride Scholarship, Malia Kipp. I've watched so long that one early player, Cheri Brat-Roberts, had a daughter Liv, that I had the pleasure of watching play for UW here in Laramie.
I could go on and on, I've had season tickets to either UM or UW for over 30 years. Its been incredible watching the success of women's basketball. That's carried over to also being a huge WNBA fan.
When I saw those marginalizing, rude, and frankly ruthless memes regarding the only thing WNBA players deserved were having dildos thrown at them, I was truly done. Ive supported women's basketball too long to say or do nothing.
If I didn't say or do anything that made me 2 things, complicit and a coward for not standing up to the objectifying and marginalizing of women's athletics.
Its truly sad and unbelievable to me that those in our highest office would be active participants in something like that.
I cant abide that, these women that have come this far do not deserve to be punched down upon. It truly breaks my heart and its so goddamn far from being funny or a joke I don't know what else to say.
Leadership and doing the right thing starts at the top, and right now the top is a rudderless, rude, crude dysfunctional hot mess. Its taking us backward, not forward, and if I dont say or do what I csn to help address it, Im no better.
I'll leave it all on a higher note, trailers to 2 great films that, IMO, are exactly why I have supported women's college basketball and why I think they are most certainly worth more than memes that have our CIC throwing sex toys on them.
The house rob built.
Native ball.
