re: Harper's: Heated rivalry was a fun fantasy, but hockey is still deeply toxic

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This is men’s hockey culture. It is deeply toxic, deeply conservative, and deeply misogynist and homophobic.

But those of us who have followed the league for any period of time knew that it wasn’t just a matter of if the league and its players would disappoint these new fans but when.

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I doubt she seriously follows the NHL.

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Frankie is a freelance writer whose work sits at the intersection of sports, gender, culture, and queerness. Their writing is a mix between reported journalism and creative nonfiction, and they teach writing classes at GrubStreet.

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She's (unsurpisingly) nuts. Here are the titles of some of her articles:

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Serena Williams’ Outfits Defy the Sexist, Racist Norms Female Athletes Face

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Androgyny is Now Fashionable in the WNBA

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Blackout Goals: How Sports Media Locks Out Women Athletes

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All of the Work, None of the Credit; Don’t Drop the Ball on the WNBA’s Activism

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Here's one showing how crazy she is when she apparently wrote under her other name "Britani." I assume was before she decided she was a them.

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My Boyfriend Gave Me Up For Lent — But I Still Wanted Him Back

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Some quotes from that article

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Our relationship had never been particularly healthy. We met in a bar and bonded over cocaine, hard drinking, and rough sex.

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Aside from the partying, we didn’t really have much in common. I’d been thrilled to cast my vote for President Barack Obama when he won his first term. He preferred Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

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“I can’t be seen with you in public if you’re going to dress like that. I’m sorry.” I looked at him in disbelief. “Are you really breaking up with me because my clothes are too flashy?” Yes, he was. He said I embarrassed him in front of his friends with the outfits I wore.

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Week after week, I’d go to his place in the dead of night. I’d leave other dates with very nice guys — guys who were actually into me, and who had no problem being seen with me in public — to sneak into his house, careful not to wake his roommates.

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I was the unhinged ex yelling, "Why don’t you just go home with her already!” across the bar, as he chatted up another woman. I was the scorned lover who couldn’t move on, who sent texts at all hours of the night, begging to see him

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We text twice a year — on our birthdays. To the rest of the world, it was pure dysfunction. To us, I truly believe that it was some kind of love.

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She was getting dicked down by a John McCain voter and he didn't want her. It's probably what turned her crazy.

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And then the U.S. men’s team threw away all that goodwill in a matter of moments

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By doing what?
Showing up at the SOTU?
Going to the White House?
MF-ers act like they threw a sack of shite at someone's front door.

Thats a man.

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This is men’s hockey culture. It is deeply toxic, deeply conservative, and deeply misogynist and homophobic

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"Deeply toxic" = masculine.

"Deeply conservative" = logical.

"Deeply misogynist" = not letting women be killed by men on the ice.

"Homophobic"? Those guys aren't afraid of a bunch of satchel-wearing poofters with nose rings.

The writer is an AWFUL.