The cycle is predictable: A milestone occurs in women’s sports. The player(s) involved are lauded. The laments begin about why women’s sports aren’t as well paid or supported by the public at large. The milestone fades out of the media headlines. Lather, rinse, repeat. This cycle played out a month ago when former WNBA player […]
Author: Tiffany Davis
Tiffany M. Davis is the author of the Bastille Family Chronicles and Sebastian Scott series. Her nonfiction articles have appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Cauldron, QBR: The Black Book Review, Black Girl Nerds, and Black Comics Month. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women. She lives in the Atlanta, GA area.
Why the NBA’s #LeanInTogether Campaign Is Off-Balance
You’ve probably seen it: a commercial featuring NBA stars LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Stephen Curry alongside WNBA players Skylar Diggins, Swin Cash, Sue Bird and Elena Della Donne. There are prideful smiles as most of the male players hold up placards featuring the hashtag #LeanInTogether and a list of the women in […]