Do Lesbians Love Holding The Big Stick?
The New York Post devotes a full spread today to the subject of Softball: Is It For Dykes? Using its slightly upmarket sister publication the Wall Street Journal's decision to put a picture of Supreme Court nominee Elana Kagan with bat in hand on its front page, the Post goes deep, asking whether the sport is a signifier for Sapphic sensibilities. (This, perhaps not unintentionally, also allows the Murdoch organ to blare the words "Elena Kagan" and "she's a lesbian" across the top of the page.) In case you are not convinced, there is actual testimony from South Florida "freelance writer and lifelong softball player" Amy Guthrie, who was the "token straight gal on a gay team" and somehow survived the experience (and who confirms your darkest fears by noting that, "Some say that lesbians and softball go together like peanut butter and jelly.") The lesson we are apparently supposed to take away: Elena Kagan may not be gay, but softball sure is. (But also, Elena Kagan plays softball, so HMMMMM.) Got it!
Has softball surpassed golf as the leisure activity of choice for lady loving ladies? This is news.
Pretty sure that Mike Royko was a lesbian. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpuXfcx0pRU
I'll take Jenny Finch any way she comes.
I'm part of a group that plays co-ed softball in the park on the weekends. Actually, I can't play because of an injury this year, so I just watch and cheer on my friends. I'm a straight girl, but under this analogy I think I'm a dude who likes to watch.
So, you're a gay guy then?
Dated a former HS softballer, many years ago. 120% Hetero girlygirl. (Also, healthy calves.)
Softball isn't for lesbians, it's for ladies with muscle tone.
I loathe Rupert Murdoch with every fiber of my being.
Were I a person with time and a website such as, say this one? I would dig up pictures of other women playing softball.
Like Arizona Governer Jan Brewer: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/08rl9Az8CzaOH/x160.jpg&imgrefurl=http://sec.wbir.com/article/03v3c6h56Qg09%3Fq%3DPac-10&usg=__G0qawqZZJZhJvJb6Lz_JbP9Sp6I=&h=160&w=102&sz=6&hl=en&start=39&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=iGt74AJjnEZsrM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=62&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djan%2Bbrewer%2Bsoftball%26start%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1
Or FOX lady Sarah Palin:
sorry: Sarah Palin – http://quipster.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/sarah-palin-hits-a-grand-slam-and-steals-media-spotlight-in-prime-time/
The picture supposedly of Sarah Palin here is actually Senior outfielder Halley Cey during games March 15-16 at George Fox University, according to the link within this link.
All the lesbians I know just play mind games.
As a kid, I played softball every day with everyone else in my neighborhood. Every sibling from every family did (there was nothing else to do, and my bros. would kill me if I didn't.) I was petrified to join the girls softball team in my jr/senior highschool. Although I knew I was good enough, they seemed SO SERIOUS. My brothers would tell me that if I made a mistake, they (the team) would beat the *%$& out of me ( I thought they were bullies-clueless about lesbianism.)
There's something nice about a well oiled mitt.
Your comment has given me an erection.
Damn you!
SOCCER.
HAS ANYONE SEEN MY NEW RED HAT?
Does this post concern lesbians and softball, in a general sense, or is the post a round about way to get around Choire's edict:
"…and, you know what, we are going to consider this matter addressed with total finality. This conversation is OVER!"
Or does the edict not apply to Balk's posts?
So if women who play softball are automatically lesbians, this makes female rugby players…?
German Olympiads.
"ELENA KAGAN IS A LESBIAN…is what some are saying!"
"DO AMERICANS HATE AND FEAR LESBIANS? We investigate!"
"SEX DIRTY LIBERALS SNICKER GAY SEX SEINFELD REFERENCE… Not that there's anything wrong with that!"