Ok, creepy.
That picture of her in the pink is pretty creepy too. She looks like an emaciated pre-teen.
That is a pretty poorly written article.
Also, when can we stop having to put in our email address to post here?
Women who complain about women who get compliments on their appearance are usually homely/unattractive/fugly or believe themselves to be so. They secretly, or not so secretly want someone to pay attention to them in the same way, or sometimes, in a more overtly sexual way.
Ain't nothing changed since the dawn of time. It ain't goin' anywheres.
Incidentally, women are pretty gross...
Women with overly visible clivicle bones are gross, fo' sure...
Ooops... Supposed to read clavicle.
@3 - uh...no, dude. Annie's right on this one. This should not have passed for a "sports" article at all. In context, it is definitely derogatory. (And yes, I do think she's pretty damn hot.)
@7:
Pedophile!
@4-Annie Wagner is a hottie. No shit.
Her outstretched arms flow apart, the right cocking behind her head, the left sweeping forward toward the target.
And then ... FWAAAAAP!
Very stalkerish writing. Even if she's hot.
Golly.
She's no Allison Stokke, that's for sure.
College sports exist so that vampiric old alumni can slobber on the young. If everybody told the truth about that we'd start paying college athletes the money they deserve and stop making them go to class.
@4: I don't think it's a complaint against her hotness. It's the fact that her hotness seems to be (a good chunk of) the reason why she was written about in the first place.
You don't get that shit when they're writing about a hot male athlete.
@4: Also, you're a dick.
Is this article more revolting than any of the hundreds pieces done on Anna Kournikova, Maria Sharipova, Summer Sanders, Gabriella Reece, etc? There’s a long tradition of male sports writers acknowledging, even highlighting, the physical appearance of women athletes in the context of their athletic achievements (or lack thereof in the case of Kournikova).
Besides, if you follow Husky sports (and Ted Miller certainly does) Christal’s looks have been a topic of conversation ever since she arrived on campus. She was even singled out by the sports gossip website “With Leather” as one of the hottest female athletes. (Although, they knocked her down a few pegs because, according to her then public Facebook page, she’s a huge bible thumper and is supposedly saving herself for marriage.)
In any event, this has been going on for decades. That doesn’t make it right but the outrage over Miller’s fairly mild column is sort of silly.
Poorly written, poorly thought-out article. And pretty chauvinistic to boot. Awesome. "Look at the cute female athlete! Isn't she pretty? And cute and athletic and stuff! Did I mention pretty?"
I like the patronizing tone the columnist takes on her career choice at the end there.
#4 - How is it the phrase "Looks can be deceiving" not offensive to attractive women who know they're attractive? But I'm probably just jealous that I don't have mouth-breathing misogynists writing articles about me.
#17 - You are right, but it still makes me :(
I think the difference here is that those tennis players Ryan mentions are professional athletes. Many athletes have sex appeal (Nadal, anyone?), but those stories belong in the entertainment section. The sports section should stick with writing about their prowess on the court/field/course etc.
The answer, simply, is for the Stranger to start an in-kind column.
OMG Ichiro! I love those Asian boys, and Ichiro's slim figure does not disappoint. Mariners' star outfielder sure uses his assets on -- and off -- the field, raising the Mariners' RBI, and the pulses of plenty of his fans.
Or:
Shaun is so hot, have you ever seen better pecs on a man? This country boy can kiss my grits anytime. Oh, and he sure can receive a pass.
...I think I did a bit too well at that. Ahem.
Except, K, that's obviously not an in-kind column.
how very, tragically pathetic. i must say i'm not entirely surprised, as sports writing / commentary is easily the most childish, inane, delusionally self-important drivel in journalism. yet another reason to hate fucking sports. HAAAAATE THEM!!
For years volleyball players have had a sexual edge to them. Female AND male. They're barely clad on the beaches. Like surfers. Big deal.
@24: However, reading a sports "news article" describing how hot, exciting, and generally delicious a female volleyball player is comes across much like reading a description of the author's masturbatory technique. It's gross and inappropriate for a newspaper.
It's the usual sports feature tripe. Serious sports fans usually flip by it en route to finding actual material to read.
@23 - Hey, don't blame sports for some of their idiotic fans. Or journalists. What did volleyball ever do to you?
@27 - dude, just don't even get me started, alright? DON'T. DO IT.
Maybe the PI should change the name of the column to "Morning Wood", or is that already the name of Jim Moore's column?
the most unfortunate thing about that unfortunate article is that no one is talking about how she's a damn fine athlete. come on out and see her tomorrow night as UW knocks Missouri out of the NCAAs.
You won't get hired there. Even if you grow up in 5 years: if it's still there, they won't hire you. No major daily hires scrubs from the Springfield Shopper, even if the Springfield Shopper lets their staffers smoke pot and work around the clock for the same money as an 8-hour shift. You Strangers: you're so gullible! (And so cheap to hire!)
Ted, show me your tits.
Oh for fuck's sake. Charles Mudede posts post after creepy incomprehensible post on Slog featuring pictures of beautiful women and you guys never call him on it. No one at The Stranger says "Jesus H. Titty-fucking Christ Charles! Put down the bong and enough with your incomprehensible and masturbatory rantings about these women!" but the PI publishes a spoogefest over one female athlete and all of a sudden your panties get wound up nice and tight in your crack.
@33: The forum in which it's presented makes a difference, yes? Also, Charles often has more to say than just, "Look at this hot piece of ass." It may be incomprehensible, sometimes, but never as creepy as this.
Go complain about the article where it might do a little bit of good:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/soundoff/comment.asp?articleID=341546
Not here where sloggers will just tell you, "shit has happened before, I don't know why you're complaining now" or even better "I don't know why he talked about her being pretty -- I wouldn't fuck her."
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