#it shouldn't have taken a vet calling her fans racist (correctly!) at the end of the szn for her to take control of her own narrative
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#warning: haterade ahead#now that I caught up with playoffs and [redacted’s] team is out#I can rant about how her fan base is THE worst and most toxic sport fandom I’ve ever seen and that’s SAYING SOMETHING#like imagine all the racialized narratives leveraged for $ at the expense of a black athlete in the f1 2021 season and make it worse#online fan spaces have become absolutely UNBEARABLE even compared to last year#the media and league have stirred up the narrative to feed the outrage algorithm driven by ppl who dont like women or sports#absolutely disgusting for the league to ignore their black and queer players being thrown to the wolves for the sake of 'growth'#and i partially blame her for letting it get to this point#sure you can't control your fans but she's taken such a passive role in her own public narrative. 'i just wanna play' was never gonna work#women in public spheres are unfortunately turned to symbols in a far more toxic way compared to their male counterparts#and creating a public image is a necessary evil to help control your own narrative and how your name is used#an optimistic interpretation of her dismissing concerns about her fanbase early in the season is that she hoped it'd blow over#a more realistic interpretation is that speaking out against her racist/misogynist/homophobic fans means less $$ and die hard support#and honestly both go against the spirit of the w and her inital silence will haunt her reputation for the rest of her career#it shouldn't have taken a vet calling her fans racist (correctly!) at the end of the szn for her to take control of her own narrative#it's been clear what was happening. for months.#some of these new fans should go back to their trump rallies#everyone should NOT watch women's sports#rant over
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