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Megan Rapinoe

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581 total appearances

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We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

I didn't really, I mean, I don't think I was really thinking about it all that much before then. And then you guys, you know, and it was just much more is like, I feel like that summer, every time he turned around, like articles or in the Atlantic or the New York times or sports illustrate, it was all just kind of like in the sort of zeitgeist of the moment. So I Yeah.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

Like you guys were the first ones to really speak out. And I think even it's like, even in my sort of like implicit bias, I think back then I would say Colin was probably a bigger influence. Cause obviously when he spoke out, he got so much more media attention.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

Like you guys were the first ones to really speak out. And I think even it's like, even in my sort of like implicit bias, I think back then I would say Colin was probably a bigger influence. Cause obviously when he spoke out, he got so much more media attention.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

Like you guys were the first ones to really speak out. And I think even it's like, even in my sort of like implicit bias, I think back then I would say Colin was probably a bigger influence. Cause obviously when he spoke out, he got so much more media attention.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

It's the NFL, but like really they were saying the exact same, they were doing the exact same things, you know, in, in the best way that they could or in the most impactful way that they could sort of prior to Colin even kneeling for the first time.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

It's the NFL, but like really they were saying the exact same, they were doing the exact same things, you know, in, in the best way that they could or in the most impactful way that they could sort of prior to Colin even kneeling for the first time.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

It's the NFL, but like really they were saying the exact same, they were doing the exact same things, you know, in, in the best way that they could or in the most impactful way that they could sort of prior to Colin even kneeling for the first time.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

Yeah. You guys were really the, like the sort of like the, the, the snap or the whatever firecracker, obviously, you know, shout out Stacey Abrams and Fair Fight and the activists on the ground. I mean, we had, they were setting the like groundwork, but it did, it did feel like, the moment where it became more of a national thing or more thing that the casual person was thinking about.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

Yeah. You guys were really the, like the sort of like the, the, the snap or the whatever firecracker, obviously, you know, shout out Stacey Abrams and Fair Fight and the activists on the ground. I mean, we had, they were setting the like groundwork, but it did, it did feel like, the moment where it became more of a national thing or more thing that the casual person was thinking about.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

Yeah. You guys were really the, like the sort of like the, the, the snap or the whatever firecracker, obviously, you know, shout out Stacey Abrams and Fair Fight and the activists on the ground. I mean, we had, they were setting the like groundwork, but it did, it did feel like, the moment where it became more of a national thing or more thing that the casual person was thinking about.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

And then you guys saved the Republic by getting us two more senators, at least, even though we haven't really done enough with the advantage that we don't have. Anyways, we don't need to get into that.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

And then you guys saved the Republic by getting us two more senators, at least, even though we haven't really done enough with the advantage that we don't have. Anyways, we don't need to get into that.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

And then you guys saved the Republic by getting us two more senators, at least, even though we haven't really done enough with the advantage that we don't have. Anyways, we don't need to get into that.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

Well, and I mean, really just very bluntly, in our country, that is... white supremacist-founded, heteronormative, cisgendered, patriarchal, the straight-assumed, generally white, cisgendered women, of course, it's like we're cute and white. Right. We talk about this all the time.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

Well, and I mean, really just very bluntly, in our country, that is... white supremacist-founded, heteronormative, cisgendered, patriarchal, the straight-assumed, generally white, cisgendered women, of course, it's like we're cute and white. Right. We talk about this all the time.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

Well, and I mean, really just very bluntly, in our country, that is... white supremacist-founded, heteronormative, cisgendered, patriarchal, the straight-assumed, generally white, cisgendered women, of course, it's like we're cute and white. Right. We talk about this all the time.

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

It's like we're cute and white and more palatable, and we get to represent America, you know, with the playing for the U.S. as our primary thing. I mean, I just... It's like, I just can't get to any other conclusion other than the WNBA is like tall and black and everyone thinks everyone's gay. And think about the society that we live in. And...

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

It's like we're cute and white and more palatable, and we get to represent America, you know, with the playing for the U.S. as our primary thing. I mean, I just... It's like, I just can't get to any other conclusion other than the WNBA is like tall and black and everyone thinks everyone's gay. And think about the society that we live in. And...

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

It's like we're cute and white and more palatable, and we get to represent America, you know, with the playing for the U.S. as our primary thing. I mean, I just... It's like, I just can't get to any other conclusion other than the WNBA is like tall and black and everyone thinks everyone's gay. And think about the society that we live in. And...

We Can Do Hard Things
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)

They're always compared to the counterparts, which is the NBA. And I think for, I think people in America have a much better knowledge of basketball than soccer traditionally. And so, I mean, even when people say like, oh, you guys are so much better than the men. I'm like, yeah, it's really not like the goal, first of all.