It's interesting to me how the conversations around certain things never seem to change? This was the same argument about femininity and athleticism that was being had about Simone Biles, which was of course made worse by her being a Black woman.

I didn't know that a big part of the conflict between the two was that one was seen as the perfect woman, and the other was portrayed as white trash

But you can transport that to the cases of Serena and Sharapova, and how Sharapova was described against Serena's "agrression" and "masculine" frame, and which saw Sharapova making more than Serena at one point without having nearly the same success.

I guess I should post the essay ( @RottenInDenmark tweeted it out earlier) https://believermag.com/remote-control/