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danica patrick car — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:17:22 +0000

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By: HarveyDent

HarveyDent — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:48:27 +0000

DingDingDingDingDing…I was halfway right about my PTI prediction because even though Kornheiser and Wilbon mentioned Patrick’s win in the intro it was the fourth thing on their list of topics for the day. Kornheiser did talk about how it was good Patrick had won because she was starting to become known more for her photo spreads instead of her racing results. Of course, Wilbon leapt to her defense by saying she’s never been ‘naked’ in a photo shoot but then it was mentioned, tongue in cheek I hope, that he knew that fact because he had all her spreads in a drawer at his home. ShakesMyHead…come back, Brutha Wilbon, because you trying too damned hard to be liked nowadays.

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Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:15:05 +0000

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By: mizzo

mizzo — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:14:10 +0000

“I mean everyone likes red bones.”

LMAO DMac you are crazy! Where do you get the stuff you come up with?

By: DavidMac

DavidMac — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:11:49 +0000

MODI - You know I’m right, don’t you think its time to admit it? If Danica Patrick wasn’t taking her clothes off, no one would care about her racing, it isn’t like racing is really a sport, but this gives her fame for her sporting achievement. Kudos to the marketplace at work. If Candace Parker would take Danica as an example, just think of where she could be in America, in terms of popularity. I mean everyone likes red bones.

By: MODI

MODI — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:55:51 +0000

mizzo, thanks for posting this… very important…

Delinda, I do understand — or at least try my best to understand– many of the points you make. The distinction with women athletes efforts to gain recognition is that they almost HAVE to show their body to get attention and recognition. First and foremost, that fact is quite troubling IMHO. So there is a sense of: is Patrick really doing the pictures by some arbitrary personal choice? or is she caving in to the sexist machine? I’m not in her head, so i don’t know. If it is the first one, then that is one thing. If it is the second one, then that is accompanied with disappointment — even if it is quite understandable given what she is up against.

So when i root for Danica to keep her clothes on, I’m rooting for her to PROTEST the current system. Now that is certainly an unfair burden to be put on Danica, but like any social pioneer that unfair burden is part of the equation and you just hope that the person understands the larger scope of their influence. So in Patrick, i would hope that she uses her almost unique position to show an ALTERNATIVE PATH to recognition for woman athletes that does not involve disrobing… so for me it is not about DP personally as much as the bigger picture to advance society.

In either case, we can all agree that the media coverage of women is atrocious — and that pressure should be applied to them to get it right. Here is my two cents on the abomination that is Sports Illustrated’s coverage:
http://www.cosellout.com/?p=257

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danica patrick indycar — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:15:26 +0000

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