Interesting article for FP. There are far more important topics, more interesting and impactful to our society than mediocre , basketball playing blondes making money on social media. Yes, sex sells no matter how much society tries to deny this evolutionary fact. Let’s hope this is not a trend with FP.
The author makes the assumption that the audience is only beer-belly middle aged males. What demographic are they citing here? They certainly haven't provided one. I think they may be surprised to find that middle aged males are not on tik-tok and that a large number of their followers are teenage females learning how to use their own developing sexuality or better or worse.
Really, the fact that they were also athletes is inconsequential. There had just been a quirk that college-aged models weren't allowed to make money if they played sports too. Sure, we don't like that a hot girl can make more money than an athletic one, but that's the deal apparently.
This is a spectacularly chickenshit article.... these aren't two hot girls sitting at the end of the bench making IG posts during the game. VERY accomplished athletes. VERY accomplished businesswomen at a very young age.
Great to see you went into your assignment, and more importantly your time with these two girls, with a conclusion drawn and didn't let the facts dissuade you in any way. It's been known for a long time that beauty, both male and female, is rewarded. The path may have been easier but it was far from easy. I can find you 100 other NCAA athletes just as attractive that don't have 1% of the following or business interest. Easier doesn't mean easy.
"For Tara VanDerveer, the 69-year-old coach of Stanford’s women’s basketball team, the success of the Twins and Dunne is troubling."
What's troubling is a woman calling out success of other women as troubling. YOU DON"T GET TO BE THE ARBITER OF WHO GETS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND WHO DOESN'T.
It never ceases to amaze me that some people seem to determined to not understand that the human preference for attractive women(shaped by hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution) is still a thing and can't be set aside by any amount of moralizing and 'disappointment.'
There is no 'cure' unless you want to live in an society that autocratically restricts free exchange between humans. The girls willingly make their social media posts. The public willingly consumes them. I'm more concerned with the societal impact of any proposed 'solutions' than this 'problem.'
So it’s okay for a transgender to make money from her image ( smart marketing) but not for attractive young ladies? I’m fine with both recognizing their opportunities.
Is it just me or do these girls look more like 32 than 22?
Some cute girls who have absolutely nothing to say making money marketing their bodies and some products.
Their response:
https://news.yahoo.com/cavinder-twins-were-disgusted-viral-191635831.html
Awesome as usual Nellie! Although I think your editor left off the end of the following…
Calling it now: the race will be Trump from jail versus Biden…from his bunker.
Oops! Sorry for posting this on the wrong article. It’s meant for TGIF
Interesting article for FP. There are far more important topics, more interesting and impactful to our society than mediocre , basketball playing blondes making money on social media. Yes, sex sells no matter how much society tries to deny this evolutionary fact. Let’s hope this is not a trend with FP.
good for them!!
signed, a first wave feminist
The author makes the assumption that the audience is only beer-belly middle aged males. What demographic are they citing here? They certainly haven't provided one. I think they may be surprised to find that middle aged males are not on tik-tok and that a large number of their followers are teenage females learning how to use their own developing sexuality or better or worse.
This is not a problem for anyone. The NCAA will still do quite nicely with their exploitation business.
Really, the fact that they were also athletes is inconsequential. There had just been a quirk that college-aged models weren't allowed to make money if they played sports too. Sure, we don't like that a hot girl can make more money than an athletic one, but that's the deal apparently.
This is a spectacularly chickenshit article.... these aren't two hot girls sitting at the end of the bench making IG posts during the game. VERY accomplished athletes. VERY accomplished businesswomen at a very young age.
Great to see you went into your assignment, and more importantly your time with these two girls, with a conclusion drawn and didn't let the facts dissuade you in any way. It's been known for a long time that beauty, both male and female, is rewarded. The path may have been easier but it was far from easy. I can find you 100 other NCAA athletes just as attractive that don't have 1% of the following or business interest. Easier doesn't mean easy.
You need to rethink your approach to life.
https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3470764/loser-journalist-writes-a-hit-piece-on-the-cavinder-twins-and-the-hot-girl-problem-facing-the-ncaa-and-nil?mibextid=Zxz2cZ
Golly, I hope they don't sustain any permanent damage from constant exposure to toxic male gazes.
Actually, I've got something else;
"For Tara VanDerveer, the 69-year-old coach of Stanford’s women’s basketball team, the success of the Twins and Dunne is troubling."
What's troubling is a woman calling out success of other women as troubling. YOU DON"T GET TO BE THE ARBITER OF WHO GETS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND WHO DOESN'T.
It never ceases to amaze me that some people seem to determined to not understand that the human preference for attractive women(shaped by hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution) is still a thing and can't be set aside by any amount of moralizing and 'disappointment.'
There is no 'cure' unless you want to live in an society that autocratically restricts free exchange between humans. The girls willingly make their social media posts. The public willingly consumes them. I'm more concerned with the societal impact of any proposed 'solutions' than this 'problem.'
Link to this article showed up today (6/14) at The Morning Brew. FYI
So it’s okay for a transgender to make money from her image ( smart marketing) but not for attractive young ladies? I’m fine with both recognizing their opportunities.