Just walk away, Caitlin (while you can still walk)

or prepare to be made a whipping girl for the sins of White and Hetero Privilege for the rest of your WNBA career

So Caitlin (I’m going to assume there might be a few people reading this post who haven’t been following the story) has been playing on a Women’s National Basketball Association team after a spectacular college career with the Iowa Hawkeyes, all of a couple of months, and the strikingly hard hits—physical and and aimed at her spirit—are coming in with regularity.

In the photo above, the 22-year-old six footer, now with the Indiana Fever, is sprawled on the linoleum after a player from the opposing team, one Chennedy (pronounced Kennedy…so why is it spelled Chennedy?…oh never mind) Carter of the Chicago Sky slammed into the rookie guard’s shoulder.