#Battle of The Sexes

[emmellas]

"emma stone doesn't have range" oh she most certainly does but YOU don't have a valid point !!

#emma stone #zombieland 2009 #zombieland double tap #birdman #la la land #the curse #cruella #poor things #the favourite #gwen stacy #tasm 2 #tasm #battle of the sexes #maniac #the help #bleat #yorgos lanthimos #cabaret #film #tv

[porterdavis]

Fifty years ago tonight

Billie Jean King defeated Bobbie Riggs in straight sets to win the so-called 'Battle of the Sexes'. (Yes, she was allowed the doubles alleys but that patently didn't matter). I was tending bar in a sports bar/meat market in Denver (anybody remember the Bull & Bush?) and every TV was on the match.

The atmosphere slowly changed from raucous chauvinism to stunned silence as the whuppin' unfolded. People forget that in the early 70s there was a grim recession which pretty much ended the 'women's lib' movement as women were forced into the workforce (and bras were required).

In 1973 women couldn't open a bank account in their own name, or have a credit card. The 'weaker sex' wasn't a throwaway line, it was a belief. This night was one of the first cracks to appear in the macho world. As the Virginia Slims ad had hopefully said a few years earlier -- "you've come a long way, baby". There was/is still a long way to go.

#battle of the sexes #billie jean king #bobby riggs

[nicholasbritel]

Battle of the Sexes (2017), dir. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

#battle of the sexes #userrobin #userojey #estoneedit #emstoneedit #movies #filmedit #emma stone #ryancoogler #lorelaigilmo #mikesmom #filmgifs #userbbelcher #myedits #queue

[haggishlyhagging]

I do not hate men, but neither do I automatically respect and trust them anymore. And neither do I accept any longer the role of guardian of their egos. Many women, even in the women's movement, are still playing that role, afraid of hurting and alienating men by coming right out and defining the fundamental social evil, which is that men have oppressed women for thousands of years. My feeling is that ultimately we cannot be too concerned about whether we hurt and alienate. Our prime objective is not to win men's love and support by pillowing their egos, and we can do the work of justice ourselves without men's help, if necessary. I hope it will not be necessary. But by ourselves, we are enough to change the world.

It is an extremely difficult habit to break, this softening of blows for men, which women have been so well trained for so long to do, one of the implications of it being—besides that they will not love us if we don't—that men are not capable of handling difficult truths. I don't believe this for a moment. I have confidence in men. I am not afraid that they will shatter if I say that men have been and are our enemies—beloved enemies, perhaps, often unwitting enemies, but enemies nevertheless. I expect them to understand that I do not believe all men set out consciously to hurt and stunt and thwart and destroy us. I also expect them to be decent and mature and secure enough to examine the evidence that this is the case without having tantrums or psychotic breaks, and to begin to help put a stop to it. I believe that the majority of men are capable of this and more, as is evidenced by the fact that more men than women support the Equal Rights Amendment.

When we fear to be honest and open with men, when we fear they won't be able to take it, we patronize them; we underestimate their emotional maturity and belittle their love of justice. Men don't need coddling, which is fortunate since we haven't time for it. Our time must be spent on the bonebreaking work of equality, and men must find their own strength to come along with us. We haven't enough energy or time to proselytize them, only enough—and barely that—for the immense and lifelong struggle before us. We are happy when they join us, but we cannot beg them to, or cajole, or spend our precious time helping them gently along. They are grown-ups. They are intelligent. They can read as well as we. They can figure it out. And to the extent that they are mature, and if they love us, they will join us, and we will be glad.

-Sonia Johnson, From Housewife to Heretic

#sonia Johnson #men #womens liberation #battle of the sexes #female socialization

[citizenscreen]

50 years ago today: in the highly publicized "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match, top women's player Billie Jean King, 29, beats Bobby Riggs, 55, a former No. 1 ranked men's player. #OnThisDay (September 20, 1973)

#battle of the sexes #billie jean king #bobby riggs

[ephemerasnape]

Relationship with Victor Rookwood: Expectation vs. Reality

DR might be a really hot villainous wizard but he's still a man. 😏🎩

#victor rookwood #rookwood #daddy rookwood #victor rookwood audio #ai audio #victor rookwood fanart #top hat daddy #harry potter hogwarts game #team villain #relationship problems #relationship realities #battle of the sexes #videos

[lisamarie-vee]

#battle of the sexes #tennis #billie jean king #bobby riggs #1970s

[raurquiz]

#happybirthday #elizabethshue #actress #TheKarateKid #AdventuresinBabysitting #Cocktail #BacktotheFuture #part2 #Part3 #Soapdish #LeavingLasVegas #TheSaint #HollowMan #Piranha3D #BattleoftheSexes #DeathWish #HouseattheEndoftheStreet #Greyhound #CSI #CobraKai #TheBoys #GenV

#happybirthday #elizabeth shue #actress #the karate kid #adventures in babysitting #cocktail #back to the future #part2 #part3 #soapdish #leaving las vegas #thesaint #hollow man #piranha 3d #battle of the sexes #death wish #house at the end of the street #greyhound #csi #cobra kai #the boys #gen v

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Men's singles champion Bobby Riggs congratulates women's singles champion Sarah Palfrey at the National Tennis club in Forest Hills, September 7, 1941.

In 1973, Riggs publicly claimed that female tennis players were inferior and that even at his age (55) he could still beat any of the top women players. He beat Margaret Court in California, which landed him on the covers of Time and Sports Illustrated. Then Billie Jean King, whom Riggs had challenged before Court, agreed to play him. In a televised "battle of the sexes" match at the Houston Astrodome, King defeated Riggs in straight sets, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3.  A headline at the time read, "Women Ecstatic, Men Make Excuses."

Photo: AP via My Record-Journal

#New York #NYC #vintage New York #1940s #tennis #Sarah Palfrey #Bobby Riggs #Billie Jean King #Margaret Court #Battle of the Sexes #Queens NY #tennis championship #vintage tennis

[higherentity]

#billie jean king #tennis player #sporty girls #activist #gender equality activist #battle of the sexes #billie #70s #feminist

[mastercontrol123]

Happy 30th Birthday Lewis Pullman! ❤️

#happy birthday #lewis pullman #top gun maverick #robert bob floyd #outer range #rhett abbott #pressplay #catch 22 #major major #bad times at the el royale #miles miller #them that follow #bill pullman #salems lot #battle of the sexes #pink skies ahead

[glazedachu]

if i had a nickel for every time a queer sapphic love story set in a period piece about women in sports established the gay energy in the air with an extremely intimate hair cutting session i would have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it’s happened twice

#a league of their own #aloto #gretson #carson x greta #greta x carson #greta gill #carson shaw #battle of the sexes #tell my why i was holding my breath both times this happened #the TENSION #also funny story when my gf and i were still just friends she offered to cut my hair and bc i watched battle of the sexes i was SO NERVOUS #twas the gay panic #we ended up not cutting my hair at the sleepover but omg the butterflies i got from just thinking about it #anyways #if i had a nickel #wlw #lgbtq

[romance-fantesy]

Taser Lady

#taser #bare foot #feetcurves #feetpics #self defense #legs #foot #battle of the sexes #girl power #female dominance #rosary #beautiful #long hair #stunning #baddass #short skirt #digital drawing #digital art #artwork #martial arts #karate #self defence moves #electricity

[haggishlyhagging]

There is nothing very complicated about being political.

A political person is some individual, who has a particular set of beliefs, and who acts in accordance with these beliefs. What has made being a political woman so complicated, are the elaborate evasions of the second part of this definition. The part about acting in accordance with a given set of political beliefs.

Men have been telling women about the battle of the sexes since the beginning of time. Of course, from our point of view, it's been a massacre.

It's easier to understand what men are doing, that is, lying, than to understand what women are doing. Men screwed the Indians death, dumb, and blind. Then, white men portray the "conflict" as red hordes descending upon some God-fearing settlers—preferably, blond women and babies.

But the "pathology" of oppression, in this case, the male-female class division, exists in women denying what men themselves are spelling out.

The price of clinging to the enemy is your life.

To enter into a relationship with a man who has divested himself as completely and publicly from the male role as possible would still be a risk.

But to relate to a man who has done any less is suicide.

-Ti-Grace Atkinson, Amazon Odyssey

#ti-grace Atkinson #battle of the sexes #male behaviour #female psychology #women’s politics

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Sarah Silverman as Gladys Heldman, Billie Jean King's manager, and Natalie Morales as tennis champion Rosie Casals in Battle of the Sexes (2017).

Gladys created World Tennis Magazine and fought for women's rights in the tennis world. She is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Rosie made it to the US Open finals twice, but lost, once to Billie Jean.

#sarah silverman #natalie morales #battle of the sexes

[folklorelight]

the feminine urge to organise a movie night and watch films starring Emma Stone

#emma stone #la la land #the amazing spider man #cruella #easy a #the favourite #zombieland #crazy stupid love #battle of the sexes