{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Messy Liberation: Feminist Conversations about Politics and Pop Culture","title":"Why \"Protect Women's Sports\" Is a Lie","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/344368f5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2708,"description":"Becky and Taina break down two former NBA players (Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White) declaring themselves eligible for the 2027 WNBA draft as a bad-faith stunt riding the wave of anti-trans hysteria in women's sports.\nThey trace the manufactured controversy back to comments from Sophie Cunningham and Riley Gaines, unpack the real legislative threat (the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act), and connect the dots between \"protecting girls,\" Title IX defunding, eugenics, and control of women's bodies.\nTimestamps:\n00:06 – Cold open / catching up\n00:36 – Setting up today's topic: two ex-NBA men declaring WNBA draft eligibility\n01:14 – Background: Sophie Cunningham's \"protect biological women\" comments, Riley Gaines, XXXY Apparel\n03:05 – Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve's \"protect trans children\" shirt; Gabby Williams pushes back\n04:45 – Race dynamics around Caitlin Clark vs. Black WNBA players\n04:59 – Enes Kanter Freedom formally declares for the WNBA draft\n06:49 – Royce White follows suit; his failed Senate runs and political motives\n07:48 – Royce White's \"in touch with his feminine energy\" routine\n09:45 – The real legislative threat: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (H.R. 28 / Senate Bill 9) and Title IX\n11:46 – \"They're just dumb\": basic biology, every fetus starts genetically female\n13:35 – The real agenda: control, not trans people — \"heterosexual family values\"\n17:10 – Sex is a spectrum: intersex variation explained\n19:15 – The slippery slope from body-as-utility thinking to eugenics\n21:37 – Bathroom policing, dehumanization, and the Gaza parallel\n22:47 – \"Protecting girls\" via pelvic exams — the Larry Nassar comparison\n24:23 – Shoutout to Megan Rapinoe; Title IX funding, Heritage Foundation, Project 2025\n33:00 – Sitting with your own fear/bias instead of outsourcing the work to trans people\n36:39 – Real harm comes from inside the home, not from trans strangers\n39:04 – Race and the policing of femininity — why this falls hardest on Black women\n42:12...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/aNtkeONUK2JFF10pE30y12Nynv6W5wgwicUSi78cNts/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMmU0/NjgyMWQ2YWYxMDE4/MTE0ZGIzY2I3MDEx/MTlhYS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}