Jock Smut Intro for April 17, 2025 Dear Gossips, From the very beginning of her career, when she was just a teenager, Serena Williams has been underestimated, misunderstood, disrespected – by tennis insiders, tennis commentators, tennis players, tennis fans, the media. As an athlete, she’s a lot smarter and more strategic than they ever gave her credit By Lainey • Apr 17, 2025 09:35 am
Girly Throw Downs Stop, Maria I was so relieved last week when Maria Sharapova was knocked out of the US Open. It was legitimate anxiety every time she advanced. For me, and perhaps for many of you, it’s more than just sports stanning. Celebrity is more than just who’s f-cking who and who’ By Lainey • Sep 08, 2017 11:17 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, April 20, 2017 After Lainey wrote about Serena yesterday, I went to look at Maria Sharpova’s Instagram. It kind of looks like Ivanka Trump’s, minus the kids. My fave emoji 💁🏼 A post shared by Maria Sharapova (@mariasharapova) onApr 19, 2017 at 7:09pm PDT I have a couple of friends who By Maria • Apr 20, 2017 05:06 pm
Jock Smut The Greatest Of All Time is having a baby If you’ve been reading this site a while, you know how I feel about Serena Williams. Like when I found out that Serena and I have the same birthday (many years apart), I practically set myself on fire with excitement. It’s the closest I’ll ever get to By Lainey • Apr 19, 2017 05:00 pm
Jock Smut Intro for August 9, 2016 Dear Gossips, I posted on Friday that women are expected to be the superstars of these Games. And so far, the women have been glorious. In its debut at the Olympics, Women’s Rugby Sevens has become a marquee sport and I love what Canada’s team captain Jen Kish By Lainey • Aug 09, 2016 09:56 am
Blake Lively Intro for June 28, 2016 Dear Gossips, Blake Lively’s The Shallows performed well at the box office this weekend after the studio smartly moved it up as counterprogramming. Reviews of The Shallows were pretty solid too, as critics judged it by B movie standards, appreciating it for the camp and schlock and overlooking it By Lainey • Jun 28, 2016 10:07 am
Jock Smut Intro for June 9, 2016 Dear Gossips, When it was announced yesterday that Maria Sharapova had been banned from tennis for two years, Jacek texted me, optimistically, like, yes, they shut her down. Then I told him to go read her Facebook post. Because that is not the tone of someone who’s been shut By Lainey • Jun 09, 2016 09:08 am
Jock Smut Maria Sharapova: MET Worst Red What happens when you’re the highest paid female tennis player on the tour and you fail a drug test? Well, if you’re Maria Sharapova, people rush to give you the benefit of the doubt. And you get photographed frolicking on the sand just days later, like you have By Lainey • May 02, 2016 11:47 pm
Jock Smut Maria on the beach Whenever I write about Serena Williams, because I worship her, and because she is underappreciated and undervalued, by fans, by tennis commentators, by endorsers, I can always count on people emailing back about why Serena doesn’t deserve what she deserved, with a subtle suggestion that she’s not “natural” By Lainey • Mar 10, 2016 10:21 am
Girly Throw Downs Girl Sh-t at Wimbledon Wimbledon started today. On the women’s side, world #1 Serena Williams is heavily favoured, riding a 31 match win streak into the tournament. Serena was profiled recently in Rolling Stone – a controversial interview for several reasons, one of which we’ll get into later – and the writer argued that By Lainey • Jun 24, 2013 11:01 am
