Leave The WNBA Alone, Trolls!

Hey, I'm Kate Lindsey, and you're listening to ICYMI, or in case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.

And today on the show, I am joined by Angela Perry.

Welcome, Angela.

Hello.

It's so good to have you here.

Angela is a content creator who shares takes and commentary all about women's basketball, which is perfect for today's episode, not just because we are talking about the WNBA fandom, but also because if you are a listener like me, who is not super familiar with this scene.

Angela is a longtime expert, and she makes the story super accessible and also hilarious.

So like I've mentioned, I'm not a huge sports person, so when it comes to, like, men's sports, like the NBA, NFL, see, I can't even say them.

Basically, I know nothing about those things, but...

I have, you know, started to learn more about specifically women's basketball because I have a lot of New York Liberty fans in my life.

They go to the games.

I see their Instagram stories.

I love watching them from afar.

But the WNBA has blown up in recent years.

We will get to why that has happened.

But Angela, I know you have been watching and been a fan since long before this kind of huge come up that it's had.

What has it been like for you to see the public and the media fall? finally embrace this sport? It's been incredible.