The Battle of the Sexes
Billie Jean King Beats That Asshole Bobby Riggs
Fall, 1973
I had just started college and the women's movement was just becoming part of my focus. And that asshole Bobby Riggs helped to push this movement in to the forefront for so many of us. His comments, his taunting, his obnoxious behaviors united men and women alike to cheer against him.
I watched the game in the TV room of my college dorm. There was standing room only and we all cheered for her. And we celebrated all night as yet another ceiling was broken.
Billie Jean King Beats That Asshole Bobby Riggs
Fall, 1973
I had just started college and the women's movement was just becoming part of my focus. And that asshole Bobby Riggs helped to push this movement in to the forefront for so many of us. His comments, his taunting, his obnoxious behaviors united men and women alike to cheer against him.
I watched the game in the TV room of my college dorm. There was standing room only and we all cheered for her. And we celebrated all night as yet another ceiling was broken.
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