yesss! ancestor bell definitely addressed the gaps and went beyond! Teaching to Transgress is probably the bh book i revisited the most, so good! for those who haven't read bell hooks' Teaching Trilogy i'd highly recommend it! starting with Teaching to Transgress annas-archive.org/md5/466495af...

Emma really playing well. Biggest match for her since winning the US Open. Can she do it? Sabalenka has a lot to say about it.

davidlinebarger.com/2022/07/07/l... great pic of Paul, Fritz, and Opelka as juniors. All still in Wimbledon. Another 5 set win from Fritz today!! Pic from @zootennis.bsky.social

davidlinebarger.com/2023/06/01/t... Another grass title for Alcaraz. Clear Wimbledon favorite! #Alcaraz

Bublik in tears after winning title. Beautiful to see.

davidlinebarger.com/2024/01/25/d... Love this photograph of Medvedev’s backhand by Ray Giubilo. Barely hanging in there against Bublik today.

davidlinebarger.com/2022/10/06/t... Tatjana Maria on another grass court run. Love her game!

davidlinebarger.com/2025/06/10/h... Mystic, composer, theologian, physician, no one wrote music like Hildegard von Bingen.

davidlinebarger.com/2023/06/01/t... Should be fun today. No one more exciting to watch than Alcaraz!

Wow! Coco manifested this win

Women’s tennis is in such great hands with Coco Gauff! 🎾 #tennis #RolandGarros 🏆🏆

So happy for her! So well-deserved! Amazing court coverage! Never seen better in the woman’s game.

Coco!

What a first set! Great offense vs incredible defense.

davidlinebarger.com/2024/03/21/f... Coco coming back, flying all over the court!

Wow has this match changed! Musetti a little hurt, too. Hamstring hamstrung. Alcaraz looks to be in the final.

One of my faves.

Think she will win the Final tomorrow, but has to play well.

Musseti so solid. His game at the moment on clay is underestimated by many. Takes first set against Alcaraz.

Congrats to Bublik for his first run to the quarters in a major. Sinner, as almost always, way too much game.

Lois Boisson, you absolute beauty!!! Held her nerve, varied her shots, and rode the Chartrier wave. She was down an early break in each set and just got to work and dug in. Beautiful moment. Long live tennis! #RolandGarros

Boisson’s serve and inside-out and inside-in forehands so good. The crowd helped, too, in her huge upset of Andreeva. Shocker. Congrats! Coco next in the semis.

Boisson wins a dramatic first-set breaker against Andreeva. Huge forehand with more rpm than anyone else in the WTA. First tournament!

Finally sat down and watched the @servedpodcast.bsky.social Andy Roddick interview with Andre Agassi and it’s brilliant. So happy Agassi is back in the sport. Must watch 👇🏾 youtu.be/zogXUxUvR1s?...

Lois Boisson beats Pegula in high drama match before home fans. Fairy tale first wta tournament. Played like a veteran. Congrats!

June is when you shear your sheep. (Joachim von Sandrart, The Month of June, 1642, Oil on canvas, 149 x 123,5 cm, Staatsgalerie, Schleissheim)

Pegula takes first set in Pegula fashion. Solid and anti-spectacular. Can she win RG? Don’t think so. Got 5 others ahead of her.

Paolini takes first set over ES. Great tennis. Big forehands and great defence from both. JP has a little more variety of shot.

Solid play from TP to win first set. Maybe he’ll win in straights. That’s what his ab says.

Paolini off to a fast start against Elena. Is there anyone in the women’s game who is so comfortable moving and playing shots from everywhere? Great transition game! Great defense and variety.

Happy to announce that Tennis Players as Works of Art was just named one of 8 outstanding books of the year for the 29th annual Independent Publisher’s Book Awards. Book includes contributions from @barclaycard.bsky.social @racquettechie.bsky.social @chicanepictures.bsky.social @katiewall.net

Watching Tommy Paul play Khachanov. We’ll see how his ab holds up today. Rooting for him, though I like Khachanov as well.

Great win for Ben Shelton on the clay in Madrid. Looking good from the baseline off both wings. Just keeps improving!

Fish Market, 1627. Brilliant work by Jacob Cuyp, whose day is today. Fish seller & woman stare at each other. Maid in red stares at you. I wrote a whole book so I could discuss this painting!

Great run from Holger Rune to win in Barcelona. He can play with anyone when he plays well.

Good win for Korda over Arnaldi in 3. Working on the clay will improve his game.

The Trump administration confirmed to a federal judge Saturday that a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador. buff.ly/gnFJ84m

Draw back the tapestry and there's a young lady at the clavicord, in 1665. As painted by Gerrit Dou, fine painter of Leiden, whose birthday we are celebrating.

Great hug between Alcaraz and ADF at the end of a well-played match. Alcaraz now the points leader in the ATP race as he moves into the final.

Monet’s Stepdaughter Painted Breathtaking Impressionist Masterpieces. They’re Finally Getting the Attention They Deserve by Eli Wizevich for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...

Did not see Demon’s double bagel of Grigor. Anyone see it? What happened.

Good tennis between Fils and Alcaraz. Power, shotmaking, great movement. Hope for many more matches between them in the future.

This was Jack, a dear old friend who I met at Newk’s Tennis Legends Camp. I took this photo with Jack’s phone. A printed copy, along with a wonderful hand written letter, arrived to me in the mail ELEVEN years after he mailed it.🤔 Two years after he had passed away.😇 #HumansOfBluesky #eastcoastkin

BREAKING: The country of Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway… LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨

Georgia O'Keeffe : Pink Moon Over Water, 1924 Oil on canvas, 44 x 51 cm, 17 x 20 in Pink Moon Over Water is a rare Maine landscape in O’Keeffe’s work. Pink Moon was first shown under the title The Ocean and the Pink Moon in an exhibition at the Anderson Galleries, New York, in early 1924.

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Pears and oleander on a tazza, with jasmine, columbine and other flowers on a draped ledge, C17th, by #OrsolaMaddalenaCaccia (#TheodoraCaccia; Italian, c. 1596-c. 1676). To be auctioned Apr 29 by Dorotheum, www.dorotheum.com/en/l/9500885/ #nuntastic #womenartists #artherstory