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To the People Coming at Katie Lou Samuelson

Keep doing you girl!

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To the People Coming at Katie Lou Samuelson
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I've never really considered myself a feminist or anything like that, but I definitely do believe in women having the same rights as men. More importantly, when a woman is successful I don't think her success should be taken away by comparing her to a man.

I'm sure we're all familiar with UCONN's women basketball program by now after having a 107 game winning streak. As of March 5th, it's been 841 days since they've lost a game and they've had 104 double-digit wins during that streak. INSANE! A major contributer to that success is known by the name Katie Lou Samuelson. In their 107th win against South Florida for the AAC crown, she went off for an astounding 40 points and went 10 for 10 from the 3-point line. In an NCAA article, they state that only 1 Div. I men's player has done that, and NO NBA player has ever achieved this feat. Not comparing the different players, just stating what an accomplishment it is for her and how hard it is to achieve.

Well it didn't take long for Twitter haters to start bashing her and women's basketball with some crude comments sexualizing her and taking away her accomplishments by saying the only reason she could do it is because women's basketball is so much easier than men's. "In no way or chance could she have done this on her own because she doesn't have skills." *said in a sarcastic voice*


It literally blows my mind that people have the audacity to say some of the things they do. In celebration of International Women's Day (a couple days late), I'd like to congratulate you Katie Lou on quite an accomplishment. Girls, never let boys take away what you've done because they're immature, keep doing you!

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