Vacation Vixen: The Stud Budz

The Stud Budz made it to Vogue. The Vogue. Also, they offered a mea culpa for that whole Dave Portnoy invite (in short, they called Angel Reese and then dumped the idea because fuck that guy). So, yeah, those Budz who are Studz are back to being golden in my book. Play on, players. Play on.

Gender Fuck Thursday: Stud Budz Edition

As you well know, I’m not much for the sportball. But I have been coming to the slow realization in recent years that it’s not sports I dislike watching, it’s men playing sports. Women playing sports, well, that’s something entirely different. So imagine my delight at the unabashed queer joy that was the Stud Budz 72-hour live stream during WBNA All-Star Weekend. For the uninitiated the Stud Budz are Minnesota Lynx ballers and besties Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman. I can’t get into all the shenanigans and couple confirmations but it was popular enough to get The New York Times to write a “Who are the Stud Buz” thinkpiece. Which in this political climate feels like a real, solid win. Two out queer Black women, two masc female athletes, two unabashed studs being celebrated for being joyous and authentic ambassadors for their league – which just happens to be filled with other queer and Black women who kick ass on the court. Yeah, I don’t hate sports. I love women’s sports.