#MagSwag My WCW (and every other day) Serena Williams on the cover of New York magazine

I really don't need a reason to gush over my woman crush, Serena Williams, but this split pose she's doing on uneven bars for the photo shoot for the cover of New York magazine, just makes me stare in amazement. I can't do splits on the floor, let alone on uneven bars. I'm a straight woman...I'm not down with kissing girls, and all that; but, if I were going to swing over to the other side, Serena would be my ideal woman. Not only does she have abs for days, some women are literally dying after spending thousands of dollars on illegal butt injections, trying to get a booty like hers. And it's not just her physical appearance that has most of the world mesmerized. In case you've been living under a rock for the last decade or so, 'Serena Williams is the best women’s tennis player in the world, breezing through one of the best seasons of her life. Should she win the U.S. Open next month, she will have swept all four grand slams in a calendar year.' *  

(*This article appears in the August 10, 2015 issue of New York Magazine.)

The haters- i.e. conservative white folks and opponents who can't beat her- love to rag on her for looking like and being built like a man. Funny, because many men these days are breaking their piggy banks, trying to look like Serena. Ironically, in 2012, Danish tennis player, Caroline Wozniacki  appeared on court during a match, doing an impersonation of Williams, by padding her skirt and shirt, trying to imitate Serena. If she's supposed to be so manly, then what was the point in this racist so-called joke, which many people felt was in poor taste. Serena did as black folks are always expected to do when we're mocked, called racist names, and treated in a disrespectful manner- she laughed it off, made her own jokes about the issue, then let it go. Which clearly goes to show she has more class in her pinky finger, than Wozniacki and all the others who thought it was so hilarious, have in their entire bodies. 

Serena seems to be taking the high road to all the criticism she gets in regards to her curvaceous body, by beating the brakes off her opponents on the tennis court. People fear what they can't understand and when they can't beat you, they find another way to try to tear you down. But my girl, Serena, has no worries. Eat your heart out, haters. 

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