Sports Illustrated had a special article about Women Tennis this week, and it surely was a good read: "Simonya Popova is hot. Smoking. . . . Strikingly attractive, her skin and hair colored by the sun. . . . Nearly 160 pounds of sinewy muscle. . . . Her midriff-baring outfits, so small they appear to come from Gap Kids, highlight her ample decolletage."
Pretty alluring -- and also a hoax, as readers learned in the final sentence of the 2,300-word piece: "If only she existed."
The Washington Post reports today the story (and doctored photo) is drawing a heavy volley of criticism from the Women's Tennis Association. They protest the heavy clichés. And I thought the main cliché to avoid is feminists don't have a sense of humour.