@womenwhoserve
Publisher of Women Who Serve, a blog that provides news and commentary on women's professional tennis. Primarily a poet, but also a writer of fiction and creative nonfiction. Senior Swiftie. Author blog is Diane Elayne Dees: Poet & Writer-at-Large.
Alex Eala defeats Coco Gauff 6-2, 2-0 when Gauff has to retire with an injured wrist. Eala, referencing #InternationalWomensDay, thanks--among others--her mom, and Gauff, for being a role model for her. #WTA #BNPParibasOpen
#vegan fajita
Farm Sanctuary marks 40 years of rescuing and advocating for farmed animals! 🙌💚
👉 Read the full article: https://veganfta.com/articles/2026/03/03/celebrating-40-years-of-compassion-a-tribute-to-farm-sanctuarys-legacy/
#animalsanctuary #farmsanctuary #sanctuary
Wk.9: "The Road to (Indian) Wells-ville"
...early-round derring-do in the desert
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It was a pleasure to read this poem today, and to hear so many great poems read, on Poetry Super Highway Live. You can watch the reading on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ju4... #poetry #DianeKeaton
morning visitor
Had a lot of fun turning back the pages of time, literally, to what women’s tennis wanted itself to look like in the 1980s.
We talk about the tennis calendar all the time; this time it’s different.
Free for all to read at Bounces, but please subscribe!
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Both Jack Draper and Mirra Andreeva are back to defend their BNP Paribas Open titles in Indian Wells, Calif. Each will play their opening matches in the ATP/WTA 1000 combined event on Saturday. Learn more, my @tennistourtalk.bsky.social story.🎾 #tennis
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Wk.8: "Rise of an Unassuming Spaniard"
...it's Bucsa. Cristina Bucsa.
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I'm always pleased to have a poem published in Snakeskin. I invite you to read "Diane Keaton Has Left Us" (mine is the first poem in the table of contents). snakeskinpoetry.co.uk #DianeKeaton
When my friends were over last night, we talked about it. I said that I guess that the main thing, at this point, is to learn to manage powerlessness.
Cristina Clinches It
Spain's got a brand new #1 on the women's side!
Cristina Bucsa prevents 2024 Guadalajara champ Magdalena Frech from scoring her 2nd title in Mexico, winning 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in the Merida final.
Bucsa will rocket 32 spots to a new career high of #31, becoming the new Spanish #1.
Epstein connected doctors with his powerful friends in business and politics and used them to manipulate young women from overseas who were having sex with him. He directed women to get pelvic exams, liposuction, mole removals & to use his "shrink."
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My friend gave me one medium size plate and 4 little ones that weren't a "match," but they definitely went together. It actually made me sad b/c I very rarely entertain now (and I didn't know what she was thinking 🤷♀️). But she was one of my guests last night, and I got to use one of them.
Taylor Made
Playing just her 2nd singles event of the year, Taylor Townsend reaches the first WTA final of her career in Austin.
The former world #1 in doubles gets past Ashlyn Krueger, 7-6⁶, 6-3, to re-enter the top 100 and face Peyton Stearns for the title tomorrow.
Ah, nice. I had a 5-hr. movie night at my house last night and am exhausted, but I finally got to use one of the fabulous plates I got for Christmas. 🙂 Weather here has now gotten worn, with an occasional, out-of-nowhere freeze. Normal for here.
World no. 11 Ekaterina Alexandrova has entered the 2026 Credit One Charleston Open. This will be the two-time (2022, 2025) semifinalist's sixth appearance on Daniel Island. Alexandrova is one of seven top 20 players in the main draw. The event takes place March 28-April 5. #WTA
Wearing this today in honor of @hillaryclinton.bsky.social
The % of top films told from a woman’s perspective fell from 42% in 2024 to 29% in 2025. The Running Man, The Working Man, Superman, Roofman, Dog Man & Wolf Man announced their male perspective, but films from a female point of view were harder to come by. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
At this slaughterhouse they kill 10,000 pigs a day (M-F) in a cruel manner in a gas chamber. It burns them alive from the inside out. Just like human children. www.wired.com/story/dex-pi...
Several stuffed animals in shades of blue, pink, and brown on a large blue cushion. A black and white cat is curled up among them with her paw over her face.
Kids are at home for the snow day after being home for school vacation week, cat is resorting to desperate camouflage measures
Epstein donated millions to men's research, hosted dinners & connected them to funders. But on women, an AI researcher wrote, "hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you.” Epstein: "no really smart women – none." 19thnews.org/2026/02/epst...
Lay Down
Melanie Safka & The Edwin Hawkins Singers
1970
youtu.be/IZ52lk9wjZI?... 🎧
Safka had to convince Hawkins that this (the Woodstock theme song) was indeed a spiritual piece of music. The result was electrifying—I still listen to it.
Something to consider. 💭
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Inspired by the.veganvibe (IG)
#speciesism #endspeciesism #veganshare #dogs #cats
Wk.7: "Working Hard, Not Hardly Working"
...in Dubai, Jess is best
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Could Amber's exhibition skate have been any more on the mark?! It made my day. #Olympics2026
