The Economic Exploitation of WNBA Players & Wage Earners by the Ultra-Wealthy

Written by Alberta Parish 

Today, I took the liberty of purchasing a "Pay Us What You Owe Us" T-shirt in support of myself and my colleagues whom the billionaire tycoons have grossly underpaid. Pay WNBA players what you owe them, and meanwhile, these billionaires need to also pay the rest of America what they owe us.

If these women had to work a regular job like myself and my colleagues, I don't think they'd be able to make it. This generation is a lot different from my generation. A young lady who was hired less than a month ago quit on Monday after being told she wasn't doing her job, and they were watching her on camera not doing her job. Although it was true, she quit! 

Unfortunately, wealthy corporations and their rich shareholders have used and exploited much of my generation. WNBA players don't want to be used and exploited for profit just like I don't. The only reason for corporations and individuals having accumulated billions of dollars has less to do with hard work, and more to do with exploitation and greed. 

Now, that my entire generation has been economically exploited, and are now at the age where they can't work excessive hours on the job due to battling sickness and other illnesses, another billionaire cutthroat inside the Oval Office have made their lives much more difficult by the signing of the Big "UGLY" Bill.

A lot of people are going to Hell if there is a just and righteous God, which I believe there is. 

I purchased the "Pay Us What You Owe Us" T-shirt from Amazon for $15.24, and plan on wearing it at work. I want a member of management to say something to me about my shirt. It'll be the perfect time.

Although many older people are still in the workforce, people in their 50s and 60s shouldn't have to work on anybody's job just to survive unless they absolutely want to do that. People in my age group shouldn't have to be forced to come out of retirement just to survive. This is the sign of a bad economy, and also a sign that these billionaires are not only exploiting the population but are making everything so expensive until people have no choice but to work like slaves until they are literally dead. 

My generation was greatly exploited by the ultra-wealthy sociopaths that currently run our government and society. Right now, Generation Z are looking around at this system, and many of them have had it with this bullshit. Many of them had to raise themselves because their Gen X and Y parents were always at work! Many Gen Z are looking at other alternatives to make money. Many of them are opting out of a regular 9 to 5, especially if they have talent. 

Generation Y and Z are built different than my generation. Gen X went to work, and were treated like absolute pure trash only earning $5.25 in minimum wages in the early 1990s! They worked the literal shit out of Generation X. I really do believe that some of these people would die before they allow this government to put us back in slavery. 

Today, Gen Y and Z are killing people in record numbers, and they don't care about your life if you are trying to harm them in any way. 

People in government really need to reevaluate themselves, and reevaluate what it means to truly represent the best interest of their constituents whom they have abandoned during this Trump administration. And believe when I say, there will come a price for the abandonment of the working class citizens. 

In addition, unless they're planning on locking up and deporting every single black and brown person in America, that might be the only way they can impose slavery again. Chattel slavery, that is. We are economic slaves, and the price of doing business is not feasible for the working class.

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Cloutchasing Caitlin Clark by the New Media

Written by Alberta Parish 

Angel Reese giving
Caitlin Clark the ring finger 

The first tell-tale sign, blatantly obvious sign that I did not show up to Iowa City on February 15, 2024 to see Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes solely as a member of the press or a journalist was that I never sought press credentials at any given time for that event although a fan later suggested that next time I should apply for press credentials. She believed that I was a journalist in Iowa City on February 15, 2024 to cover Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes, and the city. I did write an article on my trip to Iowa City but not as a journalist. Prior to that, people knew of my body of work regarding articles and reviews I'd written about Caitlin Clark and Iowa Hawkeye games. So naturally, they'd assume that I was a member of the press or a journalist. Maybe, that was the reason Caitlin's brother Colin came running up the stairs after the Michigan vs. Iowa game to meet me. It also happened to be the same day Caitlin became the new NCAA all-time leading scorer. But unbeknownst to me around that same time is that many content creators were actually getting huge pay days cloutchasing and grifting off Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes. Many content creators on X, YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, etc. made their living cloutchasing the growing popularity and game of Caitlin Clark around the same time that I began following Clark's career at Iowa. My intentions were simple: learn what I can about the game and the players. So, I started watching NCAA women's hoops because of Caitlin Clark. The grifters and sycophants who had been following the Iowa Hawkeyes had become a staple of Carver-Hawkeye Arena long before my arrival on the 15th of February 2024. I entered the world of women's basketball not really knowing the cloutchasing business, and make no mistake, it is a business. This is how brand new I was to NCAA women's basketball, and the "new media" cloutchasing business surrounding Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, the NCAAW, and women's sports.  

As a former true fan of Caitlin Clark, I never sold my soul to cloutchase Caitlin, nor the NCAA, nor the WNBA. Every post and article written about Clark and the Hawkeyes was genuine to the best of my knowledge at that time.

The cloutchasing business is brutal, and I never started watching women's basketball to cloutchase any one of these players. Her fans truly assumed that I was a journalist in Iowa City to write a story on Caitlin Clark. I did write an article when she became the new NCAA all-leading scorer on the 15th of February 2024 but not to cloutchase, as I've never made a single dime, nickel or penny from cloutchasing Caitlin Clark or the W. I have it on good authority that fans including Caitlin Clark and her team never truly believed that I was a true fan. I think her fans' perceived opinions about me dominated what they truly felt about me in the end. The cloutchasing grifters are always going to tell you everything you want to hear, and stroke your ego. They're going to compromise their principles for the next great hit for social media clout. Even if you thought I was cloutchasing, or in it for a quick money grab since you know I'm a writer, the quickest thing would be is to do a simple background check. If you had done your due diligence, then you would've quickly concluded that I'm not a member of any press or media group. But I am an author, a blogger, and have written several books. Everything from the way that I was treated by the online WBB community (from the cloutchasing grifters to the die-hard fans) explains why so many of you went out of your way to ostracize me, and try and destroy my reputation in that space. I did not enter the WBB space for the sole purpose to cloutchase and grift. But many did enter this space for nefarious reasons, which have nothing to do with being true fans of women's basketball.

Multiple well-known content creators in the women's basketball online community made deals to produce fake and biased narratives surrounding WNBA players as well as the fake Caitlin--Angel beef, which has gotten old as Caitlin's shooting percentages are in a downward spiral, and Angel Reese's game has elevated. Reese seems to be more at the top of her game this season while your favorite superhero Caitlin Clark continues to battle injury after injury, which are questionable.

If you want to accuse me of cloutchasing Caitlin Clark, do your research and report on the facts. Too many of you are so used to producing fake narratives about these players to make a few dollars until you believe everyone's doing the same things you're doing for a pay check. But not everyone has sold their soul to media networks to produce biased and fake content for clickbait, likes, views, and ratings.

I still can start producing biased and false narratives about the W and its players. I'm not above reproach. If I did, it would be a quick money grab like a book on Caitlin Clark's rise to superstardom, or something like that. But stay tuned. You never know what I will do.

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The Only Reason Caitlin Clark's Popular Is Because She's White

Written by Alberta Parish 

Perhaps, it's time to say the quiet part out loud. Caitlin Clark is not a generational talent. Perhaps, her whiteness isn't enough to make her a generational talent. 

Her shooting percentages have been abysmal from the field and three-point range. Her offense is limited, and she is a defensive liability. On top of the alleged injuries, some of her superpowers have seemed to wane. In college, she looked very good against lesser talent. In the WNBA, the Iowa superstar has struggled to meet expectations while Angel Reese has elevated her game and status.

The online abuse and mistreatment suffered by Angel Reese has made her mentally stronger. In the face of consistent online criticism, she has accelerated in her craft, and has gone above expectations. No amount of complaining about the referees Caitlin or her brother Colin Clark has done explains away her atrocious shooting percentages from the field and 3-point range this season. She should feel embarrassed because her game is pure trash, and she can't really deal with the physicality of the league. 

All of Caitlin's antics, and all of her fans' antics have caught up with her. Ostracizing me and other people in the online WBB space who don't worship Caitlin Clark has also had a negative impact on her season. The Fever is not going to win a championship with her. I doubt if the Fever ever will. This is not a championship roster, and DeWanna Bonner knew it from the start of the season. Caitlin should not have had DB benched. That was trifling, and it was weak. Caitlin should have added arsenals to her game during the offseason. She's limited in offense, and she is trash on defense. 

Caitlin's problem is a spiritual problem, which has bled over into her season with her low shooting percentages, and all of her alleged injuries. For two years, her fans have essentially tormented Angel Reese. Clarkies trashed Angel's game, and her appearance for two straight years. Everything Caitlin's fans have done to hurt Angel, you can see it reflected in what's happening to Caitlin Clark. Clarkies tried to ensure Angel wouldn't be a part of this year's All-Star game, but y'all superhero Caitlin is now coaching the All-Star game from the sidelines. She also didn't want to be further embarrassed in the 3 PT contest. Yet, y'all see her at the All-Star game as a coach. I don't think she really wanted to play in the All-Star game because she's hiding. Her mental health is taking a beating due to her poor performance from 3-point range, and from the field.

The Fever should not allow Caitlin Clark to return to the starting lineup this year. She is not ready for the WNBA. 

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Caitlin Clark Caught Partying with Her Brother & Boyfriend After Feigning Another Injury to Avoid Competition All-Star Weekend?

Written by Alberta Parish 

Aliyah Boston taking the beer
out of Caitlin Clark's hand

I watched the Twitch WNBA All-Star party where Aliyah Boston tried to take the beer out of Caitlin's hand. There are a great deal of things about Caitlin that the public is unaware of, as she is surrounded by enablers, which includes those in her inner circle who obviously protects her and her public image. 

On Thursday, Clark wrote a lengthy letter expressing her disappointment in not being able to play in the All-Star game, and take part in the 3-point contest. I'm not surprised that Caitlin's faked another injury to get out of playing in the All-Star game, and avoid the 3-point contest. She's embarrassed. Her shooting percentages have dropped. She has been a turnover machine. She obviously is struggling mentally to cope with a failed season, as it appears the Indiana Fever is a long way from winning a championship. She watches social media, and is self-conscious of her image. In fact, she's overly concerned about her public image. She doesn't want to lose the fans' support. She pretty much lives to receive the support of her fans, and the worship she receives from them is like a drug, which she has come to rely upon. More than anything, her problem this year has been a spiritual problem, which has bled over into her game. 

Hopefully, Caitlin Clark can find some help to cope with her emotional problems. All the enablers around her including her boyfriend aren't doing her any favors. Her sycophant and narcissistic fans are also part of the problem, as they have not held Caitlin accountable for anything. 

If Caitlin does not play another game this season, I will not feel bad for her because she should have done the work in the offseason to make sure her body was WNBA-ready. 

On Thursday, CBA negotiations between the WNBPA and the WNBA failed to reach resolutions and, therefore, players could be facing a lockout by owners in 2026. The WNBA is not guaranteed to survive another year. Hopefully, the season resumes without a hiccup. But if it doesn't, I will still be around. I guess. 

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The Impact of White Privilege on the Popularity of Caitlin Clark

Written by Alberta Parish 

Angel Reese & Caitlin Clark 

As an athlete who has benefitted from white privilege, Caitlin Clark currently sits at the top of the pyramid in the world of the WNBA, as she struggles against the physicality of a league dominated by African American women. This season, Caitlin Clark's shooting percentages have been atrocious even as she has recently received an ESPY WNBA Player of the Year award while missing half her games due to injuries. She has failed to live up to her superstar status while another superstar Angel Reese has elevated her status. How I came to know of these two superstars was really a fluke. ESPN featuring highlights of the Iowa vs. LSU game, and White America in conjunction with social media descended upon Angel Reese for giving a white woman the ring finger. 

The first tell-tale sign, blatantly obvious sign that I did not show up to Iowa City on February 15, 2024 to see Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes solely as a member of the press or a journalist was that I never sought press credentials at any given time for that event although a fan later suggested that next time I should apply for press credentials. She believed that I was a journalist in Iowa City on February 15, 2024 to cover Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes, and the city. I did write an article on my trip to Iowa City but not as a journalist. Prior to that, people knew of my body of work regarding articles and reviews I'd written about Caitlin Clark and Iowa Hawkeye games. So naturally, they'd assume that I was a member of the press or a journalist. Maybe, that was the reason Caitlin's brother Colin came running up the stairs after the Michigan vs. Iowa game to meet me. It also happened to be the same day Caitlin became the new NCAA all-time leading scorer. But unbeknownst to me around that same time is that many content creators were actually getting huge pay days cloutchasing and grifting off Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes. Many content creators on X, YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, etc. made their living cloutchasing the growing popularity and game of Caitlin Clark around the same time that I began following Clark's career at Iowa. My intentions were simple: learn what I can about the game and the players. So, I started watching NCAA women's hoops because of Caitlin Clark. The grifters and sycophants who had been following the Iowa Hawkeyes had become a staple of Carver-Hawkeye Arena long before my arrival on the 15th of February 2024. I entered the world of women's basketball not really knowing the cloutchasing business, and make no mistake, it is a business. This is how brand new I was to NCAA women's basketball, and the "new media" cloutchasing business surrounding Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, the NCAAW, and women's sports.  

As a former true fan of Caitlin Clark, I never sold my soul to cloutchase Caitlin, nor the NCAA, nor the WNBA. Every post and article written about Clark and the Hawkeyes was genuine to the best of my knowledge at that time.

The cloutchasing business is brutal, and I never started watching women's basketball to cloutchase any one of these players. Her fans truly assumed that I was a journalist in Iowa City to write a story on Caitlin Clark. I did write an article when she became the new NCAA all-leading scorer on the 15th of February 2024 but not to cloutchase, as I've never made a single dime, nickel or penny from cloutchasing Caitlin Clark or the W. I have it on good authority that fans including Caitlin Clark and her team never truly believed that I was a true fan. I think her fans' perceived opinions about me dominated what they truly felt about me in the end. The cloutchasing grifters are always going to tell you everything you want to hear, and stroke your ego. They're going to compromise their principles for the next great hit for social media clout. Even if you thought I was cloutchasing, or in it for a quick money grab since you know I'm a writer, the quickest thing would be is to do a simple background check. If you had done your due diligence, then you would've quickly concluded that I'm not a member of any press or media group. But I am an author, a blogger, and have written several books. Everything from the way that I was treated by the online WBB community (from the cloutchasing grifters to the die-hard fans) explains why so many of you went out of your way to ostracize me, and try and destroy my reputation in that space. I did not enter the WBB space for the sole purpose to cloutchase and grift. But many did enter this space for nefarious reasons, which have nothing to do with being true fans of women's basketball.

Multiple well-known content creators in the women's basketball online community made deals to produce fake and biased narratives surrounding WNBA players as well as the fake Caitlin--Angel beef, which has gotten old as Caitlin's shooting percentages are in a downward spiral, and Angel Reese's game has elevated. Reese seems to be more at the top of her game this season while your favorite superhero Caitlin Clark continues to battle injury after injury, which are questionable.

If you want to accuse me of cloutchasing Caitlin Clark, do your research and report on the facts. Too many of you are so used to producing fake narratives about these players to make a few dollars until you believe everyone's doing the same things you're doing for a pay check. But not everyone has sold their soul to media networks to produce biased and fake content for clickbait, likes, views, and ratings.

I still can start producing biased and false narratives about the W and its players. I'm not above reproach. If I did, it would be a quick money grab like a book on Caitlin Clark's rise to superstardom, or something like that. But stay tuned. You never know what I will do.

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