Haley and Hanna Cavinder are pushing back heavily on a recent feature done on them by Ethan Strauss and The Free Press.
In the article, published “The NCAA Has a ‘Hot Girl’ Problem,” Strauss uses the Cavinder twins as vehicles to delve into the phenomenon of the “best looking” female athletes gaining enormous amounts of NIL money even if their games don’t seem to match.
In a lengthy statement on the merits of the piece, Hanna Cavinder claimed that they were intentionally misled.
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— Hanna Cavinder (@CavinderHanna) June 13, 2023
The interview for this article was obtained by a false pretense that it would be written about life after NIL, why we didn’t take our fifth year, our passions, and business opportunities. … Haley and I welcomes this man into our home. … After the weekend we had a sit down interview in our kitchen for over an hour and was only asked one question about our “physical looks.”
The subsequent article not only demeaned our athletic achievements and business accomplishments it furthered the narrative that hard working, creative and driven women can only do well if they are deemed attractive. … We are both disappointed and disgusted by this journalism practice and blatant sexist trope. We only wish to inspire young [women] to chase their dreams, work hard, dream big. Now we must also defend them against men that wish to sum their potential to physical appearance.
Strauss has yet to comment on the twins’ rebuttal.