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coochiequeens · 1 year

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An update to an older story that’s goods news!

When Jenny Nguyen signed the lease to create her dream bar, she wasn’t sure it would stay open for more than a few months.

But earlier this month, 43-year-old Nguyen’s first-of-its-kind establishment in Portland, Oregon, celebrated its one-year anniversary. Aptly named The Sports Bra, it’s a sports bar where only women athletes appear on the TVs.

Business has been good, despite the niche business model and record inflation sending food and beverage prices soaring. The Sports Bra brought in $944,000 in revenue in the eight months it was open in 2022, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It.

It was profitable in that first year of business, Nguyen adds.

“It turns out, it’s pretty universal — that feeling of being a women’s sports fan and going into a public place, like a sports bar, and having a difficult time finding a place to show a [women’s] game, especially when there are other men’s sports playing,” Nguyen says.

Initially, she wasn’t sure the idea would work at all. The vast majority of money and attention historically goes to men’s sports only — a big reason why The Sports Bra was reportedly the country’s first bar to only play women’s sports on TV.

It’s also not the kind of thing Nguyen would ordinarily do: She describes herself as “very cautious, risk averse.” But her obsession with women’s sports and frustration with its lack of representation on television screens drove her to empty her life savings — about $27,000 — and give it a try.

“Me, personally, I thought the idea was brilliant and that [it was] what the world needs,” Nguyen says. “But I had no idea that the world would want it. I just wanted to give it a shot.”

How The Sports Bra went from running joke to reality

Nguyen is a lifelong basketball fan who played the sport at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, before tearing her ACL. She’s also a longtime restaurant worker who spent three years as Reed College’s executive chef.

In 2018, Nguyen and a group of friends wanted to watch the NCAA women’s basketball championship game. They went to a mostly empty sports bar and still had to plead with a bartender to switch one of the smallest TVs — which played without sound — from a men’s sport to the women’s championship game, she recalls.

Together, they jumped up and down celebrating “one of the best games I’ve ever seen,” Nguyen says, as a buzzer-beating three-point shot sealed the championship title for Notre Dame. Afterward, she was struck by the normalcy of her situation.

″[We’d] gotten so used to watching a game like that in the way that we did,” she says, adding that they’d only find better viewing conditions “if we had our own place.”

Days later, she channeled her disappointment into a hypothetical: What would she name her bar? “The very first thing that came into my mind was The Sports Bra,” Nguyen says. “And once I thought it, I couldn’t un-think it, you know? It was catchy. I thought it was hilarious.”

For years, she joked about it. Then, the fallout from social justice movements like #MeToo and the country’s racial reckoning after George Floyd’s murder left her wanting to make a meaningful impact on the world and her community.

Nguyen, who came out as a lesbian at age 17, says she doesn’t always feel welcome at most traditional sports bars. The Sports Bra could help her, and anyone else who’d rarely felt accepted in other sports establishments, feel like she belonged.

“I thought about, if we can even get one kid in here and have them feel like they belong in sports, it’d be worth it,” she says.

Helping other women’s sports bars get started

At first, Nguyen had her savings, and $40,000 in loans cobbled together from friends and family. That would keep The Sports Bra afloat for three months, based on her cost estimates for labor, inventory and other overhead.

In February 2022, she launched a Kickstarter to raise $48,000 — enough money for an extra six-month financial cushion, to build up the sort of regular clientele any bar or restaurant needs to survive long-term.

To Nguyen’s surprise, the campaign raised more than $105,000 in just 30 days, thanks to a viral article in online food publication Eater. “At that moment, when I was looking at that Kickstarter graph, I thought to myself, ‘This might work,’” she says.

But the money, which came from around the country and world, was no guarantee of success. Actual people in Portland still needed to frequent the bar.

Today, there’s often a line out the door. Women’s basketball icons like Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi showed up, for an event sponsored by Buick, earlier this month. Ginny Gilder, co-owner of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, has even waited in line to watch her team play on The Sports Bra’s TVs, Nguyen says.

That’s a far cry from the Kickstarter days, which Nguyen says only happened after she was denied business loans by multiple banks and small business associations. The denials commonly cited the high risk of a unique concept run by a first-time entrepreneur during a pandemic, she adds.

Even the bar’s core concept is a struggle: It’s hard to find enough women’s sporting events to fill up the televisions. Only about 5% of all TV sports coverage focuses on female athletes, according to a 2021 University of Southern California study.

Nguyen says she’s taken to reaching out directly to sports networks and streaming services, some of which have hooked her up with access to more women’s sports content. She also spends an inordinate amount of time “scouring” TV listings, a process she likens to “taking a machete and chopping through a jungle.”

But she’s no longer alone. Another bar specializing in women’s sports has opened in nearby Seattle, and Nguyen says she’s in touch with a handful of other prospective entrepreneurs asking her for advice on opening similar visions in other cities.

“I would love to have as many people experience the feeling people experience when they walk through these doors,” she says. “It feels very selfish to keep it to this one building that holds 40 people at a time.”

#USA #oregon #Portland #jenny nguyen #The Sports Bra #A sports bar for women and women’s sports #She was originally denied business loans

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ultrameganicolaokay · 2 months

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Something is Killing the Children #37 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera and Miquel Muerto. Cover by Dell’Edera. Variant covers by (2) Jenny Frison and (3) Dustin Nguyen. Out in May.

"Years before the foundational Archer's Peak Saga, this standalone story continues the formative look at Erica Slaughter's early days before she became the hunter she is now! When encountering a species of monster she's unfamiliar with killing, what lessons will this young hunter learn as she faces a foe that could finally outwit her?"

#something is killing the children #erica slaughter #boom studios #james tynion iv #werther dell'edera #miquel muerto #jenny frison #dustin nguyen #variant cover #horror #comics

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bagel-eatser · 9 months

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He keeps me up at night and drives me INSANE. I would love 2 draw him kissing a little guy that resembles my sona but GOD self ships make me shrivel up and weep from embarrassment the moment one of my friends sees it

Also, he probably loves Minecraft and terraria

#my friend told me he has the jenny mod installed.#i think he would actually...#overtime #josiah nguyen #overtime josiah #he looks so inconsistent.... trying to figure out how to draw his ass!#doodles

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speedforce-paradox · 1 month

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#lian harper #arthur curry jr #robert hinckley long #roy harper #red arrow #jade nguyen #cheshire #arthur curry #aquaman #mera #donna troy #wonder girl #terry long #jenny long #dc comics

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fashiontimeless · 1 year

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Nothing Gets More Mileage.... Irina Pantaeva, Jenny Shimizu, Navia Nguyen by Peter Lindbergh for Harper's Bazaar US, October 1994

#fashion #supermodel #1990s #1990s fashion #90s fashion #90s #vintage fashion #90s supermodel #1990s style #90s style #harper's bazaar us #harper's bazaar #irina pantaeva #navia Nguyen #jenny shimizu #fashion editorial #editorial

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towritecomicsonherarms · 1 year

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The Authority #26

#The Authority #jenny sparks #jack hawksmoor #swift #engineer #apollo #midnighter #comics #dustin nguyen #doctor #wildstorm #dc

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lyssq · 1 year

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Donna Troy really had two different boys leave her for a girl named Jade huh

#donna troy #roy harper #jade nguyen #kyle rayner #jennie lynn hayden #dc #dc comics #wonder girl #red arrow #green lantern #titans #teen titans

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realhousewives-fan · 1 year

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Is Bravo’s Attempt of Diversity a Failure?!

With the speculations of Garcelle Beauvais leaving RHOBH, I can’t help but ask:

Is Bravo’s attempt at bringing more diversity to their shows an epic failure?

I’m thinking about all the women who was brought on the shows with a dominating white cast and the disasters the interactions left the shows with.

Tiffany Moon joined RHOD and was an amazing addition who brought fresh energy to a struggling show.

But due to the racist feud with Kameron Westcott the show got cancelled.

And what about Eboni K. Williams? She joined RHONY and wanted to enlighten topics of race.

But it was a complete fiasco!

Ramona Singer was reported to the HR because of discriminating behaviour, and it resulted in the cancellation of the reunion and later the show.

Bravo later put Ramona on RHUGT to soften her image in the eyes of the fans, but it didn’t help.

While Bravo was protecting Ramona, the women on RHONY were icing Eboni out! Even Leah McSweeney, which was shocking to me!

And then there’s the mess and chaos in Salt Lake City.

Jennie Nguyen, who we learned had posted some awful things on social media about Black Lives Matters, harassed and threw a glass after Mary Cosby.

And no one was checking up on her!

But Jennie is also one of the worst casting decisions ever made by Bravo.

It was easy to find the racist posts and Bravo should’ve done a better background check.

And then there is Beverly Hills. And not just RHOBH.

The shocking confessionals of Faith Stowers from Vanderpump Rules forced Bravo to clean house.

Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute were fired because of this.

Crystal Kung Minkoff doesn’t exactly get along the best with most of the cast, where she and Kyle Richards specifically were butting heads at the reunion.

And we all know how Garcelle feels on RHOBH and Andy Cohen failed to acknowledge it at the reunion.

But if Garcelle leaves… then there’s just Crystal left!

All the other women have either left due to disturbing conflicts on the show or gotten fired. This is bad.

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stuff-diary · 4 months

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The Brothers Sun

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

The Brothers Sun (2024, USA)

Directors: Kevin Tancharoen & Viet Nguyen

Creators: Brad Falchuk & Byron Wu

Mini-review:

This was a very fun and entertaining binge-watch, although it's rather inconsistent in almost every way: the directing, the writing, the fight scenes and the acting of the supporting cast. All these elements have good and even brilliant moments, but they also have mediocre and downright bad moments. Luckily, the three leads always keep the ship afloat with their performances. It's great to see Michelle Yeoh getting the meaty roles she deserves, and both Justin Chien and Sam Song Li are two charismatic newcomers I'll pay attention to in the future. Anyway, despite its many flaws, I enjoyed The Brothers Sun and I ended up growing fond the characters. The ending was pretty satisfactory, but it's clear the writers left doors open for further seasons, and I wouldn't mind getting more.

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bluejaysandblackbats · 1 year

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LAST ONE FOR THIS WEEK I SWEAR

Ball Lightning: Jenni and Thad stay with Clark Kent while Jenni attempts to prove to the Legion Thad is redeemable

Oracle of Jersey: No capes podcaster!Barbara AU where she and her kids/apprentices end up tangled up in an open murder investigation

Bloody Valentines: 90s vampire slasher AU

Titans Academy: Roy Harper dorm father and adoptive father for Grant AU

Honor in Crisis: HiC no capes AU fix-it fic

The Brother Trap: Owen Mercer bonds with Meloni, Thad, and Bart in a no capes college AU

An Oyster's Pearl: Grant struggles with his sexuality

Stopwatch: Terry McGinnis is kidnapped and tortured by an old friend

Grass Jelly: Damian Wayne finds a surrogate grandma in a grumpy park-goer

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madeintrinafchelp · 10 months

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EAST ASIAN FEM … J

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❁ A-B | C-D | E-F-G | H-I | J | K | K-L | L

M-N | N-O-P | Q-R-S | T-U-V | W-X | Y | Z

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kyoukamybeloved · 4 months

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"Chuuya. This is my farewell to you, too. It’s such a shame that it came to this."

happy new year's! hope 2024 treats you well and thank you all so much for the supports on these its very appreciated :)

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andythelemon · 1 year

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✨ PRE-ORDERS NOW OPEN ✨

FIGHT LIKE A GIRL! A Girls & Swords Artbook

40pg | A5 | saddle stitch

An original collection of illustrations by 28 East Asian & SEA artists, featuring women & weapons.

Artists: Andy - Lisa Kogawa - Jade - Vi - Jacqueline Li - Tet - Karyn Lee - Bokchois - Jununy - Kristina Luu - Amy Matsushita-Beal - Dee Nguyen - Aster - Lessonata - Pemprika - Mlkinis - Michelle T. - Lauren - Ibon - R.Y.P. - Mai - Mon Nguyen-Vo - Tomoko Morohoshi - Vivian - Meruz - Ellen Mei - Ryn - Hana Chatani

Merch: Pearl Law - Maya - Jenny - Alice

Tier 1: Digital PDF Tier 2: Book only Tier 3: Book + 4 A6 postcards + 2 bookmarks + sticker set

Pre-orders close June 7th. Please contact the store if you have any questions not answered by the listings/FAQ. Thank you for the support! ⚔️

#anthology #zine #girls and swords #illustrators on tumblr

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honeyblockm · 5 months

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LONGING BECOMES ITS OWN OBJECT

A c!Karlnapity webweave in three parts

In the Mood for Love (2000) - Wong Kar-wai // Your Name Engraved Herein (2020) - Kuang-Hui Liu // The Death of Antinous - Mark Doty // Happy Together (1997) - Wong Kar-wai // A brief-but-seemingly-long-moment when we are on the phone. It is snowing outside. I am staring at the snow. Idk what you are looking at but we are running out of things to talk about. - Sean Cho A. // [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in)] - e.e. cummings // chasing ghosts - @routeriver // all i need - @violentcherries // Jenny Holzer // discord message

Ash Ode - Dean Young // A BAS BRUIT - Leo D’Oriano // SAND GLASS MIRROR SHARDS - @saintashes // In the Mood for Love (2000) - Wong Kar-wai // Jenny Holzer // Nguyen Linh // Luana Azevedo // Zoriana Stakhniv // Wolfgang Tillmans // After the Threesome, They Both Drive You Home - Sue Hyon Bae // Swan-like Embrace, Paris, 2001 - Nan Goldin // PRELUDE: ON CONTAINING MULTITUDES. - @saintashes // Medici Bustier Pearl - Mirror Palais

In all of my dreams, the words I love you - Hanif Abdurraqib // Seaside Death, 2021 - Al Mefer // Jenny Holzer // baroque pearls (1) // baroque pearls (2) // storm front - lorata // 7 Politically Correct Catcalls as Told by a Poet - Natalie Choi // Happy Together (1997) - Wong Kar-wai // SO LIGHT YOU WERE I WOULD HAVE CARRIED YOU - Deborah Digges // Hanif Abdurraqib, poet - Hanif Abdurraqib // SAND GLASS MIRROR SHARDS - @saintashes // @ousia-poetica

#this is simultaneously three webweaves and also one big one. chapters. if you will #and that's bc i kept having stuff left over that i rlly wanted to use #yens #web weaving #my art #i once again do not have a tag 4 webweaves. hm.#quackity #c!quackity #c!karlnapity #c!sapnap #c!karl #idk. man i havent maintagged properly in a while #i mean. this is. technically q centric but theres elements of everyone #and i couldnt squeeze in twin human highway flares. oh well. maybe for a honq one someday #wong kar wai has me in a fucking chokehold man

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cozyaliensuperstar7 · 2 months

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Justin Chien 👑🤗

To all the fans of The Brothers Sun, Thank you for riding with us on this labor of love. It will take some time to digest this news, but I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your love and support for the show. Thank you for every post, tweet, edit, interaction, etc. It fills me with so much joy knowing that the show resonated with so many people. Your love made all of our collective work, sacrifices, and heartache, worth it.

I’d like to thank Brad Falchuk, Byron Wu, Kevin Tancharoen, Jenny Jue, Viet Nguyen, Justin Yu, our incredible team of writers, the folks at Teleyvision, John Radulovic, our KICKASS crew, and our stunt team warriors for giving their blood, sweat, and tears to make the best show possible. Our show wouldn’t have been the same without their new grey hairs and sleepless nights.

Mama Sun, Sam, my fellow cast mates — TBS Family forever. 愛你們, thank you all. Thank you to Netflix for giving our story a platform and giving me the opportunity to play a dream role. Thank you Ted Sarandos, Bela Bajaria, Peter Friedlander, Cesar Rocha, Dena Qashqai, Laura Delahaye, Wendy Chuong, and Brooke Freundlich for all your labor behind the scenes and support throughout the process. Thank you all for your love. Without you, this wouldn’t mean nearly as much as it does. I gave everything I had to this show, and I can’t wait to do the same in the next project, whatever, whenever it may be — I promise I will give it my all. Love, Chairleg 椅劍敬上

No Season 2. Damn it Netflix!

#no season 2 #the brothers sun

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beatrice-otter · 1 year

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