I really enjoy Seerat's writing, and I will convince you all to go read her by quoting the section she writes on our favorite odd ballplaying and streaming partnership, the Studbudz. (Her piece covers a LOT more than this, but this is gold.)

>**Buy: The Stud Budz**

>Courtney Williams wants a trad wife, and she’s only a little bit sorry for it. In all seriousness, the StudBudz—the livestream where Lynx guards Natisha Heideman and Williams shoot the shit—is a problematic delight. 

>They are perfect foils: Heideman, the soft masc with the healing heart, side-eyes Williams in disbelief that none of her teammates wouldn’t let their daughter date her. Williams calls Heideman out when she says she’d rather commit to having a child than getting married.

>You have to appreciate the authenticity, especially since the intersection of queerness and sports often feels so staid. 

>They are a delight, I’d argue, because they’re a touch problematic. You can tell they’re carrying their pasts, their traumas, their humanity, with them into their conversations about dating, life, and basketball. (Hell, maybe Spotify should throw them an offer.)

>In one recent [stream](https://www.tiktok.com/@a1ballin/video/7515230705081683218), they offered a window into the nonexistent line between trash talk and flirting: As Heideman recounts, when she and (Storm guard Skylar) Diggins got into a dust-up a few weeks ago, she told Diggins she no longer had a crush on her. Diggins immediately called her bluff: “Shut up,” Heideman recounted her saying. “You still like me.”

>I don’t need Williams and T-Spoon to be role models, but I’m excited to find out how they continue to reveal themselves.



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