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'I didn't feel like I could speak my mind': Seattle Times columnist quits after paper kills Sophie Cunningham story

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'I didn't feel like I could speak my mind': Seattle Times columnist quits after paper kills Sophie Cunningham story

Calkins said the spiked column was written from the perspective of a girl who attended a Seattle Storm game to support Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham's stance on keeping biological males out of women's sports, and Frances Stot, a student-athlete from Tumwater who refused to play a game against a biological male and was forced to share a locker room.

"To me, it was just clear from the start that they were never going to run it, and they just kind of came up with an excuse."

"They are OK with exploring where sports and politics mix as long as it's coming from a certain viewpoint"