GwenJen Speaks

Just into the Mondesi inbox...

Pittsburgh's favorite Penguin fan, GwenJen, takes me up on the offer to rebut to some of the harsh criticism received from readers. For those of you who are in the dark on this, I'd suggest reading this post before going any further.

So without futher delay, here are the words of GwenJen, totally unedited and uncensored:

"I have never turned down the opportunity to take the floor when given the chance.

I am not going to sit here and bash the folks that filled Mondesi's thread with harsh ridicule and criticism of my picture taken with Evgeni Malkin.

Instead I am going to take this opportunity to stick up for all female sports fans. Hockey, baseball, basketball, football whatever your poison, I personally find it very difficult in the twenty-first century to be a female sports fan. I know there are many of you out there who agree with me.

All it took was one blog and the thread that followed to open my eyes. To see what the general public had to say about an innocent picture of two attractive females with one of hockey's most talented up and coming stars. The comments that insured were a very harsh eye opener.

Now my question to the readers…If we were two “unattractive” females, or better yet males…would the picture have gotten the same amount of attention? Well, I can answer that myself.

No.

In today's society, many women who love sports, for the most part are considered groupies or whores. With the slang terms “puck bunny” and “bat whore” to name a few, women, like myself find it very hard to enjoy the same sports as men, simply because of gender and looks.

I could post link after link after link of websites with guys and “unattractive” females posing with the same athletes as myself. But would this be of any pleasure? I think not. Would that provide you with ammunition and entertainment? Not a chance.

So why is it that when a good-looking female does pose with professional athletes it sends people into an uproar? I know there are certain women who ruin it for the rest of us, but until a few days ago I did not think I was in that category. But apparently I am. Apparently posing with Malkin was such a big deal to some that they had to hit hard. Blow after blow…low blows about two girls who's only wrong doing was posing for a picture and posting it on the Internet.

So again, going to take this opportunity to stick up for women everywhere. It is okay to be a female fan. It is okay to go to games, meet the athletes, have your pictures taken. People see my pictures, they make assumptions, but they do not know my love for hockey, nor do they care. They do not know that I do not just follow the Penguins, as a matter of fact some of my favorite players in the NHL are not even on the team. As far as the Penguins I am not a fair weather fan, I do not “like” them just because they happen to be on fire right now.

Everything happens for a reason. I guess you could say this is my mission. To break the stereotype of the “puck bunny” to liberate attractive females from the stigmas unfairly attached. Isn't this just so pathetic? That in 2007 this has to be an issue. If I had cock and balls instead of boobs this would have never been an topic of conversation, yet alone an interesting one. That's all. For now......

Ohh wait...One more thing. In Raul's "The legend of GwenJen" he made reference to Jen Sterger who ended up posing for Maxim and Playboy. Well Ironically I received a phone call today from Maxim saying I was selected for the first round of Hometown Hotties 2007. Before all of this came about……..Not so "busted" now, am I?

Can't wait to see what all my “fans” have to say about me now………"

Xoxoxo

~~GwenJen

The Legend of Gwenjen

As many of you know, I have a standing offer to readers to send in their most interesting findings from around the net. It's become a nice little segment that people really enjoy...especially those looking for some good ways to kill time while at work. Plus, it saves me some time, gives me content I never would have found on my own, and gives one lucky person each week a nice prize. I would think of it as a win-win situation.

So a few months ago, a reader sends me a link to a site called Photobucket, where people can load on their own photo galleries. Don't ask me how, but our reader had found a particular personal gallery chock full of your favorite Pittsburgh Penguins...off the ice. There were a few PG-13 shots, but for the most part, they were pretty clean, just people partying.

On Thursday, I was again informed of another photo in the gallery, this one featuring Evgeni Malkin innocently posing with a few female fans. So up it went, I threw a borderline-witty comment, and I brainstorm as to what to post about next...or so I thought.

As I was surprised to see, the girl on the left, "GwenJen", showed up in the rapidly-expanding comments section of the Malkin photo post. After her intial comments, in which she covered a variety of topics and settled a few bets, Gwenjen got into some serious verbal jousting with some of the regulars and a handful of the thousands of visitors courtesy of Deadspin.com picking up on this.

At the very least, I can say two things about GwenJen, based on her comments:

1. She is a very devoted Penguin fan.

2. She seems to be a very good sport about the whole thing.

My thoughts? Not that they matter much, but since a few readers were speculating, here they are...

-I'd say whatever the Penguins are doing or whoever they're hanging out with, keep it up. It's obviously working. In fact, I'd suggest to try it with the Pirates.

-Do I mind debate in the comments section? Quite the contrary. In fact, I prefer it. It's an open forum, my friends. All you have to do is register.

-I read someone in the comments suggesting GwenJen is now a celebrity. In a world where Jenn Sterger parlayed an on-air shot during a Florida State game into a column for SI.com, I'd say anything is possible.

-If GwenJen cares to personally address or rebut any comments in a post rather than comments, the floor would be hers. All it takes is an email. I did it for that Hines Ward rep and all he did was bash me, but hey, it makes for good reading. And that's the name of the game.

-Finally, for any readers mad that we're discussing things like this and not actual sports, hang in there. I have plenty of goodies lined up for today. But hits don't lie, and the Malkin piece is getting them by the boatload.

Evgeni Likey

Looks like Mr. Malkin is adjusting to the American lifestyle just fine.

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