The Smashing Herracket

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Hello and welcome to the waves for Thursday, September 13th,

The Smashing Her Racquet Edition.

I'm Christina Kauterucci, a staff writer at sleet, and joining me on today's episode is Anna Holmes,

the editorial director at topic.com.

Welcome back to the show, Anna.

Thanks for having me back.

Yeah, we're so happy to have you back.

And with Anna in Slate's New York studio is Slate Editorial Assistant Rachel Hampton.

Hey Rachel.

Hi.

So we have a lot of good stuff to talk about on this week's episode.

First, we're going to take a look at the case of Julius Salazar, a candidate for New York State Senate, who has been hounded by accusations that she falsified her background and misrepresented her political views.

Then we'll revisit the idea of Me Too. misrepresented her political views.

Then we'll revisit the idea of Me Too comebacks

from the perspective of the women whose careers

were stunted after they were allegedly harassed

by Harvey Weinstein and others.

And finally, we'll talk about the tennis match that's been dominating the news this week.

Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka, and the penalties heard around the world.

So we'll talk about whether or not those penalties that arguably

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