Also.Also.Also: Dyke Ice Drama! Meet the Multiple Ex-Wives of the US and Canadian Olympic Hockey Teams

Feature photo by David E. Klutho/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images

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Carmen Phillips is Autostraddle's former editor in chief. She began at Autostraddle in 2017 as a freelance team writer and worked her way up through the company, eventually becoming the EIC from 2021-2024. A Black Puerto Rican feminist writer with a PhD in American Studies from New York University, Carmen specializes in writing about Blackness, race, queerness, politics, culture, and the many ways we find community and connection with each other.  During her time at Autostraddle, Carmen focused on pop culture, TV and film reviews, criticism, interviews, and news analysis. She claims many past homes, but left the largest parts of her heart in Detroit, Brooklyn, and Buffalo, NY. And there were several years in her early 20s when she earnestly slept with a copy of James Baldwin’s “Fire Next Time” under her pillow. To reach out, you can find Carmen on Twitter, Instagram, or her website.

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14 Comments

  1. OMG I read the headline as being about ex-wives, rather than ex-players, and I had a mini panic that Chu & Ouellette or Duggan & Apps had broken up and that love was a lie. Good news! It’s not. Everyone’s still together and I can sleep soundly

    • i misread it as each current team had three members whose ex-wives were playing against them and was very excited for that fan fiction of a game!

    • Is this a misread? It says “ex-wives.” Seems like the mistake is in the headline.

      That said, I was excited for the headline version– officially requesting journalism on exes competing against one another in women’s sports! So much drama, even more processing.

  2. I don’t give a merda if Spielberg gets best director but Ariana doesn’t get best supporting actress I’m gonna get all Bruxa on The academy’s ass

  3. losing my entire mind at the horny lion ad from build-a-bear. that made it through an entire marketing department!

    • OMG, the build a bear! I was actually kind of disappointed when I followed the link and saw how tame it actually was, LOL! Just a few stuffed animals for wine moms.

  7. I gasped seeing the title and also thought it was about three pairs of ex-wives (can you imagine the drama) but reading the article I find out they’re in love and have a bunch of kiddies. Amazing.

    Also, we need a Lesbian on the Supreme Court people!

    The platonic life partners story is crazy to me, I’m glad it’s working out for them but living in a studio with your girl and she has a dude over. aaaahhhh! I’m clearly too much of a neanderthal for any of that.

  8. Now I want the article about all of the hockey exes playing each other (or playing together) this winter. You know it’s happening.

    • Ha! Definitely happening. So many exes on every hockey team, speaking from experience. This is my favorite article. Personally, I could not imagine dating your biggest rival. How on earth!?

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