Ok... Sara and Eric Adelson make some good points. What Stephenson said was definitely idiotic.

But she didn't exactly get off scott free. Everyone on tour disagreed strongly. Annika said it was "pathetic." Se Ri Pak said (I'm paraphrasing here) "why don't you come play with me sometime and see how intense I am?" Which was great, because everyone knows that Stephenson isn't even in Pak's league and would get her ass kicked.

What was weirder to me was that no one made any mention of her lesbian remarks. Stephenson said that Asians are bad for the tour, and that got press, and a lot of people reacted. Stephenson also said that lesbians are bad for the tour. I haven't seen anyone say anything about that at all.

Adelson's article doesn't even mention the gay remarks. Where's the outrage about that?

Anyway, the other thing about Stephenson is that she apparently did a lot for the tour back when she was in her prime. Sounds like she's pretty well liked on tour. That might explain why the reaction more subdued than Adelson would have liked.