ON HEELS
IT’S GOING TO be a battle royal,” a well-meaning, self-professed legend “mansplained” before a recent, high-profile event. “That’s when wrestlers throw each other over the top rope to win.”
Sitting doe-eyed backstage, I feigned interest. As he rattled off dumbed-down descriptions of competitors I’d worked with before, many whom I consider friends, I politely continued the facade. Inside, my blood boiled; a darling of the IWC sat quietly nearby, aghast.
“Did that just happen?!” she asked when the man finally tired of his own voice and tottered out. Oh, sweetie, it
