Of the millions of quotable lines from The Princess Bride, my family took Westley’s famous “life is pain” quote and modified it into a family motto of, “Nothing in life is fair.” That motto popped into mind while I read an op-ed by Rachel McKinnon about dominating women’s cycling competitions, breaking world records, and winning championships, all while being thrust into a larger spotlight due to the controversy surrounding a biological male competing against females.
You can’t help but be sympathetic to the situation McKinnon is in. She writes in the New York Times:
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