There were so many bad things. But worst of all is the commentators said the Storm players were not talking at all on the court. And that’s a massive red flag.
being an adult is just saying to yourself “this is the weekend i’ll clean my [x]” and then proceeding to not do that because it’s the weekend and you deserve to relax, goddamnit
why does this have 85K notes
because we reblogged it instead of cleaning our [x]
On the one hand I would prefer a functional government, but on the other, the sheer comedy and Schadenfreude of the House Republicans descending into petty, humiliating chaos while the Dem folks are showing up with literal popcorn and chanting for their own Speaker nominee like this is a high school sports game is filling me with manic glee.
I know that we aren’t big on Football on Tumblr, but please join me in praying for Damar Hamlin. Such a scary experience for everyone involved and I hope that he makes a full recovery from whatever happened.
world heritage post: avatar femslash fans on livejournal discussing the possibility of a lesbian or bi lead in the legend of korra in 2010, 2 years before the series first aired. four years later, korra and asami walked into the spirit world together holding hands.
happy korrasami day!
This is the diametric opposite of “we popping the biggest bottles when Makorra happens”
Anyway the Qatari government killed Grant Wahl, happy Friday
For those unaware, Grant Wahl is a legendary soccer reporter. He is known for covering women’s soccer when few journalists cared to. A few weeks ago he was kicked out of a world cup stadium in Qatar because he was wearing a rainbow shirt in support of his brother, who is gay. His brother says that he received death threats for this shirt. Grant also dared to expose the deaths of countless migrant workers in Qatar preceding the world cup, as well as the general ass-backwardness of the Qatari government. I refuse to believe that his death was an accident.
let me say something about grant and women’s sports that I don’t think many people know. he traveled to spain earlier this year to interview barca’s women’s team. he got long and very productive quotes from the team’s best players. he could’ve stopped there, he already had the story. but no, he stayed, he interviewed pretty much every single player there. and then he transcribed/asked the for translation of every single interview, even though he already knew he wasn’t gonna use some parts.
wanna know why? because he said they took the time to talk to him even if they didn’t have to, so the least he could do was to return the favor and go through every single thing they said. that’s respect. both to the women he interviewed and the profession.
in a world of glorified bloggers and people who rush to post breaking news on social media, he took the time to write actual stories with real sources. he took the time and actually invested in women’s football. he focused on everything and everyone, not just the stars. he treated everyone with the respect they so rightfully deserved.
today truly is a heartbreaking day
btw he could’ve traveled to qatar and post regular stuff like every other person is posting, things like “can’t believe I’m here covering a(nother) world cup, yay” but no, he willingly risked his life by wearing a rainbow shirt and by reporting all the human rights violations around the tournament, while being in qatar. he knew the risks, he thought it was more important to be true to himself and to his job. it takes some balls to do that.
