Tag: olympics

rantspoliticsandshitposts:

The Winter Olympics. Or as I like to call them, the sliding games. Featuring:

-sliding on two sticks

-sliding on one stick

-sliding on blades

-sliding on blades but really fast

-sliding on blades but with a partner and fancy costumes

-sliding downhill

-sliding in a sled alone

-sliding in a sled with a buddy

-sliding face first in a sled

-sliding up ramps

-sliding as far as you can

-sliding with tricks

-sliding with guns

-sliding rocks

wingedkiare:

cicemily:

15-99-91:

Ok, re: the hockey boycott, I wanna explain some of the key points you soccer fans who may not know the full importance of this. I know it may not be a sport you follow, but it’s a step for all of women’s sports

  • Like in soccer, Team USA is one of the dominant NTs in woho, a very top-teir NT. Obviously any NT standing up for what they deserve is a big deal, but havng a “big” team like this strike really sends echos through the hockey world and the sports world in general.
  • Worlds is one of the major hockey tourneys, so boycotting this is a massive statement. Theyre not boycotting some small, less importnat tournament.
  • The US is hosting Worlds this year. We’re boycotting a tourney that our own country is hosting. Which makes this boycott harder to ignore and really helps things hit home (and also dude it’s just hella gutsy)
  • The team isn’t even striking for equal pay, they just want living wages. Like enough-money-to-eat type wages.
    • The players get paid $1000 a month during the Olympic period, which lasts 6 months
    • Outside of the Olympic months they get paid basically nothing and many players have second jobs as a means to survive

Additionally, they players are lobbying for stronger development opportunities for youth players. The MNT already has this, per an ESPN quote they spend $3.5M on programs for younger boys and none for young girls.

The US Hockey org put out a statement that pretty much talks around every issue the WNT raised. So it’s really important that instead of asking what have they done for women’s hockey? It’s to ask – what do they regularly do for the men’s team and the growth of men’s hockey in the US that they aren’t for women?

the-connecticut-whale:

Victory Press Essays: Angela James, Heteronormativity, and Representation 

Written by Andrew

There are women from my childhood who remain important today. Women I’ve never met. Women who I only saw playing sports, usually on TV. There were many of these women in the 1990s: women who proved that they could compete, excel, and win; but Angela James was always one of the most important women to me.

James meant something to me as a kid. I didn’t face the same difficulties she did as a child, nor did I experience the racism she dealt with as a woman of color playing ice hockey (which at the time was predominantly white), but she had a huge impact on me. For starters, she played my favorite sport. She played center and defense, like me. She had short hair like me. She was a tomboy as a kid, and not stereotypically feminine, like me. She was seen as big and tough and so was I.

And she was a superstar.

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kitsunecoffee:

brilliantinemortality:

vagisodium:

apriki:

never forget that australias first ever winter olympics gold was won because the guy was coming dead last and everyone in front of him fell over

its happening

even better

the only reason he was in the final was bc the same thing happened in the semis

and the only reason he was in the semis was bc one of the guys that came ahead of him in the quarters was disqualified

i’m not sure if he’s the luckiest skater alive or a skater that has the power to curse other competitors.

i’ve been laughing non stop for the past like 10 minutes