iām trying to figure out how to articulate my thoughts on this but iāve got to say that i have never been more disheartened for the future of women fans in sports
and iām going to talk specifically about hockey, because thatās the only sport i really care about thatās in season and also with heated rivalry and everything, it feels pretty relevant
i really really really really loved HR. one of my favorite shows iāve ever seen and itās brought me to tears multiple times.
but iām also on tiktok a lot, and i keep seeing women in comment sections of REAL NHL hockey talking about āoh is this when they kissā or āi donāt even go here but theyāre def fuckingā
donāt even get me started on willmack. and the million other ships and edits of REAL PEOPLE.
i think my biggest issue is that women are automatically already puck bunnies or fake fans inherently based on the fact that we are women. but i have to say that i am not optimistic about our reputation if this behavior continues much longer.
at the end of the day, athletes are people as well as entertainers. and just because theyāre predominately, often exclusively, men, that doesnāt invalidate the severity or the invasive nature of the frankly horrifying rampant sexualization.
and the NHL is CRAZY homophobic, not just as an organization, but as a culture, too. itās bred into boys in high schools, at the juniors, all levels of professional hockey. they are systematically protected because they bring in money to their organizations. and that needs to change, fucking obviously.
but the way to make this league more inclusive and accepting is not by making ship edits of teenagers who are, as far as we know, just friends. itās also not made more accepting by retaliatory sexualization.
it is absolutely horrific to grow up as a woman in society today, where thereās constantly eyes on you telling you whatās right and whatās wrong. holding any amount of fame comes with even more speculation and commentary on your private life, for all people but iām not going to pretend like itās equal for cis men. we know this, we grow up knowing this, itās almost intrinsic. and for some reason, female athletes get an even shorter end of the stick somehow.
so yes, it might make you feel better to go to hockey game with a gross comment on your sign because you think two nineteen year olds are fucking in secret. but how does that actually help anyone?
and it feels like we never learn. we continue to make this mistake. it is not our business to know such an intensely personal thing about extremely young men, even more so considering the context of their JOB being known for a lack of acceptance and diversity.
maybe some hockey players are fucking. or maybe theyāre really good friends. or maybe weāre all on a big floating rock and have gained way more access to the private lives of people we donāt actually know in a very short amount of time and now feel completely entitled to knowing everything about everyone.
i love this sport and i want everyone to love it just as much as i do, and that includes the players.
You can't say you're a fan of something if you refuse to engage with the ACTUAL MEDIA </3
If you like the batfam, you objectively HAVE TO read the comics! Or watch the animated shows, that works too sometimes! But you can't just consume fanfics and call it a day whilst talking on the characterisation??
Do what you want, it just becomes an issue when you're publicly talking about these characters when you know nothing about them!?? The flanderisation of 'Batfamily' characters specifically is insane, it could all be avoided if people just read the source material for these characters they like š
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