Hello gay hockey twitter, I’ve lurked for a minute but I finally made a dedicated account. Would love to be mutuals if you’re a Victoire or habs fan (or just a queer hockey fan tbh) 🫶🏻🫡
I want to return to Bowman in all of this. He said he’d learned from Chicago and what he’d done wrong. But after covering up the sexual abuse of a player by a coach and swearing he’d changed, he’s fine putting his stamp of approval on the hiring of another abusive coach.
Thoughtful critiques of sport: its use in nationalist propaganda, its ties to militarism, the various toxic racist and misogynistic cultures, the exploitation of athletes bodies
Unserious critiques: sports are boring why would I want to watch rich men chase a ball/puck/etc
As a communist sports fan… I partially agree that sports fandom can be a distraction from the struggle for a better world, but the solution isn’t to abandon sport and conceded it to the right wing, we gotta harness the collective power and solidarity of sports fans for the good
hayley scamurra playing on 4 different pro teams in 4 different cities in the span of 4 seasons in a league that’s 4 years old. can a moving company sponsor her or something