“There’s a problem in our industry that the more you kill yourself for a movie, the braver you are and that’s bullshit. We can do our jobs and we can live our lives, and the more fully we are able to live our lives… the better we can do our jobs.”
🚨🗣️New: Thierry Henry reacts to the Brazil, Morocco, and Netherlands press conferences, where questions in Spanish were reportedly not permitted for Hakimi, Vinícius Jr., and Frenkie de Jong:
“I have covered World Cups for years, and this situation makes absolutely no sense to me. You’re telling me a World Cup co-hosted by Mexico can stop journalists from asking questions in Spanish? That’s like hosting a Formula 1 race and banning cars from using their engines.
We saw it with Hakimi. We saw it with Vinícius. Now we’re hearing similar stories involving Frenkie de Jong. The players understood the questions. The journalists spoke one of the most widely spoken languages on the planet. Yet somehow the language became the problem.
Gianni Infantino talks about inclusion, diversity, and bringing football to everyone. Fine. Then explain this contradiction. How can FIFA celebrate diversity in every promotional video and then create headlines because Spanish journalists are being told to switch languages at a tournament hosted by Mexico?
Spanish isn’t some obscure dialect spoken by a handful of people. It’s the language of hundreds of millions across the Americas and beyond. If a journalist from Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, or anywhere else asks a question in Spanish and the player understands it, why is football creating barriers where none existed?
The irony is unbelievable. FIFA keeps telling us football belongs to everyone, but this controversy has many fans asking whether some voices are more welcome than others.
Maybe there’s a logistical explanation. Maybe it’s a translation issue. But perception matters. And right now the perception is terrible.
Because what fans are seeing is simple: a World Cup hosted partly by a Spanish-speaking nation, players who understand Spanish, journalists who speak Spanish, and officials telling them not to use Spanish.
If that’s progress, somebody needs to explain it better. Because from the outside, it looks like football’s governing body is tripping over its own message.”
“FIFA wanted a celebration of diversity. Instead, they’ve handed the internet a controversy that won’t stop being discussed.”
En el desfile mundialista se vivió la pasión de un estadio: la gente con sus playeras de la selección, las vuvucelas sonando, el cielito lindo y los gritos de ¡México, México!. Había un ambiente de fiesta. Hay hambre de festejo y de mundial.
From @TheAthleticFC: Finally, Raúl Jiménez gets his first World Cup goal! He was in tears as he pointed to the sky.
For Jiménez, today perhaps represents the pinnacle of an extraordinary journey. From a near-death experience to playing for Mexico at home. https://t.co/RAjHhGCCD3
No tienes que amar el futbol para convertirte en el mayor fan de tus hijos. 💚⚽
Quizá no entiendes el fuera de lugar. 🤷
Quizá no sabes quién va ganando. 🤔
Quizá ni siquiera te gusta el futbol. 😅
Pero cuando te interesas por lo que les apasiona, cuando preguntas, escuchas y compartes esos momentos con ellos, les demuestras que sus gustos, sus emociones y sus sueños también importan.
#SelecciónPlazaSésamo
For years, many Mexicans, myself included, have pushed back against the shallow, stereotypical, and inaccurate representations of our cultural identity in media, denouncing portrayals that reduce us to tequila, mariachis, piñatas, and sombreros. Today, our very own capital city chooses to embrace and celebrate that same caricature of Mexico in the heart of our historic downtown through FIFA’s cardboard depiction of our culture. Shame.
@housewelf I'll correct your text:
The child-free wedding trend popular among millennials and gen z-ers is the perfect example of their childhood, a time in which children were taken to places and events not suitable for them. Understanding this is a great example of respect for the youth
I'm screaming at this Tony Award speech LOL I love when people are petty
"Well, I think I should start by thanking Apple TV for ~canceling~ the third season of Schmigadoon the TV show, because without them dropping it we couldn't have picked it up and run with it. So thanks, Apple TV"
Schmigadoon just won 4 Tony Awards from 12 nominations, including Best Musical
@marianavtoria Son las hormonas. Estrógeno, prolactina y la progesterona hacen que tengas una cabellera preciosa y a los 6 meses de postparto, como hay una reducción es cuando se empieza a caer toooodo lo que no se cayó antes😖