The United States is one of the few world governments that does not directly fund it’s Olympic team. It is fully funded by corporate sponsorships and private donations.
Which means our athletes don’t represent the American government.
They represent the American people.
We’ve forgotten how culturally ubiquitous Shakespeare & Jane Austen were in the 1990s. Their novels and plays were constantly being adapted for film and TV. They were phenomenally popular with young audiences. There’s nothing boring or outdated about these authors.
Never feel sorry for women of colour who have all the privileges of a good education and a comfortable upbringing but choose to marry men whose politics & philosophy stoke deep xenophobia and murderous racism. She chose to throw in her lot with this disgrace.
i talk about this all the time. it’s the same as Ben Shapiro being a failed screenwriter, Bannon being a failed Hollywood guy, Vance being a failed lib pundit—a lot of their reaction against these liberal culture institutions is psychological founded on their desire to be in them
thinking about how in barbie land where everything is perfect for women, men still aren't suffering. they aren't in servitude, they aren't being objectified or harassed. they are just not the main characters. but in a world run by and for men, women are NEVER safe. that's the difference between feminists and misogynists. women just want to be left alone, while men don't see us as humans.