I Mean that literally not in the way a lot of people speak where they use the word literally wrong… Just sitting here in my feed room, munching on popcorn waiting for people to derail things lol
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We know that, but it seems to have escaped Judy Berkley’s observations. Or, as is my guess, she grabbed hold of everything she deems “woke” and forced it to ride shotgun when she took the snitmobile for an outrage-fueled ride.
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Yes if you’re trying to dunk on someone being specific since specifics are somewhat pertinent to the subject at hand.
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WOW.
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Something I don’t get - what world do these horse folks in this particular snitmobile live in?
I get maybe living rural = you don’t encounter anyone of a race not purely whiter than the driven snow (that you’re aware of, at least), for example. And I get maybe living rural = you don’t know a ton of (open) LGBTQIA+ people and might think the A is only for ally (as opposed to asexual, aromantic and/or agender). Though how you go through the more competitive aspects and never encounter an LGBTQIA+ equestrian, I don’t know because I’ve definitely known a couple and I live in a small town that’s never been a hotbed for equestrian sports.
And if they’re horrified by rap being used in promotional material for a sport I can only assume they’ve never watched any mainstream sport involving a ball.
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The author also seems to understand that financial obstacles are the larger issue at the heart of equestrian sports (this is not a cheap hobby!) but doesn’t understand that addressing those gaps in access would be, in fact, an example of equity. And she doesn’t consider how generational wealth intersects with those variables, and how not-so-distant history has affected participation in certain recreational activities.
(That’s not even to mention existing patterns of bullying, discrimination, and prejudice, which are alive and well in every sport.)
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Oh now you know that’s different, that’s a hard-working young lady putting herself through school there.
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Slight tangent but reading the wikipedia on Megan Thee Stallion I love how she embraces her height (she’s 5’10). I’m not quite as tall at 5’8, but most of the women in my family are tall and my mom’s 5’10 and always accepted it. My mom’s sister is like, 80ish, and grew up when it wasn’t quite as “cool” for a woman to be tall and despite being 6’ would always say she’s “5’11 and 3/4.”
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I believe that is a cheerleader for a professional team. Although college cheerleaders are now the equivalent of strip-tease artists. Lots of bump and grind. Sorry to go off topic.
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But… but… the elite, plantation and estate-owning whites of the upper class horsey set owned slaves way back when and now, due to USEF’s DEI initiative, their descendants are being forced to contemplate the possibility of * gasp * accommodating the descendants of “those people” into their playground. Doesn’t that bother you?!? Are you just too woke to care?!?
/S
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Oh she definitely is, but does that mean she’s not also in school? I know we can’t have our cheerleaders being too aged and haggard…
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Some of them have graduated and are now “professionals.” Others are still in school. Many have other jobs outside of the pro season.
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Cue the fan! Your stead looks fab!
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where do you think I got my username from… I just use hay instead of popcorn
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I wish my horse didn’t have a bum knee right now, because I just discovered TAIL TINSEL, and it turns out iridescent tinsel braided into a gray tail looks like rainbow unicorn 
Would have been PERFECT for pride month.
I love being an amateur these days and just going crazy**
**it is at risk of my trainer disowning me some days, I’ll admit that 
Now I think I wanna start a thread on best braids for holidays…
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High school cheerleading is the worst, IMO. I can’t speak to the bump & grind aspect as I think it’s more gymnastics-oriented now and has been for a while (with lots of injuries, some serious).
In the 80s the squads in my school’s district were all female, and each cheerleader was given a list of “her” football players for the season. She was supposed to decorate their lockers every game day and bake them cookies or other treats. I think this is still the norm in some places; I don’t know about that district in particular.
I had a good friend who was on the JV squad and she hated that part of it so much she quit mid-season.
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When I was in HS there was a dance team and a cheerleading squad and things apparently changed between the '80s and late '00s because I cannot imagine a girl on either being assigned an athlete’s locker to decorate. (I’m not sure if my area would’ve had that even in the '80s but '80s were before my time so)
I was in band, we were often playing the music for the dance team. I was in concert band and marching and pep band came with the territory (that said I looooooved pep band).
For pep band music at basketball games we’d play a bit of everything. Standard stuff like We Will Rock You, a couple of Beach Boys songs, but we also played “The Hand That Feeds” by Nine Inch Nails and “Yeah” by Usher.
EDIT to add: Don’t think we had any guys on the cheerleading squad per se aside from like, what they called “cheer lifters” IIRC who helped with some of the stunts. What I can remember, yeah, more gymnastics oriented/there to get the crowd hyped. Basketball season being HS basketball in Indiana, there was absolutely a crowd at some of the games and it didn’t take a whole lot to get 'em hyped.
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I’m curious about the attribution for this particular statement because the USEF annual reports over the past few years indicate growth in membership and sponsorship.
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