I was never going to be super into the Olympics (you know, sports) –
But every time we do this I spend the months leading up to them reading about poor people being ejected from their homes –
The 16 days during about rampant sex trafficking and violence –
And the months after about the remaining ecological and social damage –
Which takes away whatever small possibility I could have had of enjoying them.
Plus,
this year with the misogynist cherry on top, I’m super not enthused.
I love the idea
of the whole world coming together and participating in something –
But we’re just too shitty to even do anything nice without it being the worst.
It is everything bad about the world.
Rio’s poor watch Olympic opening from rooftops of slum, source
Also,
the first world will win the lion’s share of the medals –
Because the rest of the world is too busy running away from bombs to get super good at running on tracks –
Corporations will profit at the expense of the poor –
And Russia will cheat.
Can’t we just come together and eradicate malaria instead?
—natalie michelle
Flommist Natalie Michelle doesn’t have a bio. She just rants. Copyright © 2016 Natalie Michelle. Pictured up top: Women’s Gymnastics Poster (cropped) by Otl Aicher for the 1972 Summer Olympics, which has its own horrible history.
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