Not Just a Game: Power, Politics & American Sports
Dave Zirin
Media Education Foundation
We've been told again and again that sports and politics don't mix, that games are just games and athletes should just "shut up and play." But according to Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin, this notion is just flat-out wrong. In Not Just a Game, the powerful new documentary based on his bestselling book The People's History of Sports in the United States, Zirin argues that far from providing merely escapist entertainment, American sports have long been at the center of some of the major political debates and struggles of our time. In a fascinating tour of the good, the bad, and the ugly of American sports culture, Zirin first traces how American sports have glamorized militarism, racism, sexism, and homophobia, then excavates a largely forgotten history of rebel athletes who stood up to power and fought for social justice beyond the field of play. The result is as deeply moving as it is exhilarating: nothing less than an alternative history of political struggle in the United States as seen through the games its people have played.
Sections: Introduction | In the Arena | Like a Girl | Breaking the Color Barrier | The Courage of Athletes
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~Jill Stuart For PSP...Let The Games Begin~
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"The score never interested me, only the game."
-Mae West
Fashion designer Jill Stuart has teamed up with Sony, launching the "Jill Stuart Sweet Limited Edition PSP3000"($234).
I have never been a big "gamer" but this gaming system is calling my name...I mean it's BLOSSOM PINK, and comes with a too-cute cream colored storage "purse" and a PINK lace edged cleaning cloth... So fab.
I was going to include this in my Valentine's Day countdown til I was informed it launches in Japan (21,000 Yen) on March 4th. Too late for US Valentine's Day but right on time for Japan's "White Day", the Japanese version of Valentine's.
Via Sony Insider
Kisses Bitches...
Glamour Whore...xoxo
"The score never interested me, only the game."
-Mae West
Fashion designer Jill Stuart has teamed up with Sony, launching the "Jill Stuart Sweet Limited Edition PSP3000"($234).
I have never been a big "gamer" but this gaming system is calling my name...I mean it's BLOSSOM PINK, and comes with a too-cute cream colored storage "purse" and a PINK lace edged cleaning cloth... So fab.
I was going to include this in my Valentine's Day countdown til I was informed it launches in Japan (21,000 Yen) on March 4th. Too late for US Valentine's Day but right on time for Japan's "White Day", the Japanese version of Valentine's.
Via Sony Insider
Kisses Bitches...
Glamour Whore...xoxo
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