Uterusofsteel
Half a season, she was a fan because it was TS adjacent. My NFL Fandom spans 4 generations. My grandfather and my father, me and now my son. I’m fortunate enough to be able to afford games. I’m not a Bears fan, but I take my son and dad. I’m a Saints fan, so I have to travel to New Orleans for games. I can’t even fathom the privilege she gets for showing off her half naked body and exploiting her children.
She’s gonna have her little bubble burst when she realizes that her white savior stretch mark bikini warrior shtick doesn’t hold weight in Brazil. Newsflash: women with all body types wear thongs to the beach down there and they didn’t need permission from a suburban nobody to do it. I really hope this trip opens her eyes to what a “third world” country really looks like (resorts in Mexico don’t count) and the IMMENSE privilege she has. I am probably giving her too much credit, though. It’ll turn into “I saw children begging on the street and it really made ME sad” while she cries with her frozen face.
Those poor kids. My teens get upset if I leave for a weekend once in a while. I just take them with me now (unless it’s like a Bach or girls trip, but those are rare). We are seeing the world together! And i’m poor lol she could afford to at least bring the 2 middle ones or negotiate for them to come. Teens need us more than we realize. They are changing and transitioning and to feel tossed aside hurts them! Shopping trips don’t make up for absence.
She won’t say it outright either, but as a PoC myself, I pick up on the subtilities and microagressions. The population of Sao Paolo is one of the most diverse in the world. Even if she only goes from airport- hotel- game- hotel, there will be no escaping the racial and socioeconomic truths that exist in Brazil. Her and her suburban husband aren’t going to know what hit them. The sights, smells, and sounds of an urban environment are one thing, but throw LatAm into the mix and ooooh baby. (Says me: Latina from an urban LatAm city who grew up in the hood, and I mean HOOD lol, of another US major city)
Have fun, girlie! It cracks me up how little awareness she has about the world around her. I would have said no sooo fast and I’m a hardcore NFL fan who loves to travel abroad. Nothing against Brazil, I would love to visit, but if the NFL is giving out these advisories… I’m staying my ass home.
(Posted this in the old thread but it bears repeating lol) Have fun, girlie! It cracks me up how little awareness she has about the world around her. I would have said no sooo fast and I’m a hardcore NFL fan who loves to travel abroad. Nothing against Brazil, I would love to visit, but if the NFL is giving out these advisories… I’m staying my ass home.
The thing with these events too is that the criminals assume it’s rich people visiting, and they aren’t wrong. I’m not saying she’s gonna get kidnapped or anything but petty crime goes way up and you have to have street smarts. Those are hard to get unless you grew up needing them…and she didn’t lol