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"FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO GREW UP WATCHING SOCCER IN THE LEO MESSI ERA: YOU AND I HAVE SHARED HEARTBREAK AND JOY.

 

1.5 BILLION PEOPLE WATCHED MESSI’S ARGENTINA BEAT FRANCE ON PENALTIES TO WIN THE WORLD CUP, ONE OF THE HAPPIEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE. 

 

THE COMPETITION REPRESENTED VIOLATIONS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WORKERS, IMMIGRANTS, AND QUEER INDIVIDUALS; WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CREATING UNITY THROUGH COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCES THAT TRANSCENDS LANGUAGE AND OTHER MODES OF INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATION.

 

AS I WATCHED THIS WORLD CUP, I WAS AMAZED AT THE SHEER NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES TAKEN BY THE FAN CAMERA OPERATOR TO FIND AND BROADCAST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN EXPERIENCING JOY AND HEARTBREAK IN THE STANDS, APPEALING TO ANOTHER BASIC HUMAN DESIRE 

 

THIS WORLD CUP, IT SEEMS, WAS ATTENDED BY A CROWD OF HOTTIES. OR MAYBE THE CAMERA OPERATOR WAS A LESBIAN…"