In which Madonna puts in a guest appearance
We hear a lot about sexism in sports. We’ve never experienced discrimination on the basis of gender—we are lucky to work in an industry where the enemy is not men or women but idiots in power. As my Jedi master Teddy-wan has always told me, “The stupid must be terminated.”
It occurred to me today that as a female covering an extremely testosteronic activity I may encounter some discrimination. (Perhaps I have already been discriminated against, I just never notice.) After all I started the sexism by portraying the athletes as objects of beauty. And I have mentioned my ignorance of the rules of the game. That was months ago; trust me, I’ve learned stuff. It’s rugby, not quantum physics. Speaking of quantum physics, let’s bring in the Heisenberg indeterminacy principle: The presence of the observer affects the behavior of the observed. Whom no one would know about if the observer weren’t there.
This isn’t a big deal, okay, just the unthinking encountering the overthinking. I was sitting at a table with the coaching staff, uploading pictures.
“Big rings,” someone noted. “You brought the bling.”
Bling?? Who still says bling?! “Yeah, I like them.”
“I thought a camera crew was coming with us.”
“I am the camera crew,” I said.
“I mean Chino (Trinidad) or someone.”
“They couldn’t make it, so I’m shooting videos for GMA News.”
Incomprehension.
“It’s easy, actually, I shot the videos of the Bahay Bata UK tour. They aired on TV.” I played one of the videos–the one where Ryan scores a try.
“That’s good, you were lucky to get that on video.”
Luck. It was freezing and pelting rain and my fingers were stiff from the cold. I shot the action because I knew what the play would be and where the kid would go. But apparently I was just lucky.
Suddenly my friends Ricky and Noel appeared before me in a sort of waking dream sequence singing, “Strong inside but you don’t know it/ Good little girls, they never show it/ When you open up your mouth to speak/ Could you be a little weak?”
(I love you gays.)
It’s amusing when you think about it. Let’s call it an intellectual difference. Insofar as jocks and nerds can be said to have intellectual differences.
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May 31st, 2011 at 01:52
what did they expect? (buti nga may coverage sila & not) d spanish inquisition
it’s not overthinking in this case &lets say it may not be a big deal but would the lucky camera shot been belittled if it was taken by a cnn news crew?
May 31st, 2011 at 01:53
its not the unthinking encountering the overthinking — its grandiosity meeting sensible reality
May 31st, 2011 at 03:04
My close friends have pointed out the “significance” of that song to me time and again, ending with “babae ka, may boses ka!”
May 31st, 2011 at 03:10
Oh, and said friends and I also won a Madonna trivia contest in a Malate bar last year.
May 31st, 2011 at 06:02
“Speaking of quantum physics, let’s bring in the Heisenberg indeterminacy principle: The presence of the observer affects the behavior of the observed. Whom no one would know about if the observer weren’t there.”
Ayun! Bagong kaalaman sa kin to, and I love it! Thank you!
May 31st, 2011 at 08:17
Momel: It could even be argued that the particle wouldn’t exist if there were no observer!
May 31st, 2011 at 08:19
ruth: Madonna is still relevant to my life!
May 31st, 2011 at 09:55
Madonna will always be the new Madonna.
May 31st, 2011 at 13:19
believe me, you can shoot videos far better than a bunch of cameramen out there who have been doing it for years.
May 31st, 2011 at 13:25
Ay…there is disturbance in the force.
You have a very good camera which could be used for spying(I could use it to zoom in on the faces of attractive people without them knowing that I’m staring at them). Plus you are able to follow the game and know what’s going on. Who else is qualified to cover the game?
May 31st, 2011 at 14:05
Not to worry! My self-esteem is unscratched. I think it just swallowed a couple of galaxies in fact.
June 1st, 2011 at 01:36
Now that is bad news for idiots in power whose insecurity rise at the presence of someone who is competent.
“… by portraying the athletes as objects of beauty.”
Does anyone disapprove? I don’t. :)
Speaking of athletes as objects of beauty, wish ko lang na sana magkaroon ng calendar ang Volcanoes (similar to a firefighters calendar that are sold for charity). Naisip ko lang din coz of the Jock With a Book series.