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We were a little confused after receiving an irate tip accompanied by a link to a heartwarming story about the imminent nuptials of Redskins tight end Chris Cooley to a Redskins cheerleader named Christy. Don't football players and cheerleaders go together like…whiskey and Alka-Seltzer ? Was it sentences like "Golf may have an uncountable list of ethics, though bothering a complete stranger about getting married is not one of them" that offended? Um, then we checked out the post on his personal blog. [Click the pic for a screengrab.] [Yahoo! Sports]
bring it on
What's The Point Of Cheerleaders For Cricket In India? (Or Cheerleaders Anywhere?)
Everything I know about cricket, which isn't much, I learned from my Black World Literature professor in college, a tiny Indian woman and cricket fanatic who would devote the first 10 minutes of every class to updating us lame American kids on the sport that was like a religion to her. I quickly learned that cricket is steeped in the kind of tradition and mythology that makes the Boston Red Sox look like a manufactured boy band. The relationship between Indian cricket lovers and their teams is other-worldly, and this kind of devout obsession is clearly in play with the controversy surrounding the sport and the "importing" of Westernized cheerleading onto the sidelines of matches throughout India, to the great chagrin and horror of many Indians. "What the cheerleaders are doing during cricket matches is ten times more vulgar than what used to happen in dance bars of Mumbai... How can we allow such vulgar dance in a cricket field?" asks Nitin Gadkari, leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra state. More »
A group of middle school girls in Southern Indiana was allegedly "inspired" by the Florida teenagers who brutally beat a frenemy and then attempted to post the violence on YouTube. These Indiana tweens — pupils at Clarksville Middle School and aged 12-14 — lured a classmate to a parking lot, filmed themselves abusing her and then posted the video on PhotoBucket.com (it has subsequently been removed). According to the AP, "The video begins with one girl arguing with the victim and escalates into a fight during which the 12-year-old is repeatedly hit in the head as other girls watch and laugh." Charges have yet to be filed and police are still interviewing the perpetrators. The Clarksville superintendent says he does not plan to discipline these bullies because the violence did not occur on school grounds. Again, we ask: How many kids have to die before bullying is taken seriously? [AP via MSNBC]
the week that was
This Week We Hung Out With A Lot Of Child Molesters
- We were so into the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints and their Yearning For Zion Ranch, where girls in their early teens get married off to gross molesty old men with multiple other wives, none of whom are allowed to wear red because that's Jesus' color.
- Are those teens better, or worse off than the brave 8-year-old Yemeni girl name Nojoud Muhammed Nasser who was married off by her crazy homeless father, but has now successfully filed for divorce.
- A study in contrasts: the marriage of Nojoud Muhammed Nasser versus the insane Southern belles of MTV's True Life who call themselves "old maids" at age 24.
girl-on-girl crime
The Meanest Girls At School Are Often The Most Popular
A recent story out of Florida concerns six teenage girls — cheerleaders — who lured a former friend to a home where they beat her for 30 minutes while videotaping the entire act. They wanted to post the footage on YouTube and MySpace; according to the local news outlet in Orlando, a girl's voice can be heard on the tape saying: "There's only 17 seconds left; make it good." The victim in the attack suffered a concussion, loss of hearing in one ear, damage to her left eye and numerous bruises. And the footage being aired on news outlets is what happened after she was knocked unconscious. But guess what? The girls who participated in the attack probably have more friends than ever. Because new research shows that "Mean Girls" are the most popular girls in school. More »
By now you have surely heard the cautionary tale of Stephanie Kubela, the Boca Raton high school cheerleader who died during breast augmentation surgery. The exact cause of death remains a mystery — the family's attorney is suggesting it might have been a condition triggered by anesthesia — so we thought we'd use this space to remind you of a cheerier tale of cheerleader injury; Kristi Yamaoka, the Southern Illinois University cheerleader who broke her neck falling from the top of a human pyramid only to be carried away in a stretcher, still cheering in unison with her squad. [SI]
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Cincinnati Cheerleaders More Than The Sum Of Their Pretty Parts
We've said it before and we'll say it again: Men's magazines are so much better than women's magazines. For starters, they don't condescend, have an evolved sense of humor and they're sorta naughty (but not in a trying-too-hard Cosmo sort of way). And they actually seem much more devoted to writing interesting — albeit occasionally obnoxious — pieces on women than any of their ladymag sisters. Take this month's GQ. The Conde Nast men's magazine devotes an entire nine pages to the plight of the Cincinnati Ben-Gals, the pro cheerleading squad for the City of Chili's NFL team. Special care is given to presenting the Ben-Gals as a group of complicated women with a complicated job ("complicated" meaning, cheap: A pro cheerleader makes $75 a week, and, according to GQ, it costs a Ben-Gal approximately $1,000 a month to just achieve and maintain her "total package". Talk about labors of love). More »
These Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Barbies sure do make great role models for little girls! Not only are they clad in hot pants and go-go boots, but their thighs are roughly the circumference of matchsticks. They're even skinnier than regular Barbie, most likely because Mattel is using something called the "Model Muse" body to construct these dolls as opposed to the run of the mill Barbie bod. Barbie's probably too fat to be a cheerleader anyway. Merry Christmas and a lifetime of self-loathing, courtesy of your local Wal-Mart. [With Leather]
Victoria Beckham: Fallen pop star, fashion designer, trophy wife... and cheerleader? Yes, if her husband's new soccer team, the L.A. Galaxy, has anything to say about it. Galaxy execs would like Posh to [wait for it!] cheerlead for the first game of the season, as her "great legs" drew so much, ahem, attention when she threw the first pitch at a Dodgers game last week. Lets hope she leaves the platforms home this time and puts on a proper pair of sneakers. [NowMagazine]
