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Funny I thought the guys in the pictures looked antipodean (racist).
Also isn't one of them fixed brakeless and the other looks fixed front brake?! Surely not in Europe?!
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This is serious business: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7193
Used to date a WGM, hence pretty acquainted within the world of chess and still keep track of it.
Disc golf is huge, we were lucky to be in the same bag, definitely a good thing for bike polo.
Someone should get in touch with the chess boxers, we could make music together.
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Joe <3 pomps
Will do... She's lending me her Pomp while she goes away for chrimbo, top lass!
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Someone from Venue magazine tried out bike polo in Bristol
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Someone from Venue magazine tried out bike polo in Bristol
Just as an FYI this also went to print.
I'm still annoyed that Boagey was the main photo on the double page spread!
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nose in the crease
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chatty gabby logan does chatting
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http://bikenbake.blogspot.com/2012/02/i-write-letters.html
So as most polo players are already aware, there's a new website in town: hardcourtbikepolo.org. It's being used to track team and player statistics throughout the major tournaments of the season, and act as a registration tool for tournament organizers. While there are some technical and design issues which could be debated, my problem is with the site's presentation of gender.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cNXN2sL7vqw/TyxZCLBi0QI/AAAAAAAAABw/u4JeJffBoFc/s1600/DPI%2BScreen%2Bcap.png
This is a screencap of the registration page for the Desert Polo Invite, taken on 2/3/12. Notice anything yet?How about on this page, where players are sorted by who's logged the most miles traveled?
That's right. Every woman on the site is followed around by a Venus symbol. There is no Mars symbol for the male players, because as we all know they'rethenormalonesamirite? As such, this extra line of coding is seriously Othering to the women of bike polo.Which brings me to my next point. There are only two choices on the 'gender' tab of a player's profile, as shown above. The default for all players when they first sign up for the website is male. I found this very offensive, and immediately changed my gender to reflect my personal identity. But now I find myself stuck in this catch-22, where I must either be disingenuous to my chosen gender identity, or be forever marked as Different from the other players on the site.
So earlier today, I sent Zach (who built the site) this letter:
Hey Zach,I would like to request that you remove the coding that places a Venus symbol next to the names of every user listed as female on the hardcourtbikepolo.org website. Several other players and I have discussed the matter, and we find it to be an offensively unnecessary demarcation. We believe that the women of bike polo should be able to be viewed equally and not alienated from their peers.
In addition, we would like to request that you make the default player “unspecified” in gender. The default human is not male, and it is unfair to support the patriarchal assumption that this is the case.
Thanks,
Sarah
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Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want
So tell me what you want, what you really really want
I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want
So tell me what you want, what you really really want
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
Really really wanna zigazig ha
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Europeans are more photogenic than Antipodeans.