#WomenWhoCode is shutting down for funding shortfalls. I can’t think of a more dire canary in the Silicon Valley coal mine than this. We can expect a social fascist turn in the IT industry from here out as the remaining jobs not taken by AI are rationed out to men only.
$4m is chump change for infotech capitalists, a few bucks tossed to a pan handler. That they won’t fund #WWC anymore isn’t an economic decision, but palpably a policy priority toward a hard social rightward turn.
Hi, I'm over here screaming EMAA HAYES! EMMA!! HAYES!!!! OMG EMMA!!!!!!!!! HAYES!!!!!! But I'm so worried that great club managers have a damned hard time at the national level. (Also, I've enjoyed cheering for Chelsea, and ... hm. )
Rubiales is a shithead of the highest order. A fragile ego that was epic in its delusion that his position was more important than both the players and of the game itself. His media team will spin this into some sort of martyrdom so get ready for it. The main thing is he’s gone. @wwc#MastodonFC#WWC#WWC2023
Ruthless editorial about how Spanish soccer’s current fiasco of a president reflects the lived reality of women in sports. I’ve been waiting for someone to write this. Gift link.
This headline is bonkers. Imagine grabbing a woman by both cheeks and kissing them on the lips and THEN blaming THEM for the kiss.
"Luis Rubiales: Spanish football federation will take legal action over Jennifer Hermoso 'lies' "
Men found a way to ruin the Women's World Cup without even playing.
I truly feel for the Spain players. These women won the Cup but they can't even relish their victory because of a man with wandering lips and a football federation that obviously hates women.
"It’s never just one man. It’s the men at the podium and it’s the men around them who gave them their jobs. It’s the men who have starved women’s football since they bothered to notice that women play it. It’s the men who have moved into the women’s game not to improve it, but to exploit it. It’s the men who step into leadership roles with little experience and capitalize on women’s work and talent. We are all sick and tired of it."
This kit saga over #Earps' shirt has been unfortunate. It shouldn't have taken this amount of pressure for Nike to sell the replica kit for one of the world's best women's football #goalkeepers, a role model for young goalkeepers everywhere.
Painful article to read by The Times and I think dismissing England's game as simply "strong & fast" is doing them a disservice and a massive oversimplification.
That said, the core of it is right. The Spanish team are setting new standards of technical prowess and their technical skills are something all teams should aspire to.
Bei aller Freude über eine großartige WM und ein famoses Finale, aus dem die spanischen Spielerinnen als würdige Weltmeisterinnen hervorgingen: Es gibt noch verdammt viel zu tun. #wwc@wwc
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Funny how literally every football match follows this exact pattern - unless they go to extra time/penalties. #WebStats#WWC#Football
For folks on @wwc who want to keep chatting about #woso, check out @nwsl, a group for talking about the #NWSL which is gearing up for a super tight playoff race (only 10 points separate the first and last teams, with the top 6 teams all within 2 points of each other).
If you would like help setting up a group for any other league let me know, I'm happy to walk you through it.
I've loved sharing the World Cup experience with y'all!
Just finished the game, before I watched it I caught something out of the corner of my eye and I thought it said England won, so that was a pleasant surprise.
Overall an amazing Women's World Cup. Think about all of the countries who achieved great things: #Jamaica, #Morocco, #Nigeria, #Colombia, and others who proved just how much progress the women's game has made globally in the last several years. This has been probably the most competitive women's tournament that has ever taken place.
The next World Cup will be in 2027, and I have no doubt the game will be elevated even higher still.