Canadian pole-vaulter Alysha Newman won a bronze medal the other day, against all expectations, including her own. She celebrated with a bit of a twerk dance, and that seems to have been enough to blow up the internet.
Maybe it's because she's a skinny white girl (well, 30-year old, actually). Maybe it's just because the Olympics, for all its glitz and pageantry, is actually a remarkably conservative institution.
The way she explained it afterwards - that she wanted to pull a joke on her coach that the was injured, and then start dancing - was totally unconvincing. But it doesn't really matter. She just seemed so utterly joyful, and she wanted to dance. That's okay isn't it? You can see the unalloyed joy all over her face, even in mid-air on her way down from 4.85m.
And it was only a couple of seconds, after all, I'm sure not too many maiden aunts were offended (or even noticed). Apparently, it hasn't done her OnlyFans account much harm either (OnlyFans is primarily used by sex workers, but it is also used by other content creators, like fitness experts and musicians).
No comments:
Post a Comment