Koryn wrote:
I find these types of things to be absolutely hilarious.




Want a "bikini body"? Put your body in a fucking bikini.

Made me smile.

highStrangeness wrote:
It's not limited to the fringe of feminism, it's also this SJW culture that's a plague on campuses, where everyone is perpetually offended.

Amen to this.

highStrangeness wrote:
It's not limited to the fringe of feminism, it's also this SJW culture that's a plague on campuses, where everyone is perpetually offended.

I posted a similar graphic on my Instagram, and it sums this issue up pretty well...

Having worked on a college campus for nearly 30 years, I agree.  Students talk about tolerance but what that often means is a tolerance for certain issues which are politically correct and little tolerance for anything else.  I've also noticed in recent years that many students feel they have some magic right to never be offended and even promote limiting the freedoms of others to enforce this "right"  Many campuses are even  restricting free speech to a small number of "free speech zones"

Cheerleading is basically a combination of gymnastics and event modeling.  This will require certain attributes. People who don't like it don't need to participate or view their performances. With all the real atrocities happening to women (and men) around the globe do feminists and SJW's really need to spend their time and effort on something like cheerleading?

Zack Zoll wrote:
Is nobody else bothered by the requirement that only Nike logos be visible on socks and shoes?

Think about what that means for a second:  it means that the students have to purchase their own, or else the requirement would read "only wear the footwear you are issued." And it means that the school has an endorsement from Nike, which they are requiring their students to factor in to their own personal purchases.

In other words, another example of requiring student athletes to act as employees, while getting none of the benefits of actually being an employee.

I'm way more bothered by that than any sort of appearance standards.

The contracts college make with companies like Nike and the money involved is an interring and complex issue.  It certainly doesn't seem consistent with the idea of amateur non-profit sports.   I would also point out that many Div I and some Div II athletes receive sports scholarships which is in fact compensation. 

The page for cheerleaders however wasn't saying that cheerleaders should wear Nike products, it was simply saying that showing the Nike emblem was allowed.   I don't know if other small emblems are allowed or not.  Cheerleading is not a NCAA sport.  I see no reason why colleges should be obligated to pay for the uniforms or equipment of student organizations. (but see no problem with them doing so either)   Also, that poster didn't state that cheerleaders do in fact pay for their uniforms and shoes,  it simply pointed out the uniform and other protocols.  I swam in college (NCAA sport) but paid for my own suit and goggles.