Wimbledon Open Thread

So, the Wimbledon finals were this weekend, and there is A LOT TO TALK ABOUT, if you're interested in talking about that sort of thing! By which I mean tennis, or Scotsmen, or misogyny, or body policing, or racism!

First, here is a fun video of the final moments of the final match between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, Scotsman, while Jessica Luther and Iain McEwan, Scotsman, watch. (Sorry my finger's hanging in the video frame, but I was watching the match, too! Btw, Jess was tweeting stuff "Iain McEwan, Scotsman" was saying while we watched, which was completely hilarious. There really just needs to be a Twitter of ALL THE THINGS that Iain McEwan, Scotsman, says all the time, because he is awesome and hilarious.)

Iain, a white man, and Jess, a white woman, sit on the couch watching the game on TV. Jess clutches her phone so she can live-tweet because SHE LOVES TENNIS SO MUCH. Iain looks nervous. As they watch a volley, Jess squeals anxiously, her hand to her mouth. Iain says, "It's all over...nope...oh my god." They watch intently, then shout excitedly and raise their arms in the air. "ANDY!" yells Jess. "OH WOW COME ON NO WAY!" shouts Iain. Jess laughs. Iain says, "What an amazing game! ...Come on. Championship point. ...I mean, I thought he was just going to spike it, but he didn't go a very good job on that smash." Jess tweets. Iain furrows his brow. "Come on, let's not fuck around here; let's just do this," says Iain. "I want to see this first serve go in. ...Beautiful." They watch intently. And then SHOUTING AND CHEERING AND ARMS IN THE AIR. "YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" yells Jess. "YES HE'S DONE IT!" exclaims Iain. "AHHHH HA HA!" says Jess. "No way! Brilliant." says Iain. They grin and laugh. I pan around to the TV to show Andy Murray lifting his fist in the air and hug Djokovic. "That was a well-fought game," says Iain. I pan back to Iain. "What do you think, babe?" I ask him. "Ach, I'm really not excited," he says, facetiously. "Not at all?" I ask. "Nope," he replies. I pan back to the TV, where Murray is on his knees on the court. "Ohhhhhhhh," says Jess, and makes an I LOVE HIM face. "Aww, there's Mama! Go give your mother a kiss!" she says. "There needs to be a pitch invasion," Iain says. "He needs to be carried on the shoulders of the crowd down Downing Street or something." Jess says, "So now let the talk begin about the 2014 pressure to repeat." And they both laugh.

In other news, there was SO MUCH MISOGYNY surrounding Murray's win, as he was announced the FIRST BRITISH WINNER IN ONE MILLION YEARS, which is true, as Chloe Angyal observed, "unless you think women are people." Whoops.

Also! There was SO MUCH horrendous shaming and body policing and general fucking awfulness directed at women's winner Marion Bartoli. Via Shaker Clawfoot in comments, you can find here an unbelievable (HA HA TOTALLY BELIEVABLE) compilation exemplifying the undiluted fuckery that was directed at Bartoli.

And! Wimbledon is still so privileged and SO WHITE, as noted by Writers of Colour.

Plus so much other stuff! Discuss.