This has been on my mind for quite some time now.. I guess I never actually got down to writing it because of the absurdity of the entire situation. However, I finally decided to write it down anyway.
On the 6th of July 2013, Marion Bartoli beat Sabine Lisicki to win her first ever Wimbledon Grand Slam title, thus achieving her childhood dream.
On the 6th of July 2013, Marion Bartoli beat Sabine Lisicki to win her first ever Wimbledon Grand Slam title, thus achieving her childhood dream.
That's amazing right? She worked so hard and finally after all her hardwork, she got what she deserved and worked for, right?
Apparently not. Half the world thinks it wasn't right that Bartoli won the title. And why?
Because she's 'fat'. Starting with a reporter. A news reporter! Like what the hell? John Inverdale, a BBC reporter stated that the Wimbledon winner was "never going to be a looker". Really John Inverdale? Well guess what? You're never going to be a Wimbledon winner.
It's a game of tennis. Why are people obsessed with the way the players look? Is it the love for the game that drives people to watch the game? I'm seriously starting to doubt that. It looks like people want to watch the players, not the game. Their bodies, not their skill. Their beauty, not their goals.
Twitter comments after the final match weren't about how exciting the final match had been. Nah-ah, they were about how Bartoli didn't deserve to win. Why? Because she's fat. So apparently, if you're 'fat', if you don't have those 'thin, shapely legs', the right 'hour glass figure', that 'beautiful blonde hair', you don't deserve to win a tennis title.
That is probably the stupidest thing I have ever heard.
Most of the times, stupid things make me laugh. But this, this just left me sad.
And disgusted.
Most of the times, stupid things make me laugh. But this, this just left me sad.
And disgusted.
