Tag: Olympics

Was Russia late to the Olympics?

What an Olympics! It was a proud moment to see each of the participants stretching to do their best. It was even more proud to see the medals India brought home — seven — the richest haul we have ever had in Olympics. It was cherry on top when Neeraj obtained his Gold with such a brillia...

Mexico Olympics 1968

Mexico decided to hold an international competition to find a designer to do all of the branding for the Olympic Games. They wanted a contemporary, cosmopolitan design with Mexican influence. So Lance Wyman, 29, from New York and his partner Peter Murdoch flew to Mexico for a trial period in Novembe...

You’re Complaining About The Olympics Wrong

We’re right in the middle of the phase that precedes most global sports mega-events: apocalyptic predictions and violent rejection. This usually gives way to a second phase, when the television show actually begins, everything goes mostly fine (fingers crossed here in Rio), and attention shift...

Analysis Of The Olympics In Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 2016

How Brazil got the Olympics is a controversy itself. It has since been revealed that an Olympic committee member, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, had agreed with the Brazilian government in exchange for $2 million to guarantee Brazil winning the Olympic host country. At the time, Rio was already in debt of $1...

Transgender Women’s Participation in the 2024 Olympics

With the 2024 Olympics right around the corner, there is a plethora of discourse in the news surrounding the Games. Discussions include Russia’s ban from competing and how Paris will be impacted by the event, but there is not as much focus on transgender women’s participation in the Game...

Are Black People Engaging In “Trauma Olympics” When We Express Our Pain?

Let me start off by saying the first time I even heard the term Trauma/Oppression Olympics, was while watching Ginny and Georgia (Season One) on Netflix in 2021. The show is not my cup of tea, but there was a scene in there where biracial girl( main character ), and her now ex bo...