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11 June 2010updated 04 Oct 2023 12:13pm

Laurie Penny: Why I despise the World Cup

Who cares about a bunch of misogynist jocks tossing a ball around? Football is commodified nationalism that excludes more than half the population.

By Laurie Penny

Much as I hate to disagree with Gary Younge, I can’t get on board with his utopian vision of the upcoming World Cup evoking a “collective sense of latent English identity . . . infused with positive energy”.

I despise the World Cup. I will not be supporting England, nor any other team.

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