The film Bend It Like Beckham (2002) directed by Gurinder Chadha is a iconic example spoetry. This true masterpiece of comedy and sports filmmaking raised me to be able to speak my truth to power and fight for my rights as a woman!
Still hilarious!! I was nine years old when this movie came out for some context. My sister and I watched this movie three times a week until Mean Girls came out a couple years later and our little worlds were rocked once again.
(This is Spoetry - sports poetry)
Hi to my disgusting friends and pious foes, welcome back to episode 303!
It’s the NBA playoff season!! Get up up up up! What I am grateful for at the moment is the Max – Bleacher Report – NBA – TNT collab (that’s a lot of names) that allows me to watch all these bracket games with just an HBOMax subscription. And since I already had an account, this gift was placed into my lap, requiring absolutely no action or change in my behavior. Nonetheless, I’ve been provided with immense joy and connection not only to a new community, but also myself... Yes, now I finally appreciate the Discovery+ WB merger. I’ve invented a whole new personality because of it. Hats off to you.
To be honest, there might not be much nuanced feeling in this one because when I’m in sports mode I just want to jump up and down and shout really loud. GET LOUD CHEER YEAH LET’S GO TEAM FIGHT WIN DEFENSE GO GO GO!
So let’s shut this-fucking-guy up and get to the clothes, yeah??
1. “Bend It Like Beckham” Core
Do you swear on God? Because my family swears on a specific guru. Friendship! Love! Homophobia! Girlhood! Sports! Cool Dads! Dreams! You must watch this movie!! Then we can talk on and on about it.
PLACES TO WEAR IT:
It would fit perfectly into a remake (which, to be clear, we do not want). But I would accept a gig as Team Member #6 in an upcoming sports comedy, if you’re offering?
It also fits perfectly into a sports bar setting with the skinny jeans and Dodgers hat. The Adidas Predator Mundials. This one also works great for going to an actual arena. This fit could be too “edgy” for the first row, but with the skinny jeans out of plain sight, I feel you’d be looking real good on camera anywhere past the second row. The clash of patterns with the undershirt stripes, the plaid button up, and the stars on the jeans, make it goofy enough to signify you are there for a good time aka a passionate fan, but the colors aren’t bright enough to take away from the main attraction: the watching of sports teams going against one another.
I think if a person found a time machine and traveled back to somewhere between 2001-2005 in England, they could hide pretty well. The locals might think I was actually a boy from afar, but the first rule of time travel is not to get too close, so it should be okay.
The graphic stars really do it for me, I don’t know what to tell you. On top of the skinny jeans! They said, comfort AND joy.
2. BBQ at my six bedroom home
I have eight kids, listen, this is a working home. Imagine we have taken to the smoking patio on the other side of this house, after spending the day in the backyard shooting the shit, catching up, and eating delicious barbecue. The tightest friends are the only ones still here and the passion which we feel for one another is reflected in the decibel meter.
It’s my home so I am comf-ter-ble! Comfortable. But I also own a six bedroom home and am having people over so I must look chic and in charge.
The luxury is in the details here. In the textures, in the softness of these velour bottoms and the cashmere sweater.
DID YOU NOTICE I GOT THE SHOES? The Air Force 1 Ice Cream Neopolitans?? I did in fact, buy them for myself because I’m Daddy. Jaaaa??? Anyway, they are so comfortable, I could walk 100 miles in these and they go with everything in my closet and I’m so glad I made my own dreams come true. The hype is well-founded based on versatility and wearability thus far.
3. Post Work-Out Summer Time
The clothes from all these outfits were already in my closet and/or thrifted with the exception of the previously stated. These shorts I found recently at a Goodwill in North Hollywood and I just learned that crest is from the Portugal National Soccer team. Objectively, that’s cool! And Cristiano Ronaldo’s team - that’s hot. They are hanging by their last thread but the color is great, they fit well enough to chill in, and they cost me three dollars and zero cents. This outfit screams Sunday afternoon.
I love the booming of the hot pink and fire truck red, competing with the more subtle but still powerful cool colors.
I really do not have much to say about this one. The merman graphic is sick as hell. When lounging, comfort is key!
The thing I like most about being in sports mode is that through all the shouting and fighting and cheering and jeering, what I can do is find a focus. And this newsletter has been a practice in maintaining focus. The more I write these the clearer my mission becomes. I’m going to leave you with some things I’m trying to achieve with this work in the long term.
Reconsidering consumer culture in America. Which just means talking out loud about the way I consume anything that’s more than for the sole purpose of keeping my body functioning. How I consume things for emotional therapy, joy, and self-expression. All the American ways! (I know scary!! But don’t worry I’m also the devil and am going to be selling you products that bring me joy, emotional therapy, and are part of a flamboyant expression. So we are in it together okay!!! We need each other!!!!)
Continuing to explore my gender identity through clothes and the fashion industry, especially taking note of fit. Like how to masculinize outfits and clothes that comfortably fit my womanly shaped hips. I love a big t-shirt, but I also love a tailor.
and inspiring other people to explore and express themselves :)
Okay yay! I love this stuff, thanks again for reading! And a special thanks to the plant Planty featured in all this week’s photos. You are gorgeous, really frame the image, and were a great partner in crime.
LOVE YOU TALK SOON!
Carson