#GRIDIRON

[juergenklopp]

JOE BURROW and JA’MARR CHASE attend the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns (February 25, 2024)

— for @cementcornfield

[footballjockgear]

https://www.instagram.com/swcollegeboys

[qt33pi]

🏈TINY DANCER!🏈

[sheltiechicago]

Drag, gridiron and kids in tutus: America through the lens of Catherine Opie – in pictures

Bo (1994)

Bo was an alter-ego I had for a while, that only worked with that moustache. Back then, me and my friends would put on moustaches and ride our motorcycles to a lesbian bar in LA and we would offer women rides home. Drag was not really that big then – it was in a certain dyke subculture but not in LA – so they were all like, ‘Ahhh, I don’t know what to do with you!’The moustache went through the wash in my jeans pocket and got ruined, so Bo died. That really disturbed my girlfriend. She was like, ‘But I love Bo!’ We later broke up – maybe she liked Bo more than me!

Photograph: Catherine Opie/Regen Projects

[popping-your-culture]

Is it football season yet?

[hate5sixofficial]

Gridiron 2024-05-30 Edgemen Printing Detroit, MI

[mindlessmutant]

Gridiron/never endings game sound and fury pre show on portra 400

[juergenklopp]

JOE BURROW and JA’MARR CHASE @ San Francisco 49ers (October 29, 2023)

[footballjockgear]

Kent State University Golden Flashes - Ohio

[violence-is-literally-stupid]

Gridiron is a sport built on violence. It glorifies brute force and destruction, all while spectators cheer. But beneath the helmets and padded armor, the damage is real. It is more than broken bones and concussions. It is a direct attack on the very core of civility.

We celebrate aggression on the field, claiming it’s just a game. Yet, every hit, every tackle sends a message: that violence is a solution. This is not just a sport. It is a reflection of society’s acceptance of harm as a form of entertainment.

Civility thrives on restraint. It’s about resolving conflicts without fists or force. When a society rewards violence, even in the name of sport, it chips away at the very idea of peaceful coexistence.

Some argue that football’s physicality is necessary, that it’s part of the game’s allure. But at what cost? Each blow is a step back from progress, a reminder that we are still captivated by destruction.

Violence, in any form, is not just a game. It’s an erosion of our values, an attack on the foundation of a civil society. And when we accept it, even in the form of sport, we let it seep into everything else.

[instructionsonback]

MOSS DOWN

[principiumindividuationis777]

[drugstorecowboi]

End of an era. Thanks for everything AHC. It’s been a wild ride these last few years🫡

[hate5sixofficial]

Gridiron 2024-01-06 Bryan Glazer Family JCC Tampa, FL

[sheltiechicago]

Drag, gridiron and kids in tutus: America through the lens of Catherine Opie – in pictures

Rocco (2012)

Rocco Kayiatos is a really interesting, cool person. He co-founded Original Plumbing, a really important early zine for trans men. A good friend of mine was making a documentary about Rocco and Amos [Mac, co-founder of Original Plumbing] and they were in talks to do a reality TV show that didn’t happen. My friend asked if I would do the promo shots. But after meeting Rocco I asked if he would formally sit for me. I love the lighting – it falls right on ‘Tender Hearted’.

Photograph: Catherine Opie/Regen Projects

[retrocgads]

UK 1985