It’s Erin C who once again hands in the most captionable picture this week (which coincidentally happens to have Kelly Reilly in it, not that that would sway me, oh no). Ten points to her!
Erin C: 255
Rullsenberg: 235
Sister Chastity: 225
Toby: 160
Rachel: 90
Sabine: 65
Karen: 35
dreamer-easy: 30
Dawn: 10
kellyann06: 5
Some good captions for last week’s ST, but it’s new arrival (to the competition, at least) Virpi who managed to raise the most titters chez moi. Well done to her and good luck this week, everyone!
Marie: 195
Rullsenberg: 190
Toby: 165
Electric Dragon: 160
Dani: 80
Jane Henry, SK: 70
ecg: 50
Rachel: 45
Sabine: 25
whogal: 20
kellyann06, Sister Chastity, Alex, Paul Ebbs, Virpi: 10
George, Joe B: 5
Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below or email me and if it’s judged suitable, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery. Don’t forget to include your name in the filename so I don’t get mixed up about who sent it to me.
The best pic in the stash each week will appear on Tuesday and get ten points; the runners up will appear on Friday (one per person who sends one in) and get five points.
You can also enter the witty and amusing captions league table by commenting on Tuesday’s Sitting Tennant photo, the best caption getting 10 points, everyone who contributes getting five points.
In the US: Wednesdays, 9/8c, The CW In the UK: Not yet acquired
It’s easy to stereotype cheerleaders. Take your pick: blonde Barbies? Bubble heads? Sluts in flesh-expositng outfits? Cliquey? Agents of patriarchy, doing nothing more than standing there and looking pretty while cheering on men? Nothing more than pom pom twirlers?
This is, of course, bollocks.
Apart from the fact that there are male cheerleaders, top-level cheerleading is an incredibly demanding athletic sport – it’s responsible for 2/3 of sports injuries among women at college and requires hours and hours of dedication, training and practice. As with football, its associated scholarships can also be the only way some American women (and men) can afford to go to college and it’s enabled people from the likes of Katie Couric and Meryl Streep through to supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and even Ronald Reagan to get to the upper echelons of society.
These and other stereotype crushing facts are what you’ll learn if you watch The CW’s new dramedy, Hellcats, based on Cheer: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders by journalist Kate Torgovnick. Oh, and you’ll get to see lots of buff young men and women in skimpy outfits – including Ashley Tisdale from High School Musical! Woo!
