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Helen Rottier
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PhD in Disability Studies. Disabled Dis-Epistemologies and Knowledge Production. Opinions are my own. she/her
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as it turns out touchdowns are a way you can score points in American football
February 9, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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i think people mad about bad bunny’s performance have never been forced to consider that not everything is for you
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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The Revolution Will Not Be Subtitled
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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Even this font is giving postcolonial Spanish
February 9, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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First shot: sugarcane

The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times

Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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this is telenovela font
Even this font is giving postcolonial Spanish
February 9, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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Sunny beat me to the very next statement I was going to make.

The whole performance wasn’t about the triumph of the individual, but the collective effort and joy that that elevates all of us out of oppression.

They literally danced their way through and out of the history of colonialism TOGETHER.
Okay so a thing I LOVED about that is how, whereas so many halftime shows kind of elevate the star above the other dancers/extras—often literally—that was like the exact opposite, he was *with and among* the people around him
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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Bro literally came out and said “it’s our labor and culture that has always made the Americas great: y’all are just the beneficiaries of slave owners from sea to shining sea,” and I am here for it.
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.

Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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I don't think people made of Pringles can drive legally
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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If you were hoping for some sort of overt political statement: see the literal plantation Benito created to perform in.
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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"God Bless America:" then he lists most of the countries in the hemisphere starting with Chile I think? this rules
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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I'll just be over here crying a lil 🥹
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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If you needed any more proof that joy is a powerful form of resistance, this was it.
February 9, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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It’s amazing how artists like Bad Bunny can give us more hope for what America can be than any politician. What a an incredible gift.
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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There are a lot of people who are going to complain about being unfairly vilified by that halftime show and it's because they know in their hearts they're on Team Hate.
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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what a shot
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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Loved me some Bad Bunny. The show - incredible.

The closed captioning? Whew. We had months to get this right.

#SuperBowlLX
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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Every person on this bar went DAME LA GASOLINA together, total zero to 60
February 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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If this doesn't win an Emmy...
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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Bad Bunny is KILLING THIS. So good!
February 9, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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Truly he is the Best Bunny.
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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It's music video-level production (the camera work alone!), and yet somehow they're filming it live.
If this doesn't win an Emmy...
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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Did they actually get married??
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM