I’m busy editing US Quidditch Cup 11 photos, writing for the blog + Face Beat It, and getting ready for Argonauts season, but I want to take a moment to savor this. Arianna and I took four damn years to get a win for SJSU Quidditch at nationals. I wanted more, I always want more, but I’m so glad she was with me to remind me of how far we’ve come.
Hello internet! (Yes, I do need a better intro.) I decided to kick off my birthday by trying something new and expanding my media empire: vlogging!
My setup definitely needs work, but I think that content comes first while production value can improve over time. Like, comment, subscribe to my channel, and let me know what other kinds of videos you’d like to see. Hit me with that constructive criticism!
This is gonna be a long post. But if you’re looking for the tl;dr version:
And hey, if I make you feel that way and you can’t make it to the Glossier pop up in SF (but you totally should if you can!) or their NYC showroom, using my link when you order gets me $10 in store credit and 10% off your first order.
Disclaimer: I’m not a Glossier rep; anyone who shops through their website gets a referral link. But hey, if I’m gonna enable you, maybe you can enable me back?
Anyway, onto the review!
Happy Easter, everyone! Even as I have settled into the life of a Christmas and Easter Catholic, it’s the latter that has always held the most significance for me. I’m a big believer in our struggles (and yes, suffering too, sometimes) being a path towards renewal and rebirth.
I’m patting myself on the back for a moment: All The Referee of the Year Candidates Are Men and You Should Be Pissed About It broke Face Beat It‘s record for hits in one day, clocking in at just a hair under one thousand page views.
Okay, enough of that. As happy as I am to stir up the conversation about women in quidditch, that’s not enough. My feminism isn’t shit if it’s not intersectional. I’m a white, cisgender, straight woman who voted for Hillary, a stereotype of White Feminism if there ever was one.
But I want to be better than that. I want to keep shining a light on what it’s like to be a minority in this sport. I want to keep this conversation going.
I can’t write about what it’s like to be LGBTQA+ or a person of color in quidditch by myself, but I want to. My experience as a woman is far from the only perspective that needs to be shared.
So if you’d like to share your experience, I’d like to provide a platform for you. Feel free to message me, leave a comment here, or email me: elizabeth@barcelosknows.com
Someone has to be the Angry Feminist Killjoy of quidditch and I feel like that burden has fallen upon me. Well, so be it. I love a good soapbox to preach from. Inspired by one of my favorite Nickelodeon shows of the 90s, I’m kicking off a new series on Face Beat It: Barcelos Explains It All.
Today, I’m taking on something that has bothered me for ages: how few nonmale quidditch head referees there are and why. While it’s by no means a comprehensive article, it’s a start.
It also references the greatest quidditch headline of all time because I’m a hack and I couldn’t help myself.
Enough beating around the bush. Go ahead and read All The Referee of the Year Candidates Are Men and You Should Be Pissed About It over on Face Beat It.
Okay, maybe I’m not so uncool as I am incapable of having any chill. And yet, here I am, seduced by the effortless Cool Girl aesthetic that is Glossier.
