Mark Morford on cheerleader competitions
Mark Morford waxes gonzo on those high school cheerleader competitions that ESPN airs in off hours. "This is Britney on speed. This is Mary Kate and Ashley shot out of a gun straight into your fragile nerve core. This is powerfully sexual and physical movement and weirdly mesmerizing body energy entirely, tragically divorced from actual female sexuality, some horrid breakdown, a spectacular and all-American display of going-through-the-motions without having any idea what it means to move the body in such a way. And lo, it is strange."
