Thank you for posting this. I am a Cardinals fan and attend a few games a year. I was wrestling with my feelings on Tarps Off and why I'm so uncomfortable with it. You brought clarity. Another thing that bothers me about TO is we're mostly only seeing white guys. Where are Black guys? Personally, I'd like to see it banned. But the MLB is driven by money. They love it. And they're mostly men. There's that.
Thank you for this. You named another layer I’ve been sitting with too — even when public bodily freedom is celebrated, the version we usually see amplified is still narrow. Young, male, often white, socially acceptable, and marketable. That’s part of what makes the whole thing feel less like harmless fun and more like a mirror. It’s not just about shirts. It’s about who gets to be carefree in public, who gets protected in that freedom, and who gets erased from it.
Thank you for posting this. I am a Cardinals fan and attend a few games a year. I was wrestling with my feelings on Tarps Off and why I'm so uncomfortable with it. You brought clarity. Another thing that bothers me about TO is we're mostly only seeing white guys. Where are Black guys? Personally, I'd like to see it banned. But the MLB is driven by money. They love it. And they're mostly men. There's that.
Thank you for this. You named another layer I’ve been sitting with too — even when public bodily freedom is celebrated, the version we usually see amplified is still narrow. Young, male, often white, socially acceptable, and marketable. That’s part of what makes the whole thing feel less like harmless fun and more like a mirror. It’s not just about shirts. It’s about who gets to be carefree in public, who gets protected in that freedom, and who gets erased from it.