Tag: Jessie Diggins

Jessie Diggins is in this year’s body issue, which I suppose is old news if you follow that kind of thing but I don’t because you can’t follow everything. I actually am a big fan of what ESPN does with the body issue and I am sure someone has some issue with it because the world is full of haters but it does a remarkable job of covering lots of body types and lots of ages in a celebration of the human form. I mean, Greg Norman is in it this year and he’s 63, and looks fantastic by the way, and it’s just a nice. I am sure someone hates it because it’s nudity and some people cannot separate nudity from depravity but I consider it a positive thing that is put into the world once a year. And we get a double positive this time with Jessie Diggins who, and this is also old news but I am just catching up, wrote about it on her blog and her struggles with an eating disorder when she was in her late teens. I have always found Jessie Diggins delightful and the one time I posted her previously in the past it was about how delightful I found her despite her not medaling. Then she went and medaled and remained delightful and inspirational. And she continues to be both of those things here because the truth is admitting anything like this is braver than you know. Or maybe you do know. I don’t have an eating disorder but I like many have parts of my past that are considered taboo to talk about or something I should be ashamed of. It takes a lot of courage to come clean about these things because it will alter how people will see you and the simple truth is a lot of people will attack you for it. I haven’t looked cause god knows I don’t need the rage that builds up inside me but I am sure the internet is full of terrible people with things to say about how either she is doing this for attention (people love negative attention. I know I personally love being attacked and told what a terrible person I am. It is so much fun) or that she is lying and well, who knows. This sort of thing tends to bring out the most vile parts of humanity. But it helps people so she did it anyway because she’s brave and you know heroic. It’s what she does. This winter I was proud to have her represent me as an American and today I continue to be proud that she represents me and my country. I am thankful that she does and we get to have her. So I wanted to post her. Today I want to fuck Jessie Diggins.

Well guys, here is Jessie Diggins, who is the best performer ever at Women’s Cross Country for the US. It’s not our sport and we don’t medal in it and early this morning she didn’t either. I know people were disappointing because she’s a great story. She’s adorable and charming and a real talker and from a close knit small community that gather together to watch her and it’s exactly what we want our dreamy Olympic gold medalist to be. But no one should be disappointed. She is still the best American woman ever at this. We should be proud. 5th is not 3rd but it’s good. And more importantly it’s a reminder that greatness can come in a lot of ways. Any Olympian is a big deal because they are Olympians. She is racing constantly and has more to come. She probably won’t medal at all. But she tries as hard as she can, she is someone we can be proud of, and you know what, that’s enough. Medals are nice. When Shaun White won the Gold the other day that was great but it wasn’t because the US gets another Gold Medal on the shelf. It was watching him sob and hug his parents and seeing him the happiest he’s ever been in his life. If Jessie Diggins medals it would be nice but I guess in my mind it doesn’t detract from my favorite thing about the Olympics. It’s human beings giving their all in a spirit that embodies the best of humanity. So I think she is charming and beautiful and I am proud she’s an American. Today I want to fuck Jessie Diggins.