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OP is cooking up some delicious copypasta
Raygun meant ๐ to do ๐คค that ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ Dr. ๐จ Rachael Louise โRaygunโ Gunn is a lecturer at Macquarie University, Australia, ๐ฆ๐บ who ๐ท has ๐ extensively ๐๐ฃ๐ฆฑ๐๐ฆฑ studied and participated in ๐๐ฅ the Sydney breaking ๐ฉ (more โ commonly known ๐ซ as break ๐ฅ dancing) ๐ฏโโ๏ธ scene. ๐ค๐ Her ๐ฉ work ๐ข has ๐ primarily focused ๐ค on ๐ studying social ๐ฅ dynamics in ๐ the breaking ๐ฉ scene ๐ค๐ from ๐ฎ๐ฃ feminist ๐ and queer ๐ญ perspectives: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=LLebtn8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra. Gunn has โ also โ ๐ demonstrated outstanding ability in ๐ฅ๐ the breaking ๐ฉ scene, ๐ฌ having ๐ถ won ๐๐ numerous ๐๐ป๐๐ฏ๐ฏ competitions across ๐คญ Oceania and garnering wide respect ๐ฑ from ๐ other ๐ฐ Australian breakers. ๐ Gunn has ๐ also ๐จ been ๐ฏ widely ๐ reported ๐ฑ as having ๐ a background in ๐๐ฑ Jazz, Tap dancing, ๐ฏโโ๏ธ and Ballroom dancing. ๐บ I ๐ put ๐ it to you ๐ฑ๐คฏ๐ณ that ๐ Rachael Gunn is intimately familiar with breaking, ๐ฉ to a much ๐๐ higher ๐ degree than ๐๐ most ๐ฏ๐ฅ breakers, ๐ having ๐ both ๐ personal ๐ป and academic experience ๐ with the scene. ๐ฌ Her ๐ป academic work ๐ ๐ breaking ๐ฉ down โฌ๏ธ elements of the scene ๐ฐ๐ indicate a detailed understanding ๐ of the moves, ๐บ๐๐ speech, ๐จ social ๐ฅ and cultural contexts, modes of dress, ๐ relationship with gender, ๐น and numerous ๐๐ป๐๐ฏ๐ฏ other ๐ฐ individual ๐ฅ aspects. She ๐โโ๏ธ also โ๐จ๐ has ๐ณ a detailed understanding ๐ of her ๐ธ relationship to the scene, ๐ฌ having ๐ written a paper ๐งป titled The ethics of living ๐ฎ๐ฎ a double ๐ฅ life: ๐ท rethinking ownership, authenticity, and identity ๐ in ๐ hip hop ๐ culture, ๐๏ธ๐ญ๐ and spoken ๐ฃ in ๐๐ interviews of being ๐๐ white ๐จ๐ป and middle ๐คฌ class ๐ซ in ๐ a scene ๐ that ๐ฅ grew from ๐๐ socially impressed ๐ณ minorities. ๐ถ So how ๐ค could ๐ someone ๐ค with the demonstrated knowledge ๐ฅ๐ท๐ค and ability of Raygun not โ score ๐ฏ a single ๐ซ๐ point ๐๐ป at all, ๐ฏ having ๐ reached the Olympics as the highest scoring competitive b-girl in ๐ง๐ป Oceania? Indeed, ๐ Martin Gillian, head ๐ฃ breaking ๐ฉ judge ๐ฉโโ๏ธ at the Olympics, praised ๐๐ her ๐ธ performance, and she's ๐๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ received ๐ extensive support ๐ from ๐คค the breaking ๐ฆ community ๐ฐ in ๐ defence of her ๐โโ๏ธ routine, so a score ๐ผ of zero ๐๐ป seems ๐ impossibly unlikely. The inclusion of breaking ๐ฆ at the Olympic games ๐ฎ was a controversial topic ๐ง๐ฝ๐ท ahead ๐ป๐ป of its debut, primarily due ๐ข to concerns ๐ over โ๏ธ the corporatization and dilution of breaking ๐ฆ culture ๐๏ธ๐ญ๐ inclusion would ๐ bring, ๐ and was widely ๐ criticised by ๐ the breaking ๐ฆ community. ๐ฉ๐ฉ One โ๏ธ person ๐ซ who ๐คท studied the divide โ in 1๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ opinions ๐๐ was Dr ๐จ Rachael L ๐ Gunn, who ๐คท๐ซ in ๐ 2023 published ๐ค The Australian breaking ๐ฉ scene ๐น๐ฌ and the Olympic Games: ๐ฎ The possibilities ๐ก and politics of sportification, which ๐ criticised the IOC and WDSFโs implementation and homogenisation of the scene. ๐ฐ๐ From ๐ฅ the conclusion ๐ of the paper: ๐ >[...] the concerns ๐ are centred on ๐ the impact ๐ฐ upon ๐ฐ culture, ๐๏ธ๐ญ๐ and a potential ๐ช๐ผ๐ง loss โ of agency ๐ง๐ผโ๐ป and self-determination. Isolated from ๐ neighbouring countries, ๐บ๐ธ and consisting of distinct, localized scenes ๐ฌ guided by ๐ individual ๐ฅ agents, top-down decision-making led by ๐ the WDSF already ๐ impacts the social ๐คณ๐ฌ organization, โ identities and hierarchies of respect ๐ฏ within ๐ the Australian breaking ๐ฉ scene. ๐ฌ >While ๐ sport ๐ฃ and the Olympics are framed as โgreat ๐ equalizersโ, the exclusivity of Australiaโs sporting institutions along ๐บ๐ gendered, class ๐ and racialized lines โ means ๐๐ป๐ฎ that ๐ฏ breakingโs sportification may ๐คท๐ in ๐ fact ๐ฝ impact ๐ฐ the accessibility of breaking. ๐ฆ While ๐ฏ the ABA aims to ensure ๐ค that ๐น Australian breakers ๐ retain self-determination and agency ๐ง๐ผโ๐ป through ๐ธ this Olympic process, ๐ป there ๐๐๐ are many ๐ฌ obstacles that โช๐ come ๐บ with the introduction ๐ฎ of concepts like ๐โค๏ธ governance, transparency and accountability. Making ๐ฝ global ๐ what ๐ฆ is essentially ๐ฏ a localized practice invariably requires ๐ฃ standardization, homogeneity, professionalism and risks ๐ further ๐ moving ๐ breaking ๐ฆ away ๐ from ๐งโโ๏ธ its African American ๐บ๐ธ๐ฆ and Latin ๐ cultural traditions and histories. I ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ put ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ it to you ๐ that ๐๐ Raygun's olympic performance was in ๐ง๐ป fact ๐ carefully ๐ calculated ๐๐ to show ๐บ off ๐ด breaking ๐ฉ without โ meeting ๐ฅฉ๐ฅฉ a single ๐ซ๐ olympic criteria, as a protest against ๐ซ the inclusion of the sport, ๐ choosing to show ๐ต breaking ๐ฉ off ๐ฎ as an artistic ๐จโ๐จ๐จ medium ๐ rather ๐ than ๐ป athletic ๐ one. ๐ก Using ๐คณ movements ๐ฆ that ๐ were ๐ฅ๐ฅ specifically ๐ต๐ต contextual to Australia's presence ๐ฝ in ๐๐ป an international ๐๐ space, ๐ her ๐ธ performance was a criticism of the IOCs attempt ๐ซ to represent ๐บ๐ธ breaking ๐ฉ as a gymnastic sport ๐ด rather ๐ than ๐ป artistic ๐จโ๐จ๐จ expression, and directly intended to sabotage the inclusion of breaking ๐ฉ - and expected ๐คฐ๐ resulting gentrification of the scene ๐ฌ - in ๐ the Olympics. Currently ๐ it has ๐ been ๐ฏ confirmed ๐ค that ๐ช the 2028 Olympic Games ๐ฑ will ๐ฅ not ๐ feature breaking, ๐ฆ and there ๐ are currently ๐ no โ plans ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ to include ๐ฒ it in ๐ the 2032 Games. ๐ฎ Raygun wins. ๐
Iโm surprised that Dahiir Insaat hasnโt done this already