#iihf

members of the austrian women's hockey team have come forward about their unequal and misogynistic treatment by the austrian ice hockey federation. they are given very poor accomodations, they have to sleep in bunk beds and change in unheated rooms, and they are given the ill-fitting hand me downs of the men's equipment

they are not compensated fairly and their work and school is not taken into account. they requested a meeting to discuss the new compensation model and the federation did not care and even fired multiple staff members with whom the women's team had positive relations. the team has hired a lawyer to represent them because the situation has escalated so far. multiple of the team's best players will not be attending the upcoming event in slovakia and they are even considering skipping worlds if treatment does not improve. the team feels harassed and bullied by the federation!

this is just awful and completely unnecessary treatment by the federation. i am also so proud of the austrian women's team for advocating for themselves and for how successful they've been in spite of this treatment!

macklin celebrini x fem reader

summary: in which two 19 year old prodigies become the world’s favourite obsession after they start dating. every race, game, and interview turns into headlines, edits, and nonstop speculation about them. but behind all the noise, they’re just two teenagers trying to hold onto each other while living at full speed.

everyone thinks the pressure would break them.

because how could it not?

macklin celebrini — nineteen years old, already rewriting history in the nhl. the fourth teenager ever to hit forty points in twenty-seven games or fewer, standing beside names like Wayne Gretzky, the kid who grew up idolising him now captaining Canada men’s national ice hockey team at worlds like he was born for it.

and then there’s you.

nineteen. formula one’s first female driver in eighty years. the youngest woman to ever win a grand prix. the youngest to win her home race. the girl who dragged herself into a championship fight and finished second while the entire grid watched in disbelief.

every headline calls you both a phenomenon.

every interview ends up asking about the other.

every single one of your friends refuses to stop making edits of the two of you to trending audios.

the media loses their minds anytime macklin is seen in the paddock wearing your team hoodie, or when you show up to his games hidden under a sharks cap that doesn’t fool anybody.

because somehow, the two biggest teenage stars in sports are dating each other.

and the worst part?

you’re both disgustingly in love.

the kind where macklin still gets nervous before your races even though you’ve stood on podiums more times than he can count.

the kind where you watch every canada game from the garage with your engineers screaming whenever he scores.

the kind where he kisses your helmet before every race “for luck” and pretends it’s not superstition.

the kind where your worlds win interview gets interrupted because somebody in the media room spots him waiting for you in the hallway and suddenly nobody cares about hockey anymore.

or

Anybody watching the IIHF games lately lol

more under the cut !

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