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As the nation revels in the ongoing delight that is World Cup soccer (yay! rah! is it still going on?), blogstress and comedienne Susie Felber nips into one of the writery/soccery blogs that has popped up, The New Republic's "Goal Post: Franklin Foer and Friends on the World Cup." Susie explains that she was led to the site by a spam from TNR, which promised:

At the TNR website, we have a World Cup blog that features some top writers—including the memoirist Sean Wilsey and the novelist Aleksandar Hemon—as well as cameos from film directors, TV writers, and other friends of the magazine.

So Felber read it. Her verdict?

At the TNR website, we have a World Cup blog that features an all-male revue (11 male contributors — Foer even calls his contributors gents, how adorable and wanna be Brity!) including a memoirist you never heard of and a novelist with a very exotic, sexy literary sounding name — as well as cameos from a lot of other boys Franklin knows. Come on by and catch up on your sleep or join all the writer's relatives in wondering if the contributors are getting paid for this. In short, if you don't like photos, levity, a woman's input or if you don't mind that they don't update with news when a game happens (UKRAINE TODAY, HELLO?), but rather stick to a majority of talk about England, you'll love it!"

Ah, the Soccer Jews' boys club. Which apparently forget the most important thing: Even in the boys' media moment, a Soccer Jewish Woman will always have the last word.

Foer Your Consideration... A Blog Review in 2 Snippets [Felber]
Related: Plotz Like Beckham [NYO]