as someone else said- the rule is basically affirmative action for gymnastics. it allows athletes from non rich and dominate countries to compete and help build their programs. that is a GOOD thing

I wouldn’t want to see Americans on all three podiums for four out of five events. The world gets it, we’re rich.

yeah but if that was the case laurie would have been able to compete on everything and probably would have blown gabby out of the water (and aly TBH). the two per country rule IMO is great for the sport. it’s hard and seems unfair sometimes but the impact of the olympics is HUGE and we want young girls all over the…

the 2 per country rule def isn’t bullshit. an olympics where one or two countries gets to put their entire team in is BORING and it hurts the sport

Yeah. Fuck off with that bullshit.

ive said it once and i will say it again

This also works for many kinds of gym, sauna or spa in Netherlands, Germany or Hungary. They don’t give a shit either.

I think she should be forced to spend a week at a Japanese or Korean spa where people from ages 3 to 100 scrub up with no body shame and no one gives a shit how you look naked. Get over yourself, lady.

Pretentious goofy bullshit is not gendered and we have the absolute right to laugh at anyone who indulges in it publicly.

It’s entirely true that “ethical” food is the realm of liberal bougie types, and the reason is a combination of awareness about food ethics issues and the ability to access and pay for more ethically-produced food. But I reject the idea that it’s stupid or snobby to care about consuming food that’s produced in ways…

Are the Sackville-Wests of any relation to the Sackville-Bagginses?

I FUCKING LOVE ORLANDO

Loved him in that movie! He had so many great performances left in him.

I mean, wouldn’t he have been the perfect Nikolai Rostov in my make believe HBO War and Peace adaptation that isn’t actually a thing?

Point is, he was great and could have dug into so many great roles given the chance.

I think Zoe should maybe never open her mouth on this subject again. It’s like she’s got a shovel and she wants to keep digging deeper and deeper...

This probably won’t even register since I’m commenting so long after the article went up, but I knew Sarma really well and to see all this happen is totally bizarre. There is a huge piece of the puzzle missing and it definitely has to do with her husband, whom everyone hated from day 1.

It just doesn’t compute...she…

“...eats 51 bananas a day...”

Ugh why do my fellow vegans have to be so embarrassing. It's like for every single cool vegan, like Prince, there are a thousand militant assholes.

Because it’s so gratifying when the writers come into the comments section to mean-girl anyone with anything remotely critical to say! No honestly, it’s because there are occasionally worthwhile discussions to be had with other commenters here about feminism, while you guys are busy trying to out-cool each other.