Yeah, I totally get that! That’s why this take is so weird. “Why is she apologizing for her sport?” She isn’t, she is reiterating how difficult it is because she knows that the guys buying “The Body Issue” are probably not figure skating fans, and could use reminding.

Based on my (casual) understanding of the judging process, I don’t consider figure skating a sport

Introduction of subjectivity......what about boxing? Those decisions are subjective (whether they’re meant to be or not).

There are all sorts of skill sports that are constantly subjected to this same debate. Auto racing, bowling, golf, and yes, baseball. Personally I say that if you can get drunk while watching it, then it’s a sport. And oh boy, can you get drunk watching figure skating.

any sport with judging (including referees or umpires) has subjectivity built in. so, all sports, basically.

You really don’t see how someone uneducated in figure skating might think that the costumes, music, and choreography are just as important as the physical challenges, and why a top athlete like Wagner would want to push back on that? Or how the layman could conflate figure skating and ice dancing as parts of the same…

What is it about the idea of, for example, a form that says “Parent’s name” instead of “Mother’s name” that erases women or our experiences? Or having gender-neutral bathrooms in a maternity ward or OBGYN’s office?

No actually, sex is not binary. To quote from the website for the Intersex Society of North America:

I felt that way about the trans pushback against the Pussy Hat thing. The women’s marches were about access to women’s healthcare services. I don’t think it was helpful or positive to have people interjecting with the fact that you can be a woman without having a pussy, in that specific moment. We were marching for…

Having gender-neutral bathrooms is in the best interest of gender non-conforming people because otherwise a trans man who is pregnant and tries to go into a women’s bathroom has a high chance of being harassed, or asked to leave, or worse. [This is part of the problem with so-called bathroom laws - you’re forcing…

Trans people and their allies AGREE that there is such a thing as female humans and male humans. Trans women are women and trans men are men. We don’t exclude anyone by adapting our language around reproduction to accommodate for trans people. Making inclusive adjustments to language allows us to avoid “acting like…

‘woman’ is a gender, not a sex

(trans) men can get pregnant

Those are not nipples those are the seams of her dress. You seem unfamiliar with actual human breasts.

To all the assholes who pitched a fit when Michelle Obama wore sleeveless tops on vacation, where the hell are you now that Melania Trump is wearing a sleeveless dress on an official visit to foreign leaders? Or is it okay to go sleeveless if you’re a white Republican lady but not a black Democratic lady?

In Poland, men don’t offer to shake a womans hand. Only considered polite if the woman offers her hand first.