Or Burke heard the word and looked it up.

So much THIS.

Bela’s strategy was to overtrain young gymnasts and pit them against each other emotionally. He had zero use for anyone injured and refused to train gymnasts after puberty; you grew, you were out. Sure the cream rose to the top, but it left a toll of needlessly injured and crushed gymnasts. He could never have trained…

All the stars. EXACTLY

They don’t; Aly Raisman has demonstrated that proper coaching can help a gymnast relearn how to compete after the sudden growth spurt of puberty. The Karolis had a particular notion that gymnasts were only worth the trouble to coach while they are slim and young and perpetuated the notion because they were the…

He’s unofficially banned from USAG and has been for years. It’s why Marta suddenly popped up. Rather than have a bigger scandal on their hands, the Karolis were forced to fade away. Their ranch used to be a bottleneck and gymnasts had to fully submit or kiss their international career goodbye.

I’ve been watching it pretty much live on the Canadian broadcast channel. I have the bare bones cable package without the xfinity crap and I’ve been too lazy to VPN into bbc.

The Humphrey turn? Terin Humphrey is judging in these Olympics, it’s pretty cool.

I have deeply loathed his stupid commentary over every balance check “bobble” and how cute/ adorable/ whatever infantilizing adjective he can think of to describe world class athletes. I actually really enjoy Nastia’s commentary and I think she just needs to talk waaaay more.

I literally felt my heart drop. The only other time before that I’ve felt genuine sadness about a woman’s plastic surgery was when I saw Tori Amos on her last tour.

Every time I see his face I think of Jenna Maroney calling him her “sex idiot".

Because I refused to allow my son to be treated less than human by the public school district, all children in our state will not have to suffer. Laws changed but that doesn’t mean I’m going to send my son right back into a system where that happened to him. I’m sorry you’re too stupid to appreciate that. There are a…

My autistic son certainly literally doesn’t play well when forced to endure what are considered human rights violations during times of war. And I figuratively don’t play well with mealy mouthed people who would rather be part of the status quo than advocate for the rights of disabled children. My son’s experience and…

You probably have; we just don’t announce ourselves because of how tiresome the judgements are. Also once you’re an adult people have vocations/ higher education/ careers so socially you’re less likely to inquire about someone’s homeschooled status.

The fuck is wrong with you? Because you’re an inadequate teacher, you’re mad at the perception that some parents help their own children instead of pitching in to help out the kids you’re unwilling to? Do you give up some of your salary to the janitor or do you draw the line at giving more of yourself to others…

My 2nd grader is homeschooled using state curriculum. He has autism but is verbal and tested above average intelligence by the public school system in preschool. He was diagnosed as autistic by two doctors at a nationally renouned autism center. The principal at his public school personally didn’t believe he was…

I mean, I agree that taking naked peeping Tom snaps is bad enough, but this woman was gloating over her perceived superiority which is what made her feel safe being a disgusting pervert about it. The fact that she’s too goddamn stupid to realize that what you say in private might be wildly illegal and inappropriate…

She and I regularly have discussions about this. She was raised Mormon although is no longer practicing, so not sure if that has anything to do with it. I’ve sent her great multitudes of Dr. Ruth articles and similar info. She won’t have it. I don’t want to offend her so I no longer push the issue, but she’ll bring up…

One of the things that makes me the angriest about patriarchy is when women do all that and say “I do it for myself”. No. You are loveable and amazing and you did all that to feel loved and your guy doesn’t deserve that. It’s never a guy who reciprocates and allows himself to be fully guided by what his woman prefers.

Never doubt the gusto with which self-hating women will try to “improve themselves” for a man like that. Have you never had a fit friend get breast implants “for myself” after beginning a relationship with a guy who is very smugly happy to inform her that he’s a “boob guy”?