My letter to the editor in the Washington Post, February 19, 2014: With all due respect for a brave person who is determined to chart her own path, Marion Cory +AFsAJg-ldquo+ADs-Genderqueer at the gym,+ACY-rdquo+ADs Outlook, Feb. 16+AF0 inadvertently reinforced the very gender stereotypes that oppress her.According to … [Read more...]
I Don’t Want to Become a Stiff, Sore, Old Person
I don+ACY-rsquo+ADs-t want to become an old person with sore joints. Is this inevitable? Maybe. Frankly, I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-m already a middle-aged person with sore joints. But I have a hypothesis: Stiff, sore people get that way by +ACY-ldquo+ADs-baking+ACY-rdquo+ADs muscular tension into their (our+ACE) bodies. Whatever we practice, … [Read more...]
A Splash-Free Life?
What would it mean to lead a splash-free life? To splash is+ACY-nbsp+ADsAJg-ldquo+ADs-to cause water or other liquid to move in a noisy or messy way.+ACY-rdquo+ADs In swimming, leading a splash-free life means gliding smoothly forward, without wastefully dissipating one+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s own energy in messy, noisy, random … [Read more...]
Sex, Seduction, Power, and Love
My letter in the Washington Post today (regarding +ACY-ldquo+ADs-Ex-swim coach gets 7 years in sex case+ACY-rdquo+ADs): +ACY-ldquo+ADs-I loved him.+ACY-rdquo+ADs Those were the three most important words in Rick Curl+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s sentencing hearing. Kelley Currin+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s sentiment has been echoed by victims everywhere, including … [Read more...]
Being Out, Not Coming Out: Brittney Griner
Even people who don+ACY-rsquo+ADs-t give a hoop about basketball are rallying aroundBrittney Griner, and what+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s not to like? This Baylor center, best known for her spectacular dunks, is now publicly chatting and writing (most recently in the New York Times) about what it+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s like to be OUT, and … [Read more...]