![]() ![]() This includes "I'm thinking about buying X, what does everyone think?" and "what size should I get?" The weekly thread is the spot for this, and there is also lots of info in the wiki.īecause questions about buying skates and wheels are posted frequently, please limit these to the weekly discussion thread. ![]() Mixing sharp critique with genuine appreciation and delight, Rand suggests ways to make figure skating more inclusive, while portraying the unlikely friendships facilitated by sports and the sheer elation of gliding on ice.In order to limit repetitive posts, the following topics should be posted in the daily new-skater thread/discussion ONLY: General newbie questions ("I'm new and don't know where to start," "Is skating for me?" etc.) very basic questions about hardware and skate setup, particularly "what wheels should I get" and similar. Adult National Figure Skating Championship, or "Adult Nationals" Aided by her comparative study of roller derby and women's hockey, including a brief attempt to play hockey herself, she addresses matters such as skate color conventions, judging systems, racial and sexual norms, transgender issues in sports, and the economics of athletic participation and risk taking. She chronicles her experiences competing in the Gay Games and at the annual U.S. Throughout the book, Rand situates herself as a queer femme, describing her mixed feelings about participating in a sport with heterosexual story lines and rigid standards for gender-appropriate costumes and moves. Here, in short, incisive essays, she describes the pleasures to be found in the rink, as well as the exclusionary practices that make those pleasures less accessible to some than to others. Within a few years, the college professor was immersed in adult figure skating. In her forties, Erica Rand bought a pair of figure skates to vary her workout routine. ![]()
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