This thing just irks me on so many levels. And I am not trying to be political, I hope I don't get that way, but it might come across that way.
1. Stop calling this girl "curvy" the same way you call plus size models like Ashley Graham. CNN had a video of this girl (and her sister) working out, doing resistance training. They are not dainty, but they are FIT. They look pretty darn athletic.
2. We have had 2 girls (both white, FWIW) on our USA team with this issue. Both very fit girls who make Sectional times, one of whom is knocking on the door to Futures and is being recruiting by a Pac-12 school. And guess what.....parents grumble. Parents of the younger kids on the team. The one parent who complained was the mother of a young girl. The official who made the DQ was a lady, as well (presumably also a swim Mom).
3. This isn't about sexism or racism, IMHO. It really irks me that the media has gone out and tried to label it such, as it inherently carries a stigma that may extend to the whole sport in some people's minds. This is about prudish parents (moms, at that!) who likely/presumably never swam competitively in their high school days.
4. The point about about the potential deliberate nature of teh swimmer doing it. I don't think taht is an unfair question to ask. Of the two girls I mentioned earlier on our team, one of them is the kind of girl you want your daughters to become. There is NFW that girl does it intentionally. The other girl I don't think did, but Icouldn't dismiss it.
5. My skinny, small butt daughters have had their suits ride up on them a few times. Which gets to the above point. It can even happen to girls who are not physically built in a way that makes it more likley.
My understanding was that they noticed the wedgie when she got out after finishing a race, but I might have misread. Everyone's lost some coverage in a race at some point, and there's not exactly time to pick a wedge.
It should NOT be a sexual issue, but the mom from last year and the female swim official are making it seem so, not the media.
The initial reports cited a coach who stated "Lauren Langford, who coaches swimming at another high school in the area, told The Washington Post that she believes racism, in addition to sexism, may have been a factor,"
They also reported that the parent the prior year was a male "indicated to the parent who took the photographs that it was not permissible for him to take pictures "
Those are from the Washington Post, where I first saw it. It was discussed on NPR, and countless other news outlets have reported essentially the same thing. I just am discouraged that we seem to automatically just go there before we know anything.
As it should be. After looking at the Approved vs. the not approved" suit coverage, that unproved area seems so small as be non recognizable. The reduction of that small an area will not offend anyone that I know. Maybe my "excess" side pods will offend more than anything I see here!
gen.medium.com/alaska-high-s...l-33cc10f180b9
This is a good piece of writing.
"We cannot allow our organization to become one that engages in body-shaming — it should promote a healthy body image for all athletes."
Amen.
gen.medium.com/alaska-high-s...l-33cc10f180b9
This is a good piece of writing.
"We cannot allow our organization to become one that engages in body-shaming — it should promote a healthy body image for all athletes."
Amen.
I dunno. The author, Lauren Langford, in the same article says:
She is a minor — that parent should be arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography.
The hypocrisy of this is infuriating to me. Although I cannot condone distributing an unflattering pic of a child without permission, if a picture of the kid is "pornography," then don't the officials have a serious legal mandate to discourage it from being seen at a high school meet?
I must disagree with you Annguins - to me, it is an appalling piece of writing.
I read about this case elsewhere. The girl was wearing a suit issued by the school.
I'm withholding judgement either way. I can imagine a sassy teen pulling the suit around deliberately to become borderline obscene and I can imagine a HS official getting out of hand, too.
I have not seen any pictures, which could clarify the situation. But then I don't expect to see any pics. If her presentation was, in fact, obscene, she is 17, so possessing the pics would be a felony.
