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I’ll be interested to hear your perspective. I expected I would be much more empathetic towards Jen as I was reading it in ‘24, but she was so annoying and messy. I don’t even remember much about it, I just remembered she seemed to lack awareness in how she came across, or she knew she was...

Bless you! I tried to listen to Jen’s book last year and I don’t think I finished it. She came across as whiny, entitled, and kind of ignorant.

I know the concept of the book is a collection of her diary entries. I wonder if she spent time reflecting on any of this as the book was coming together or if they just sort of copied and pasted the journal entries to get something rush released in order to capitalize on her newfound fame. I’m...

I mean, with the amount of (mostly well done) turns she does in her routine, her wearing a rhythmic leo seems appropriate. And I just have so much respect for ‘ambidextrous’ legged gymnasts. I’ll never understand how someone can comfortably do a round off or front aerial leading from the left...

Michelle seems really happy and in a good place now. Also, this podcast was pure gold. So many excellent interviews from a lot of the athletes during this time period (Sandy Woolsey really sticks out for me in how candid she was). I’m still bummed she decided to stop doing it.

I have never read Little Girls in Pretty Boxes, but this was my Bible growing up (I would re-check it out over and over in my middle school library lol). It’s been 20 something years, I should revisit it now that I can actually understand some of the intricacies I’m sure went over my head.

I remember feeling heavily for Michelle Campi after reading this. I can’t remember if I read this in a book or on a message board, but I know there was a ton of drama with her mom and him being together. Reading about Carroll’s account of him made me ill and angry. Michelle did an interview on a...

It’s unfortunate. When I was searching for this book to add to the earlier thread, I came across a Reddit post detailing how abusive Chelle was to the students she coached. Truly heartbreaking how she continued the cycle, but not remotely surprising...

I don’t think it’s been mentioned, but I’m sure a lot of y’all remember Chelle Stack’s mom had started to put together a book about her experience with the Karolyi’s during the 80’s. I re-read it last year for the first time in 10-15 years. It’s a wild, intense narrative. Maybe someone has this...

On another note, reading Quietcolours recaps took me down a road to watch the 1996 Olympic trials compulsories. What are your opinions on compulsories ? I have so many thoughts. Looking back on them now, I have SO MUCH more respect for them! Beam and floor look so difficult to really master...

I mean, her husband is a MAJOR Trump donor. Like, he’s appointed to the Kennedy Center board under him. So depending upon your political leanings, this is up for debate.

It’s funny, because I actually remember reading this book. I must have been in middle school when I read it, so like 2001-2ish. I obviously didn’t think anything of this as being abusive. It’s interesting how warped our perspectives were back then. Even if we went back on these boards 10-15...

Right. It’s one thing to be an ignorant parent who just defers to the coach because you don’t know any better, but I wonder what that was like for Claudia once she became knowledgeable and saw his incompetence. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I vaguely remember Claudia saw that Shannon’s...

Fun topic. I love hearing perspectives around things I’ve never really considered, like the setup and takedown. Justin Spring expressed his frustration about the floor size on this podcast a few years ago. Around the 17 minute mark.

Do we know how Charleigh pronounces her name? I remember at the last few nationals the announcer pronounced it ‘Shar-lay’ but then at one point I heard ‘Charlie’