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Thank you! I really love detailed breakdowns of routines, especially controversially scored routines.

I saw back in the thread someone wondered what some of the gymnasts in the book thought of her. Angie’s quick response around Jen is here. LOL! Around 20:30 mark. Also, this series was excellent! Joyce Wilburn is also in this interview, and she trained at Parkettes around that time (I don’t...

Right? It was honestly disgusting. I remember the way she compared Angie Denkins’ body to a horse in the book. A fucking horse! Angie was also apparently lazy as could be, yet she’s able to keep her legs straight in her acro and show grace in her movement (something Jen couldn’t do). Ridiculous.

Thank you so much for posting these recaps! I tried to watch a scene with her and Kody in their mission and… I would absolutely never be able to watch this show lol. But I thoroughly enjoy reading these recaps!

Would love that, thank you! Either or both

How many other good memoirs are out there? I feel like Aly’s was solid and had a good amount of substance. I’m actually about to revisit Dominique’s. It was really heavy to read back in 2012 because so much of the abuse seemed unimaginable at the time!

I don’t mean to derail the thread, but reading Quietcolours’ recaps took me to back to the CNN documentary on the Parkettes that came out around 2002, about 15 years following Sey’s time with them. Most of the coaches she mentions are shown here, and their methods of training only validate her...

This is so random. Of all of the schools in Texas…Texas State?! Lmao. TSU is known as the party school of Texas. Very much in the country area of San Marcos. They’ll probably get a decent following because there isn’t much else to do on the weekends.

That jump combo sounds hard as hell! Maybe a Popa to Moerz lol

I almost love this one! If they had kept the stripes all the same red and white then it could give the illusion of an athlete wrapping the flag around themselves (like you see after they’ve won a championship).

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.