Interesting Links for 26-04-2021

[andrewducker]

Downing Street flat refurbishment: What is the row all about?

(tags:UK BorisJohnson conservatives money )

German gymnasts' outfits take on sexualisation in sport

(tags:women sex clothing sports Germany )

The salmon you buy in the future may be farmed on land

(tags:fish farming technology )

I am delighted and very amused that Trent Reznor just won an Oscar for a Disney film

(tags:Disney TrentReznor music Pixar Oscars )

India Covid: Anger as Twitter ordered to remove critical virus posts

(tags:India Twitter criticism censorship )

Brexit: Sales of milk and cream to EU down 96% and chicken and beef by almost 80%

(tags:uk europe trade doom milk meat )

Comments

[ninetydegrees]

"German gymnasts' outfits take on sexualization in sport"

Go, women! Maybe we'll finally see some change in ice skating too...

[anna_wing]

Yes! Women's ice-skating costumes, whether ice-dance or pairs, are deeply silly. Though for some high-level pairs competitions, I've seen them in full-body suits like the men, it wouldn't be a huge innovation.


I asked my ballroom dance sifu once why women's ballroom dance costumes were so insanely frou-frou, and he said that it was partly tradition, and partly because it helped to hide mistakes. Which actually made some sense...