@recklessbeading.bsky.social
Brooklyn-based beadwork artist, author, and teacher who is old enough to be angry that we have to fight this fascist shit all over again.
My friends with Ring doorbell are canceling their accounts. We never had one.
February 9, 2026 at 11:54 PM
My friends with Ring doorbell are canceling their accounts. We never had one.
All politics is local, so people didn't understand until Chump hurt them personally.
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
All politics is local, so people didn't understand until Chump hurt them personally.
I thought this travesty was cancelled because too many artists pulled out.
February 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I thought this travesty was cancelled because too many artists pulled out.
Radiolab made a very interesting podcast about Bonaly and that jump, which included interviews with her.
radiolab.org/podcast/edge...
radiolab.org/podcast/edge...
On the Edge
This week, we lace up our skates and tell a story about loving a sport that doesn’t love you back.
radiolab.org
February 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Radiolab made a very interesting podcast about Bonaly and that jump, which included interviews with her.
radiolab.org/podcast/edge...
radiolab.org/podcast/edge...
While race was part of it, Bonaly was a power skater at a time when judges expected female skaters to only be graceful. Tonya Harding suffered from this same prejudice even though she was white. Harding was considered "too aggressive" while Nancy Kerrigan "glided across the ice like a princess."
February 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
While race was part of it, Bonaly was a power skater at a time when judges expected female skaters to only be graceful. Tonya Harding suffered from this same prejudice even though she was white. Harding was considered "too aggressive" while Nancy Kerrigan "glided across the ice like a princess."