Thursday, February 10, 2022

Laying the Olympics bare

I don't normally pay much attention to the Olympics, and when I do, I prefer the Summer Games, since you can see more of the athletes' bodies. Knowing that this year's competition is happening in China depressed my interest even further, of course, but this Washington Post story about LGBTQ athletes competing there did pique my interest. As a bonus, that links to a 2017 Pacific Standard magazine article, "A Brief History of the Great Gay Olympics." (The illustrations are wonderful in their own right.) And that, in turn, led to the delightful discovery of a 2004 book by Tony Perrottet I'd never even heard of: The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games. "Faster, Higher, Stronger, Hornier?" 😎


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