Profile avatar
danielleknelson.bsky.social
assistant prof, feminist, writer, and figure skater 📚: gender, disability, trauma, sport, and pop culture (she/her/hers) IG: danielleknelson
163 posts 84 followers 261 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter

“none of this is normal” … an evergreen thought to throw to the blue skies before you quickly close the app out of overwhelm and anxiety.

he loves to say “phenomenal… just phenomenal.” also he’s obsessed with alysa liu!! [as we all are]

watch the video. governor mills is the one being threatened!

i am so tired. www.thedailybeast.com/fda-scientis...

“Now we live in a country governed by a party of cruelty, and often it feels like the only thing left to do is rage against the dying of the light. We have to stay heartbroken about this.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...

hard launching my new skates. we’ve been together for just a few days now but i think it’s the real deal. they’re risport. italian! and very gorgeous.

wild and incredible story: junhwan cha skating absolutely brilliantly here at the 2025 asian games (his quad sal maxes out GOE!! or it should rather) and by winning the competition, he's now essentially exempt from military service in korea! www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4LS...

the dismantling of highered is a really scary timeline to be on... just really struggling to make sense of this right now.

terrifying.

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

I wrote this piece for @thebaffler.com on RFK Jr and the politicization of science (drawing on some ideas I’m developing for my new book…)

I paint women figure skaters. I've never settled on a singular answer to why I do it, but I think it mostly comes down to wanting to showcase the incredible strength, speed, power and poetry that exists within what society deems as an inherently feminine sport. I demand that these women be seen.

Begging folks to include ALT text w their images so they are accessible. Esp at a time when critical info is being shared. Bluesky has a setting that will remind you to add text when you're posting an image. Go to Settings/Accessibility, and check the box next to "Require alt text before posting"

so glad you’re here!!!

teaching the film ‘gaslight’ (1944) this week… “captive sweetheart” is such a disturbing way to market a film about emotional and psychological abuse. in a way quite fitting to the very idea of “gaslighting”

should i be skating in these boots? probably not. will i continue to do so until i get my new skates? yes because its an addiction. next question.

USFS’ tribute video 😿⛸️. It is beautifully done. youtu.be/x5CMlicf1cc?...

"How are we gonna skate," he said, "knowing that our friends will never be able to skate again?" / reading this through tears 💔 www.espn.com/olympics/sto...

can we talk about how hard it is to teach right now? teaching was hard before, but these past few weeks.....

stop interviewing traumatized children and grieving family members for your sensationalized news stories for clickbait headlines. it's honestly so unethical.

Help us support the loved ones affected by this unimaginable tragedy. Contribute today at www.usfigureskatingsupport.org

i know i’m late to the party but wow this book is incredible. only 70 pages in and can’t wait to keep reading! @naomiaklein.bsky.social

teaching ‘the retrievals’ podcast and thinking about the lily collins controversy around her using a surrogate. fertility is such a sensitive topic… i understand the criticism but women shouldn’t have to disclose their medical histories and traumas to make a reproductive decision abt their bodymind

i tried to watch the european championships but it was so hard. my social media is full of skaters sharing memories and tributes to the victims and mainstream media reporting on the plane crash victims to their general audiences as the newsfeed itself is full of endless horrors from our end of times

For @theguardian.com, I wrote something I wish I didn’t have to. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...

DENISS!! that first quad salchow triple toe combination was a beauty! definitely the best i've seen him skate technically besides the little errors. is his quad sal like amber glenn's triple axel?! my prediction is this gave him the confidence just knowing he can do it in competition! #eurofigure

there are a lot of reasons why skating has been hard lately… lingering hip pain from surgery recovery…boot problems… longer than desired breaks because of less access to skate time after moving for a new job…and sort of coaching myself… but any day i can get on the ice is a good day. best feeling.

any self help guru or motivational podcaster who is not acknowledging the times we’re in right now and is still speaking in the abstract as if democracy is not crumbling right before our eyes has completely lost their credibility IMO.

every day i read something new about those skaters on the plane that crashed and i start sobbing again.