Mental health advocates call Simone Biles brave for withdrawing from Olympic team finals
At first, people thought Biles was hurt. She later said the emotional toll of the Tokyo Games caused her exit. Author: Morgan Romero Updated: 7:21 PM PDT July 27, 2021
PORTLAND, Oregon Early Tuesday morning, Team USA Gymnastics won silver. But Simone Biles considered the best gymnast of all time shocked the world when she pulled out of the competition.
She cited her mental health as the reason.
Arguably the biggest star at the Olympics, Biles, 24, walked off the floor Tuesday after her vault rotation during the U.S. gymnastics team final.
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How pandemic practice left lawyer-moms on the verge
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It is a law of physics that two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Otherwise, matter can collapse in on itself like a black hole. If ever there was a moment when the principles of quantum mechanics applied to American households, this is it. After protracted stay-at-home measures with family members confined together working, studying, struggling the bottom fell out, exposing a void where a net was supposed to be.
As the world ground to a halt and parents scrambled for solutions, an uncomfortable truth emerged: Women are America’s default social safety net. It’s a regressive construct that has entrapped and hobbled working mothers across the spectrum including lawyer-moms. The pandemic simply tightened the screws.
For this lawyer, becoming more flexible was a benefit of the pandemic
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