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Starr Andrews is the first Black woman since Debi Thomas to take home a medal at the U.S. figure skating championships.
How “Hip Checks” Betray Our Gender-Mediated Gaze Erica Rand applies the sports method, “hip checks”, to explore race and gender bias in ‘The Small Book of Hip Checks’. The Small Book of Hip Checks: On Queer Gender, Race, and Writing Erica Rand January 2021 Erica Rand Hockey fans are likely familiar with the hip check, a term used to describe a player dropping his or her stance and swinging their hips toward a player on the opposing team. The purpose of a hip check is to knock the opposing player off balance, and this unbalancing is one of the ways Erica Rand uses the term in