Recent content by Vera Costa

Honestly, there's a teenager in Florida who deserves my thoughts more a grown woman who decided to tacitly support a pedophile who abused said teenager. I feel like this isn't being given enough weight. Vanessa went to the 2018 Olympics knowing that Cipres had abuse allegations against him. At...

Liz Manley took her Instagram post down. I've seen speculation online that Skate Canada might have told her to do so.

This is really sweet. Madison Hubbell- Instagram

This was by Sam. Ogden and Cote's choreography will be debuted only at RTR (probably to Movement by Hozier)

I have sympathy for the pain Coughlin's family are feeling. But by defending him and claiming that his potential victims are lying, they are hurting not only said victims but any other people who wish to come forward with their stories, either in this particular case or any other. Grief...

She's not wrong. Tessa's experiences (and we've all seen this) have been to be bullied for being 'fat' and blamed for any mistakes they've made. People weren't ragging on Scott to develop muscle. They aren't the only team this happens to. We've seen coaches talk about female athletes gaining...

To be fair, some of those quotes from Tessa are making me think. It's not all just the writer's input that's contributing to the overall tone of the piece. It's all very raw. I don't think it was harsh but more intense. Not something anyone was ready for while celebrating the anniversary of...

No one is saying they can’t mourn him. But they are choosing to mourn him publicly and thus their actions have consequences. Again, this isn’t about them but about the victims. The skaters choosing to mourn their friend while ignoring what he might have done on a public platform with large...

Two of the allegations against Coughlin come from minors. Even if we’re talking about a consensual sexual behaviour between him and a minor, that would still qualify as harassment at best. ETA: I read the rest of it. So sexual conduct between a 19 year old and 16 year old would be ok as long...

I didn’t. I said ‘with every case of assault’ indicating in general. Nowhere did I mention Coughlin in that paragraph. @el henry I mean since we’ve honestly decided to argue semantics here, the Merrian-Webster has four definitions of the word crime, the second of which is: A grave offence...

Misconduct encompasses harassment and assault. As of now we don’t know where his crimes fall, hence my usage of (alleged) harassment/assault.

It’s not that I disagree with you, I do understand what you are saying here. The thing is though: 1) It often falls on the victim or other victims of such cases to conduct this dialogue and that isn’t fair to them. They have enough on their plates. They shouldn’t be expected to make other...

Who is encouraging anything towards these skaters? That least is so you know who to stop supporting if you don’t want to. I follow a lot of skaters and had to hit a lot of unfollow button after seeing the behavior of some skaters. That list is to tell you how toxic the skating culture is wherein...

Those kids chose to indulge in racism and bigotry. Stop defending them. No one is suggesting that anyone send the skaters death threats. Grieving is all well and fine, but if the way you grieve can cause harm to someone else, then maybe you should question how you are choosing to grieve. Just...

@VIETgrlTerifa I agree with you. But At this point it is well know. Yet, Adam Rippon aside, no one has acknowledged that they may have been wrong or brought up the victims at all. These skaters aren’t children. They are adults with sizeable followings on social media. They have an audience they...