#cain/leduc

[gofigureelectra]

HUGE step forward for gender diversity and progress moving forward in our sport!

Skate Canada has officially announced a change in the rule book for Ice Dance and Pairs teams that will allow for teams of any gender composition to compete at local and National competitions, instead of limiting teams to (1) man and (1) woman.

This is such a marked achievement, and I really hope we see more National organizations and the ISU follow suit <3

[figureskatingcostumes]

Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc's White Crow costumes at the 2021 Finlandia Trophy. LeDuc got a new costume later in the season, which you can see here.

(Sources: Phantom Kabocha and Antti Lehto)

[wintrydapples]

Any favorite grey costumes out there?

(I know some of these you can nitpick about. “Is that grey, or lavender?” “Actually that has a blue tinge to it.” But whatev because when you look at something long enough color loses all meaning anyway so roll with me.)

[kaleidodreams]

Happy World Ice Skating Day!

In honor of the first World Skating Day, I thought it would be fun to award gold, silver, and bronze medals to my all-time favorite competitive programs in each discipline!

Men's

Gold - Patrick Chan, Phantom of the Opera

Silver - Jason Brown, Sinnerman

Bronze - Kurt Browning, Casablanca

Women's

Gold - Ashley Wagner, Moulin Rouge

Silver: Mao Asada, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2

Bronze: Michelle Kwan, Salome

Pairs

Gold - Cain/LeDuc, W.E.

Silver - Sui/Han, Rain In Your Black Eyes

Bronze - Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze, Lady Caliph

Ice Dance

Gold - Weaver/Poje, Je suis malade

Silver - Davis/White, Kajra Re/Silsila Ye Chahat Ka/Dola Re Dola

Bronze - Anissina/Peizerat, Romeo and Juliet

[scattered-winter]

Trick or Treat 🐈‍⬛

some figure skating for you <3 this is ashley cain-gribble (she/her) and timothy leduc (they/them)

trick or treat!!

[monriatitans]

Artist Shout-Outs Shared

“Current AI ‘art’ is created on the backs of hundreds of thousands of artists and photographers who made billions of images and spend time, love and dedication to have their work soullessly stolen and used by selfish people for profit without the slightest concept of ethics.” – Alexander Nanitchkov

July's Artist Shout-Outs

Matheus M C Santos

Konstantin Pik

Octambre

Hecate100

Christine Alcouffe

Letícia Freitas

Martina Campoli

Aleksandr Adulo

Irina Koko

Alicia Portillo

Derval Chambers

Evgeny Romanov

Alex Sayers

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July's Announcements, Streams, and Videos 

Blog Posts

Jul. 1st: Let’s Discuss Some $#!7: June Wrap-Up & Behind-the-Scenes

Jul. 7th: Beware Project 2025! The Conservative Promise

Jul. 7th: Let’s Play Some $#!7!: Resolute Paladin SLARPG Stream - Part 4

Jul. 14th: Let’s Play Some $#!7!: Resolute Paladin SLARPG Stream - Part 5

Jul. 18th: Disability Pride Month Edition: Let’s Read Some $#!7 by Devon Price, Ph.D., Jenara Nerenberg, and Rick Green & Umesh Jain, Ph.D.

Jul. 21st: STREAM ANNOUNCEMENT

Jul. 23rd: Let’s Play Some $#!7 Off The Clock!: Amorous Paladin SLARPG Video - Part 1

Jul. 28th: Let’s Play Some $#!7!: Resolute Paladin SLARPG Stream - Part 6

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Cause of the Month: Diversability

Disability Pride Month Quotes of 2024

QUOTE 1: Jennifer Starzec

QUOTE 2: Jodi Picoult

QUOTE 3: Sarah Manguso

QUOTE 4: Randolph Bourne

QUOTE 5: Pénélope Bagieu

QUOTE 6: Rebekah Taussig

QUOTE 7: Haben Girma

QUOTE 8: Allison Alexander

QUOTE 9: Amanda Leduc

QUOTE 10: Sara Hendren

QUOTE 11: Ashley Asti

QUOTE 12: Erin Clark

QUOTE 13: Steven Magee

QUOTE 14: Jessica Marie Baumgartner

QUOTE 15: Jenara Nerenberg

Check out Diversability, founded by Tiffany Yu, which is “a community of people with disabilities (and the allies who support us), on a mission to elevate disability pride, together.”

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July's Neverending Reading List Shares

Jul. 10th: Book LXV - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Jul. 12th: Book LXVI - Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverted Kids by Susan Cain

Jul. 15th: Book LXVII - Divergent Mind by Jenara Nerenberg

Jul. 17th: Book LXVIII - Laziness Does Not Exist by Dr. Devon Price, Ph.D.

Jul. 19th: Book LXIX - Unmasking Autism by Dr. Devon Price, Ph.D.

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Stupidity Quotes Shared

QUOTE 19: Jonny Garza Villa

QUOTE 20: Craig D. Lounsbrough

QUOTE 21: Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

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[ironicbirb]

CAIN/LEDUC US CHAMPIONS!!!

They're my favorite US pairs team I'm so happy

[kinetic-empathy]

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Ashley Cain and Timothy LeDuc are out here reminding me why pairs is my least favorite discipline to watch.

Why didn't the ref stop the program after that fall? Head injuries are not a joke, people.

[tisaqueen]

Why would they put a collar on her after she completed the routine? That collar should be in place the second she got knocked out! How in heavens name were they allowed to continue??!?!?!?

[what-the-flowers]

Beautiful performance from Cain/Leduc!!!

[allekha]

Ashley Cain-Gribble & Timothy LeDuc, US Nationals 2022 SP & FS

Congratulations to them both for winning their second national pairs title and making the Olympic team, and to LeDuc for being slated to become the first out nonbinary athlete to compete at the Winter Olympics!

Bonus kiss-and-cry hug:

[katnotjas]

US figure skaters doing whatever tf they want

[figureskatingcostumes]

Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc skating to The White Crow for their short program at the 2022 World Championships.

(Source: Ester Ayerdi Photography)

[figureskatingfanblog]

Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc have retired from competitive figure skating. Ashley will be moving into doing shows as well as coaching, and Tim has moved to Chicago and will start coaching.

[eight-edges]

Isn’t this the second time Ashley Cain-Gribble has had a fall she either blacked out from or couldn’t get up from? Pairs is a fucking scary sport holy shit

[ohtheseskaters]