This week for BuzzReads, Blair Braverman discusses the “don’t ask, don’t tell” attitude that surprisingly pervades professional men’s figure skating. Read that and these other great stories from around BuzzFeed and the web.
Why is the World's Gayest Sport Stuck in the Closet? — BuzzFeed
Men’s figure skating has always been caught between its public image and its conservative culture. But with anti-LGBT policies haunting the Sochi Olympics, the sport’s biggest stars are under more pressure than ever to set the record straight. Read it at BuzzFeed.
From left: Chung Sung-Jun / Getty, Cameron Spencer / Getty, Jared Wickerham / Getty, Claudio Villa / Getty, Jared Wickerham / Getty, Jonathan Daniel / Getty
Times They Are a Changin' — Rolling Stone
Mark Binelli on the 'gentle' revolution of Pope Francis: "After the disastrous papacy of Benedict, ... Francis' basic mastery of skills like smiling in public seemed a small miracle to the average Catholic. But he had far more radical changes in mind." Read it at Rolling Stone.
Max Rossi / Reuters
In the Beginning, There Was Nipple — ESPN The Magazine
Marin Cogan writes about the 9/16 of a second of visible Janet Jackson breast that scandalized the nation a decade ago: "If our children or our children's children ever dig up a time capsule from the beginning of the new millennium, they will find that in February 2004, America collectively lost its damn mind." Read it at ESPN The Magazine.
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Dear America, I Saw You Naked — Politico Magazine
Confessions of former TSA screener Jason Edward Harrington: "In private, most TSA officers I talked to told me they felt the agency’s day-to-day operations represented an abuse of public trust and funds." Read it at Politicio Magazine.
AP / Via politico.com
