K Eri Lee is a Ph.D. student in Feminist Studies with a focus on elite, national-team sport and the Asian diaspora. They are also a figure skating coach and former US national team synchronized skater with the Haydenettes. You might also know Eri through their fabulously informative instagram account, @LiberatingSkating.
Eri works to build sporting worlds where everyone, regardless of where they come from or who they are, can experience the joy of movement and community. We had a wide-ranging conversation about nationalism, belonging, synchro, coaching, putting research into practice, and how to communicate on the internet!
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k-SggOGDZYtB6QJD6lGZEZlL105UyK6PK8RkzyYkXcg/edit?tab=t.0
YouTube: https://youtu.be/APBoaHqyLfE
Learn more about Eri, and read their blog, at their website, www.eri-lee.com
Their instagram is @liberatingskating
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Links:
I reference the post “Is Synchro a Feminist Sport?”
https://www.instagram.com/liberatingskating/reel/DcG2bfiRLov/
Eri on “The End of Sport” podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sports-as-a-weapon-podcast/id1527375756
The International Workers’ Olympiads
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Olympiads
The Tucker Center for Research on Women and Girls in Sport
https://tuckercenter.umn.edu/
