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Mary Louise Adams, "Artistic Impressions: Figure Skating, Masculinity, and the Limits of Sport" (University of Toronto Press, 2011)
On the Minnesota rinks where I spent many days of my childhood, the skates made the man–or the boy, to be more accurate. Hockey skates had a boot of tough leather and a reinforced toe to protect against sticks and…