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Ellie Roscher

Ellie Roscher is the author of Remarkable Rose, The Embodied Path, 12 Tiny Things, Play Like a Girl and How Coffee Saved My Life. Her writing appears in The Baltimore Review, Eunoia Review, Half and One, Mothering Spirit, Inscape Magazine, Church Anew and elsewhere. She teaches yoga and writing in Minneapolis and holds an MFA in writing from Sarah Lawrence College and an MA in theology from Luther Seminary. Find out more at ellieroscher.com.

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Simone Biles, of the United States, celebrates after performing in the floor exercise during the women's artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 1 in Paris, France. (AP photo/Charlie Riedel)

The holy 'No' of Simone Biles

Simone Biles is the face of a new U.S. women's gymnastics, one that finally prioritizes personhood over perfection.

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