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Nice interview!
It’s complicated with Ed Templeton. He’s championed queer equality for so long. When I was a fragile, scared kid not sure about how my sexuality would unfold, the Ed TWS interview that was so different from the other voices in skating and he really helped me. For much of the 90s homophobia was pretty much the norm and open mindedness wasn’t always well received.
So as far as all that stuff he’s got a very special place in my heart.
That being said, his social media really changed how I consider him and I’m definitely not comfortable with his behavior. Sigh.
That was a really good interview ESPECIALLY at that time.
And also agree. Like, art is cool sure. But non-stop photos of teen ass in bikinis... is that art? I dunno
For a couple years there, yes, Ed's stories were flooded with this type of content. And while he hasn't publicly addressed it, I do think he took the call-outs and criticism to heart because there's been a pretty significant reduction in that type of content on his account recently. Or at least that's my perception. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt and hopefully I'm not wrong in doing so.