TOKYO — It's Wednesday in Tokyo. The sun rose here. And just as surely as it did, social media was chock full of mostly anonymous people (mostly men) decrying the "weakness" of Simone Biles for having the audacity to put her own mental and physical health over their antiquated ideas of toughness.
Because of course a woman who has competed through broken bones, and kidney stones, and sexual abuse at the hands of one of the very people meant to help keep her body working its best, and mental abuse from the coaches who had her competitive fate in their hands, only to still become the most decorated and incredible athlete in the history of her sport, is nothing but a little weakling to people who only care about her now because she gives them something new to rage about.