In I, Tonya, Margot Robbie Makes Tonya Harding Human Again

by Megan Burbank
Tonya Harding was never my favorite figure skater. As a 5-year-old, I rooted for dark horse Nicole Bobek. She didn’t have Harding’s athleticism, but no one did. In a sport that worshipped a retrograde notion of femininity, Harding was considered a freak, even though she was arguably the most technically skilled skater of her time. In the wake of the infamous 1994 attack on Nancy Kerrigan (which she may or may not have had a hand in), Harding was further ostracized, t