Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me As Fresh Meat
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Calling all prospective rollergirls: mid-season tryouts are just around the corner! That means that this Saturday, we’ll have a brand-new class of fresh meat. This is an exciting time for any new skater, but also a daunting one. What should fresh meaties know before they strap on skates for their first practice? Toxic Shocks co-captain
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Who’s to say what normal really is…
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
I got suckered into this derby business in 2011 after what felt like a lifetime of no skating and wham! I’m hooked. Next thing you know, I am fresh meat, practicing 5 days a week, and have three derby sites bookmarked on the home-screen of my phone. Hubs comes home two years ago and finds
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The Intimidation of a Comeback.
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Yeah Canna Whoopass is intimidated. By rookies, transfers, teammates, and foes. Before I temporarily retired due to pregnancy, I was the intimidator. I developed into the derby skater that became the one that my idols hated to skate against. The peanut gallery on the sidelines at scrimmage practice would routinely yell, “Someone get on Canna!”
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The Women in My Life.
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
One of my earliest derby memories is my coach pulling me aside and telling me I needed to get in touch with my inner aggression. He told me to focus on something that made me angry and use it. My response to him was I’ve been thanking people for their trash for 18 years so
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We Could All Use More Family…
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
It’s still quite a blur how exactly I stumbled upon the Atlanta Rollergirls. Without going into too many boring and senseless details, I had the opportunity to develop a pitch for a tv show. The idea to approach the Atlanta Rollergirls came to me passing one of their posters… even having never been to a
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Coming out of Retirement: Expectation vs Reality
Monday, 08 April 2013
Our longtime Atlanta derby fans may remember me from times past. It was a wilder time, a time of penalty wheels, tutus, and dance offs. I’ve been a part of the Atlanta Rollergirls since the very beginning in early 2005, and I’ve seen tons of changes – most notably, the development of roller derby from
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