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What We’re Not Telling You About Roller Derby

Photo: Lyndsay Anderson If you’ve been to a game, an open house or a community event table lately, we might have told you about the...

Derby and Depression

Last week I went to a talk by Catrina Brown, a professor of social work at Dalhousie. Her talk was on women and depression, and I almost...

The Pacifist

When I started skating I thought I wanted to transform into a hardcore roller derby star. Someone to channel the aggression hiding deep...

Am I Too Old for This Shit?

I started the “Learn to Skate” program with Anchor City Rollers in January 2016, despite a few family members asking, “You are doing...

Bells and Wheels

I’ve always been a person that enjoyed playing sports, especially team sports. Growing up I was in dance, swimming, figure skating,...

Derby Photography

So I’m a photographer. I just graduated from NSCC’s Photography program and loved it! During my first year I had an assignment to...

Fresh Meat (Week 1 and 2)

I grew up with an interest in team sports. I tried volleyball, basketball and badminton... and sucked at them all. Even though I attended...

A place in the league

[Originally published at "Hook & Eye" http://www.hookandeye.ca/2016/03/women-academia-sport-place-in-league.html ] It’s Sunday afternoon,...

Running with the Herd

Photo Credit by Richard Lafortune I am a dedicated referee. That means that my primary commitment when participating in Roller Derby is...

Rise And Fall Of A Freshie

The day I clicked ‘Send’ on my registration for roller derby, I felt powerful. I posted a selfie, looking scared and excited, grinning...