Anchor City Rollers

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 wonders of roller derby. We’re pretty excited about what we do, and very eager to tell anyone with a glimmer of interest about the fun you’ll have if you join. We’ve even got a 12-week Learn-to-Skate program coming up, and WE WANT YOU! Really, we do! But we get that it’s a scary prospect, and some of you might be wondering what we’re NOT telling

Roller derby is an emotional roller coaster. Photo by Richard Lafortune. One of my favorite things is gently correcting well-meaning people who say "there's no crying in roller derby." I get it! A League of Their Own is a great movie and I too look for ways to reference it as much as possible. But it's just not true. I sometimes joke that I've cried more about roller derby than any romantic relationship I've had. That's a bit of an exaggeration (heartbreak, amirite), but if y