it's 3 months later and i'm still listening to the heated rivalry soundtrack every day

Turns out derby photography is fun!!

@michaelkeene.bsky.social makes me look cool ❤️

Added some more stickers to my helmet today! Venom, silence is compliance, and the xenophobe ones are the newbies.

It ain’t much but it’s honest work 🫡

I was feeling real down on myself about not being better but then i remembered that I’ve only been doing this for a month. Pretty proud! And hooked! It’s all I want to do.

I’m lowkey so thankful to now feel confident enough on my skates to be able to play with my kid while rolling. He liked pulling me, and also loved blowing the whistle and telling me to go faster 😂

Feeling really grateful for my boys today ❤️

Legs crossed at the ankles wearing knee pads that say “187 killer pads”, with a sunset behind trees in the background

A woman wearing a purple shirt and glasses makes a silly face

A woman in a watermelon print helmet with a bat tattoo on her upper arm smiles, while people roller skate behind her

A very sweaty woman in a purple shirt smiles in a selfie

Before, during, and after practice tonight 🤘 I’m tired and sore, but loving this so much. It’s so cool seeing the progress we’ve all made in just one month. Onward and upward! #rollerderby #derbyrookie

They’re my big focus right now! I need to practice them in my padded shorts to help take some of the fall anxiety away. We’ll get there 💪

Yup 😩

It’s been a minute! Got new skates and am feeling more confident. Managed some crossovers today that look awful but they’re the best I’ve done so far!

I think I may like them better at the beginning. We’ve been doing them at the end of practice and by then I am dying 😂

It’s me, I don’t love a pace line 😂

Also attempted a ramp for the first time this week and was not successful 😂 but I’ll try again!

Been bad at going on here recently but wanted to share today’s skate! I feel like I’ve been making really good progress and I’m so pumped about that 🙌

A hand-drawn old school doge meme, it's quite good Text: fake agency, much illegal, very data breach, such treasury, unelected, very cool, wow

Favorite sign so far

A virtual high five!

Heck yeah 🤘

This was super cute and feels surprisingly accurate ooopenlab.cc/quiz/lTHHdoS...

I did it! First #rollerderby practice complete.

Dorothy Porter in 1939, at her desk in the Carnegie Library at Howard University. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Manuscript Division, Howard University

Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜

The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.

Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

Final upgrade before rookie practice starts tomorrow!! Can’t wait to test these toe stops out. #rollerderby #rollerskating

A good month of reading! @thestorygraph.com rocks

Making progress! 5 days til #rollerderby rookie training starts 🤘my goal was to be fairly steady on my skates before then and I’m pleased with where I’m at. Going to get new toe stops this weekend to help with getting up, and some knee gaskets for extra knee protection. So excited! #rollerskating

Insane year we had last week

A photo of a woman in a pink blazer and black shirt with a blue logo is mid-sentence holding a microphone

Sometimes I look semi-professional.

A woman in a watermelon print helmet throws up a peace sign while looking very tired

Longest time on skates since picking it back up! Practices are 2 hours so I really need to work on stamina 😅

Reductress headline: Woman Decides to Unwind by Reading a Thousand People's Thoughts on the 68 Most Horrible Things That Happened Today

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