Chances are that, by now, you’ve definitely heard of roller derby. Even if you’ve never had chance or opportunity to see your local league bouting live, you’ve probably seen Juliette Lewis, Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page tearing up the track in Whip It! Maybe you’ve got fanatical friends or family members who’ve raved to you…
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It’s a Saturday night in Newcastle. I stop off for a coffee along one of the city’s café strips, hoping to keep up the high from the roller derby bout I have just seen. Upon spying the local league’s shirt I wear, a male waiter prods me with questions I am ill-suited to answer as…
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