Monthly Archives: August 2012

Derby can be dangerous-it’s very physical, you fall, you get hurt, you are sore and bruised, and mentally it can be just as scary for a new skater like me.  So what made me do it and what keeps me coming back?  Well, it has a lot to do with the kids I work with [...]

Q:  What do chocolate and roller derby have in common? A:  Keli KaPOWsk8s. My 7 year old niece tells people I work at Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory.  And while that may not be true, you could say I’m a bad ass Umpa Lumpa (minus the orange face and green hair).  I do in fact work [...]

    So I have an intense day job.  I run the Chicago Rape Crisis Hotline.  It’s a 24 hour program and I supervise 4 staff and several volunteers.  Obviously the subject matter I deal with daily is heartbreaking and upsetting, but the stress of running a 24 hour crisis line also takes a toll [...]

I should start this off by apologizing for having such a misleading name. While most of you might be reading this assuming “A skater making a Fear and Loathing reference! Oh man, she must be crazy!” I’m finally being forced to admit that, no, I do not spend my free time dropping acid while wandering [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Chicago Outfit Roller Derby Home Closer 9/8 The Chicago Outfit offers the final bout of their 2012 home season on Saturday, September 8th at the Windy City Fieldhouse (2367 W. Logan Boulevard).  Doors open at 6:00pm for this double-header, with the Chicago Outfit Shade Brigade vs. downstate Illinois’s Confluence Crush at 7:00, [...]