Rollergirl: Totally True Tales from the Track

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With her mouthy, tough-as-nails style, Melicious recounts her best tales from the track: her fierce rivalries with The Wrench and Ivanna S. Pankin, the scene at the annual national tournament, the thrill of a bout, and the infractions that so often bring her to the penalty box. From the minute she first laced up her skates and wrapped herself in her alter ego, Roller Derby has given her a confidence boost, and she shares the positive impact the sport has also had on girls -- young and not-so-young -- who tack posters of her on their bedroom walls and lace up their own skates.

Complete with photos and suggestions on how to develop a Rollergirl name and persona, this unprecedented tell-all comes from the woman who's watched the sport evolve from an underground Friday-night event to a bona fide national phenomenon.

What Customers Say About Rollergirl: Totally True Tales from the Track:

Loved it. Read it. If you don't skate it will make you want to start, if you do it will make you want to skate better.

Nice book on history of present wave of roller derby. Cute memoir. Good for anyone having interest in subject matter, probably not so much for you if you don't like roller derby or memoirs.

Rollergirl: Totally True Tales from the Track is a wonderful supplementary text for a course in Sociology or Psychology of Sport. Insights are provided into the role of the skater's persona, team identity, and the relationships between the fans and the skaters. It is a well-written narrative of one woman's experience with flat-track roller derby. This experience is framed within the history of the sport and laced with details of the sport's re-emergence. While this book is an interesting work in and of itself, it provides a unique learning experience for students of sociology, psychology, and kinisiology. It may also have some interest to students in women's studies.

Any roller derby gal starting a league or joining a league should get ahold of this book - and roller derby enthusiasts should be just as intrigued. Melicious from the Texas Rollergirls (flat track association) tells her roller derby saga - from watching her first bout, to joining the Bad Girls Good Woman league to the split in factions and subsequent formation of the Texas Rollergirls and Texas Lonestar Roller Derby Girls. Anyone interested in the Woman's Flat Track Roller Derby Association (WFTDA) could also benefit from this book, as it tells the tale of how the whole dang flat track revolution started. An easy read from front to back, Rollergirl Totally True Tales From the Track, was worth every penny.

that's something that is earned, not absorbed simply by quitting a corporate job. go back and give it a re-read; you'll see what i'm talking about.

i'm not really into roller derby but my girlfriend likes it; i borrowed the book from her. only have one complaint about it:i feel the author relies on similes waaaaayyyyyyyy too much.

i really liked this book. they kind of got in the way of the narrative - and many times seemed unnecessary.

(for those of you who may not recall, a "simile" is a comparison using "like" or "as.") sometimes there are three on a page alone. i kept feeling like i stubbed my toe on them (there ya go - another simile).

not that this is a big deal, but that part where she says her boyfriend gave her "instant punk cred" by drawing an anarchy symbol on her skates made me gag a little. all in all it is good read and highly informative as to how the sport came about.