Natalie Porter

@torontozinelibrary.bsky.social maybe of interest to your members? Heavy emphasis on 80s and 90s women's skate zines!

Next week, I'll be presenting for the Toronto Public Library via Zoom. Register today! *TPL library card not required

Shared some backstory for the book with NBN. And scheming some book talk fun for women's history month! Fun times ahead...

Thanks so much for the interview and support! 😎

Hi Kyle! Can you include my email? Thanks so much 🤩

This describes quite a few people I know... guess what you're getting for Christmas 😆

Lady train stunts!!! Mesmerizing... loved it! Best skate newsletter around

Maybe an assignment from the perspective of historians who depend on zines as primary documents to counter archival silence? Will try to think of something fun and engaging.

Meet the Librarian Resurrecting the Lost Women of Skateboarding Female skateboarders have always been there. Someone just needed to prove it

The kind folks at The Walrus published this feature over the weekend! Thank you! #skaterlibrarian thewalrusca.substack.com/p/meet-the-l...

Posted this 6mo ago & just recently, through other skateboarders, came across @natalieporter.bsky.social on here! She has a book now called 'Girl Gangs, Zines, and Powerslides: A History of Badass Women Skateboarders'. You should check it out. We’re gonna indy bookstore it!
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tinyurl.com/Girlgangs

Hope you enjoy the book!! Thanks again 🤩

Oh wow!!! Thank you so much! Grateful for the shout out 🥰

Oops! More like 3 weeks ago... what happened to October?

16 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT WOMEN IN SKATEBOARDING - Jenkem Magazine Skate librarian and author Natalie Porter digs through the archives for this women's skate history lesson.

Wrote up a little feature for Jenkem mag last week... grateful for the opportunity! www.jenkemmag.com/home/2025/10...

Ooh getting close!! Yayyyy

The book is officially in print!!! And what a beauty! So happy and grateful 🤩

What a wonderful day it is!! Thank you ECW Press 😍

So grateful to call @colenowicki.com my friend!! Stoked to see an excerpt from my book on Simple Magic. It's one of my fav stories that merges Patti Smith and skateboarding back in 1979...

Very cool! Love the Diane DiPrima shout out too. Congrats... and nice work SFPL!!

Yayyyy! Right on!! I hope you find it interesting 🤩

Yessss!! Zine librarians unite! Last year was awesome 👌

Dee Urquhart Dee Urquhart (Ross) could be called the Scottish godmother of skateboarding considering the role she played, alongside her late husband, Iain Urquhart, an award-winning architect who designed the f…

If interested that's the legendary skater Dee Urquhart in the red... womxnskatehistory.ca/2025/03/19/d...

Wrote a behind-the-cover article about the book! Cover is pretty sweet though... #skaterlibrarian #skateboardhistory

Grateful for the support!! Thanks again

‘The damage is terrifying’: Barbara Kingsolver on Trump, rural America and the recovery home funded by her hit novel Demon Copperhead, the author’s retelling of Dickens during Virginia’s opioid crisis, was a global success. Now she has used royalties from the novel to open a recovery residence

I absolutely adore Barbara Kingsolver. So wise and generous. Read ALL of her books and this article from The Guardian. #wisdom #BarbaraKingsolver #DemonCopperhead www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

He's not just driving, he's dropping in Plus: the X Games bring action-sports themed excellence and oddities, the Berrics is back(?), Walker Ryan is cross-promoting careers, and more.

This week, meet the Wreck Deck, Chloe Covell and Arisa Trew strike gold, the Berrics is back(?), Walker Ryan authors a new video part, and more.

www.simplemagic.ca/hes-not-just...

Ahhh! So kind and articulate and gracious. Thank you once again! And the whole post was just spot on!

Awesome news Cole!! 🔥🔥

Yayyy! Thanks Trina! Pub day is September 16th! So excited 🤩

If you're a #skateboarder, #librarian, #zine collector / creator, #feminist, #riotgrrrl or just someone who finds skateboarding history or punk culture interesting, this book is for you! Pub day September 16, 2025