elizabeth j. hadley

me looking for adult figure skating lessons and assessing size charts for riedell ice boots is definitely not proof that i am having a crisis. everything's going to hell, but i just want to be an interdisciplinary skater. it will just make me stronger for bashing the fash

this is not shade, btw

tfw your high school classmate is now a paranormal investigator and featured in a documentary about your hometown's serial killer

spending too much at the revolving sushi restaurant seems to be this week's self-care

YouTube video by the Mountain Goats the Mountain Goats - Younger (Jordan Lake Sessions)

It never hurts to give thanks to the broken bones
You had to use to build your ladder

i apologize if i phrased any of this poorly, as i've had a couple post-scrimmage beers. but when anyone comes for my trans friends and family, i wanna come back for them with equal force.

transgender athletes pose no threat to cisgender athletes. they are members of my community, which i hold dear. i fully support inclusion of transgender athletes. and if you don't, (a) get better and/or (b) take several seats.

i've met transgender skaters who are superstars. i've met trans skaters who are on my own mediocre level. i've met trans skaters who are bambi on ice.

not only do i have no problems playing with or against trans skaters, i actively welcome them to roller derby.

i am a cisgender woman who plays a fairly dangerous, full-contact sport, alongside and against trans women and nonbinary athletes, and even occasionally alongside and against cisgender men (gasp!). no one on the political right actually gives a shit about "women's" sports.

i also fear that no one else will want to take over finance, which has been my role for over a year now. we've done well with a jeweler with no finance background acting as treasurer, but please, please nominate someone else, i am tired of harassing people for dues and filing 501(c)3 shit

Fortune cookie paper on a table, reading "Your hobby will bring balance and perspective to your life."

i'm really into roller derby (especially after resigning from a five-year stint on our board of directors) and lapidary. ¿porque no los dos?

i also did one cool trick while jamming tonight (which i generally don't do) that i hope to turn into a gif, with our team historian's permission. i fell flat on my face after, sure, but i felt cool as fuck.

i've been extremely grateful to my extremely supportive roller derby league for 8+ years, and even more so these days. it's a privilege to go skate in a short-handed scrimmage and focus on something that is completely in the moment. just hit the shit out of your friends in chaotic moments and reset.

Boy, I have a friend in the federal workforce and...let me tell you, they are not lying down in the face of this stuff. Don't you dare despair, this thing is far from over despite the vacuum of political leadership from the modern-day Whigs.

Roller Derby is For Everyone Except | Bonfire Angry? Like roller derby? Buy a shirt and help me support the Harriet Hancock Center!. I was furious about everything, so I shared a design with some friends. Enough ...

www.bonfire.com/roller-derby...

you get a degree from UO and speak this trash? i'm sure my relatives in eugene would like to have a word.

YouTube video by Karmic Swamp Globsters - Freddy Krueger - Live 8-10-2012

i had my own version of this globsters song, replacing "freddy krueger" with "richard lugar." today? i'd deal with richard lugar. the bar is low.

Photo of the side of a brick house with massive amounts of icicles coming from its clogged gutters.

the house next door is uninhabited, but the HVAC still runs. i hate seeing it empty in lexington's ridiculously tight housing market.