This week referee Killjoy shared this wonderful piece Sexual misconduct on the roller derby track — We can stop it. It’s a great piece I encourage everyone to read but I really loved this commitment to making things better and am making a point to do so myself! Thanks for writing this and challenging us all to do better!

Commit yourself to change

My name is Theminist Killjoy, I’m a roller derby referee, and I’m making the commitment, right now, to stand up against sexual misconduct in roller derby.

I will challenge it directly if I see it.

I will follow it up, and never consider an incident too minor to be worth reporting.

I will call out “stepping stone” behaviours and actions — ones that normalise boundary violation and make light of consent, or that bolster cultures of toxic masculinity.

I will listen to, believe, and amplify the voices speaking out.

If you’re with me, spread the word, and make the same or similar commitments yourself to building something better.