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POMPOMS & POWERUPS: Ch1
How Video Games Helped Me Become A Cheerleader. And how cheerleading Helped me become a game designer.
Jun 5, 2023
Ch9: Screaming Queens
The Spring Semester of 2018 passed by quickly.
Aug 21, 2023 • Charli Battersby
Ch8: The Invisible Woman
Tryouts for the next semester happen a month later, in January 2018.
Jul 26, 2023 • Charli Battersby
Ch 7: You Are SO Bad A$$
Liberty City Cheer takes a month off during the holidays each year.
Jul 12, 2023 • Charli Battersby
Ch6: Gee! Oh! Let's Go!
Only one week after the LGBT Expo, I had my second cheerleading performance.
Jul 5, 2023 • Charli Battersby
ch 5: Suit Up!
My first performance as a cheerleader was at the annual LGBT Expo at the Jacob Javits Center. The Javits is the biggest convention center in New York…
Jun 28, 2023 • Charli Battersby
Ch 4: The Lost Episode of “Square Pegs”
It was a few more practices before I found myself changing in the locker room at the gym.
Jun 22, 2023 • Charli Battersby
Ch3: Tryouts
Among my many jobs (Did I mention dilettante enough times), I’ve worked as a video game journalist for a variety of outlets.
Jun 8, 2023 • Charli Battersby
Pompoms & Powerups
Pompoms & Powerups
How video games helped me become a cheerleader. And how cheerleading helped me become a game designer.

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