Pinball

Sasha Endoh on how her hobby helps ground her and connects a community of diverse women

When a pinball bar opened a few blocks from my home back in 2016, I’d only seen the game played in movies. It looked fun and being already drawn to games I had to give it a go.

Was I a natural, a pinball wizard? Not really. But I was immediately hooked on the feeling of going with the flow of this game. As I played more, the promise ‘it only takes one ball’ to turn a game around was exactly what I needed to keep things in perspective.

Then I met the women players of our local league – the Ball Bustin’ Bitches – a community of driven, intelligent and supportive women.