The Corsair - Femme brutales on the rampage
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 6:56PM 
Before Saturday, I knew as much about roller derby as I did about fashion shows – which is to say that I knew women were involved and that they would be performing in some kind of entertainment capacity. I also knew that I would have no idea what was actually supposed to be happening. But wafer-thin women strutting down a catwalk in outlandish outfits has a significantly different (read: less) appeal than roller skating teams of helmeted badasses intentionally crashing into each other for a battle of banked-track supremacy. If you're looking for an exhilarating show of modern femininity, skip the dainty birds and check out the dirty ones.
The Los Angeles Derby Dolls is a competitive roller derby league comprised of over 150 skaters representing women from every walk of life. They are teachers, lawyers, students, businesswomen, and housewives, and range in age from Gen-Y to geriatric. But these women, united by a hunger to compete, become something a little more ferocious – part athlete, part rock star – when it's game time at the Doll Factory...
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