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Entries from March 1, 2011 - March 31, 2011

Sunday
Mar202011

LA Times - LA NOW: Southern California Moments, Day 77

Jammer awareness: A visiting player from Hawaii lines up for a "jam" at the L.A. Derby Dolls exhibition bout with the San Diego Derby Dolls at the Doll Factory on March 13 in this photo by Susanica Tam, who also skates in the league as "Mia More."

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Wednesday
Mar022011

The Corsair - Femme brutales on the rampage

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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