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more about #rollerderby lola_in_the_dark: This movie looks good and I will probably see it but mostly it just seems like Bend it Like Beckham for America. I've even noticed a part in the previ... more » Thus Spake KATE!: I'm going tonight and I am SO EXCITED. I rarely go to the movies because I really do hate just about everything that hollywood puts out, but both thi... more » Master.And.Everyone: I am *really* excited about this! I'm having a resurgence of 90s nostalgia with it that I felt with movies like Mad Love and Dazed and Confused, even ... more » RustyHeadedGirl: I saw a free screening of this on Tuesday and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. The plot in and of itself isn't groundbreaking, but the... more » LacyBones: If anyone's in Austin TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls, the league the film's league is based on will be working at the Alamo Ritz and the Regal Gateway thea... more » R_Claw: Hello to my Saturday night! more » tiredfairy: This and Zombieland are the only things I want to deal with this weekend. Yay! more » Cesybabe or Nirvanah Crane: Zoe Bell, good Kiwi girl, being dropped into the ocean in a shipping container. That is all.[www.youtube.com] more » BearDownCBears: Those instructions are too tiny for me to read, so I'm gonna guess: 1. Race your opponent to the buried treasure. X marks the spot! 2. Eject your... more » Uncommon Whore: This woman is all of the kinds of badass that I (while pretty badass myself) could never be. Her complete lack of fear of physical pain and injury ma... more » DuchessofHazards: Banked track, baby! more » applejuice: No way! I was at the Art Show opening a couple weeks ago for the Rubbercity Roller Girls group fundraiser. Twelve of the ladies had busts cast and the... more » alexherrera: I love her name. My roller derby name would have to be THE MEXICUTIONER! *I'm Mexican, that's why it works* more » ImproperDancing: AWESOME! This Lady may be my new hero. I'm planning on joining my local roller derby team and I'm having a Dickens of a time trying to think of a name. more » BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): If I were a roller-derby-er, I'd be BrutallyBrutalBabes. Also, damn she's awesome. more » SkipToMyLou: I demand to know why more references were not made to Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. I'm reasonably certain it's the same movie. more » lalaland13: Her name is Bliss? Ellen Page is not allowed to play characters named Jane or Sally, is she? Juno, Kitty Pryde, Bliss... more » Flackette Goes Retro: Okay - this is totally just personal experience, based on a few people I know in my locale, but I have encountered a few roller derby ladies who seeme... more » Annabellie: Ellen Page - makin' Halifax proud! more » counterclockwise's using her promoting-power for good: Yes, it's formulaic, yes, it's pieced together from coming-of-age stories, but dammit, I want to see it so much! more » -
#criticalmass
Critics Say You Must (See) Whip It
How's Drew Barrymore's directorial debut? Well, some critics say it's a bit slow and predictable. However, all agree that despite its faults, the rollerderby film is "unreasonably entertaining" and more intelligent and empowering than most films marketed to women. More » -
#stuntatstic
Lessons From A Stuntwoman (Do Not Try This At Home)
The awesome Zoë Bell (Death Proof, Whip It) explains how to fake-clothesline someone while on rollerskates in the October issue of Wired. Illustration number 4 does not look fun. (Click to enlarge.) -
#bisforbadass
MegaBeth
Meet Beth Hollis, a 53-year-old reference librarian from Ohio who leads a double life as the kick-ass roller derby player MegaBeth, "which is kind of a play on MegaDeath... I like the Mega too, it insinuates power." [CNN] -
#filmschooled
Analyzing Whip It's Comfortingly Familiar Teen Angst
Whip It, the roller derby flick that marks Drew Barrymore's directorial debut and stars Ellen Page, looks like fun. It also looks very familiar. We broke down the trailer, frame by frame, to find out why. More » -
#rockskaterollbounce
Meet Scarlet Leather, One Of The Moms Of The Rat City Rollergirls
"We use the word 'empowering' a lot, because that's how most of us feel… As athletes, we have redefined a sport on our terms, not just a female version of a male sport." [Seattle Examiner] -
#rollerderby
Forgotten Man
"The legend of the modern roller derby has claimed its place in the Generation X canon: ... some tattooed, disaffected young women from Texas reimagined the sport as a symbol of postfeminist sisterhood." -
