Slog - Comments on Rat City Rollergirls Crash the National Press http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls Just in time to hype their blowout bash tomorrow at Magnuson Park (here's my Stranger Suggests on the bout), the Rat City Rollergirls—Seattle's ass-kicking women's roller derby league—are featured in a splashy, multimedia story on MSNBC. (The primary talking head is a derby queen from Austin, but the majority of the action footage in the video was shot at the Rat City Rollergirls' stomping grounds at Magnuson Park's Hangar 27.) FYI: Tomorrow's bout is completely sold out (good for them, sad for you), but you can catch the ladies in action at both of this weekend's Pride Parades, and... Copyright 2007 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:50:12 -0800 Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:40:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gomer Bolstrood Fat, ugly chicks on wheels: another thing to hate about Seattle.

]]> Gomer Bolstrood http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380419 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380419 City Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:08:24 -0800 Comment by David Schmader Dear Gomer: You totally deserve the lonely death by masturbation that is your fate.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380426 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380426 City Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:11:41 -0800 Comment by Geni Ignorant, misogynistic trollfucks - another thing to hate about blog comments.

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380432 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380432 City Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:16:21 -0800 Comment by Gomer Bolstrood Well, there you go.

You can be a snob about many things at the Stranger, but you must NEVER insult the hags.

]]> Gomer Bolstrood http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380439 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380439 City Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:21:28 -0800 Comment by David Schmader Oh, you CAN. It just makes you an asshole, which other people are then allowed to point out.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380441 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380441 City Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:23:00 -0800 Comment by Gomer Bolstrood Now you've gone and hurt my feelings!

]]> Gomer Bolstrood http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380446 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380446 City Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:27:06 -0800 Comment by westy This is a fun argument with easy positions to get behind.

Gomer: just a little overweight and used to be a little cute, but sadly socially wrecked by his alcohol consumption. He's managed to hold onto his cube farm job, but he's not getting any raises and his co-workers have been whispering for a long time. He'll eventually be asked to leave, nicely, and will embark upon a three month road trip to ride all the rollercoasters in the US or something. He hopes that when he returns, his peers will think he is a changed man. They hope so or don't care, and he will be, but not for long.

Rat City Rollergirls: badasses whose events are almost impossible to get into because they are constantly sold out, which is frustrating. Ladies who merge a sense of humor with dead serious athleticism. It's like watching Charlie's Angels, Full Throttle, 'cept with girls who actually beat ass.

]]> westy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380493 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380493 City Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:03:21 -0800 Comment by cienna I went to my first match about a month ago and was blown away. The women looked incredible, the crowd was absolutely jazzed, and I had three derby girls land in my lap during one bout. How many sports can boast that sideline treat?

]]> cienna http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380563 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380563 City Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:53:43 -0800 Comment by westy Cienna: not nearly enough.

]]> westy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380618 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380618 City Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:51:56 -0800 Comment by Gomez In case anyone misreads the typeface, Gomer B and I are different people.

I personally say huzzah to the RCR and wish everyone involved a festive, action packed and violent night of roller derby.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380637 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380637 City Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:10:12 -0800 Comment by Nobody I'm sorry, Cienna...did you actually use the word "sport" in the context of roller derby? Har.

I suppose that next, you'll be telling us that Anna Oxygen shows are a good example of aerobics.

]]> Nobody http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380640 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380640 City Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:15:04 -0800 Comment by huervos Nobody is either Gomer or was dumped by a rollergirl or both.

And is also, probably, a little bitch.

]]> huervos http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380649 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380649 City Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:29:28 -0800 Comment by Geni I want to go on a tour of all the roller coasters in the U.S.! But I am most decidedly NOT Gomer.

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380667 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c380667 City Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:52:46 -0800 Comment by Cherry Jubilee Nobody: roller derby IS a sport, no matter what the detractors say. We train hard to be able to compete, and we have to do it all while keeping our regular day jobs. Just because we wear fishnet tights and short skirts, doesn't mean that the aswesome skating and ass-kicking aren't real.

Cherry Jubilee #42
Derby Liberation Front

]]> Cherry Jubilee http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c383459 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c383459 City Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:10:31 -0800 Comment by Joe Schwartz Yeah, don't diss us roller coaster fans, Westy -- some of us are derby fans too. (Granted, my road trip was only two months long, and I rode only half the coasters in the US, but you get the idea.)

BTW, more

]]> Joe Schwartz http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c387564 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c387564 City Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:46:10 -0800 Comment by Joe Schwartz BTW, more of my derby photos are available here: http://www.joyrides.com/rollergirls/

]]> Joe Schwartz http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c387565 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c387565 City Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:47:15 -0800 Comment by Alex Fuck cars
used cars

]]> Alex Fuck http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c394380 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rat_city_rollergirls#c394380 City Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:40:58 -0800