Slog - Comments on The Big Gay Bout http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout You should know upfront that my girlfriend is a rollergirl, so my journalistic integrity will be shot to shit in this entry, but wait... I'm not a journalist, and I'm not getting paid. All right, fuck it. Miss Fortune, Ann R. Kissed, Juliet Bravo I don't know if you guys know this, but the Rat City Rollergirls are volunteers. They don't get paid to play; in fact, they PAY for their own gear, uniforms, away-game lodging, etc. Because of the strain on the pocketbooks of these very passionate athletes, they have a lot of fundraisers to subsidize their activities. Seriously,... Copyright 2008 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:06:08 -0800 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:20:49 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Katelyn You're dating a Rollergirl?! I'm so jealous!

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738820 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738820 Conflict of Interest Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:18:45 -0800 Comment by ljg That Miss Fortune chick is so hot.

]]> ljg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738821 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738821 Conflict of Interest Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:19:28 -0800 Comment by Carollani You're god damned right.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738859 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738859 Conflict of Interest Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:40:18 -0800 Comment by JB Big Gay Bash!!!!

]]> JB http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738905 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738905 Conflict of Interest Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:05:58 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo I think it was her I saw doing a promotional guest appearance at the Stay Up Late Show at CHAC. The hostess asked everybody on the team their occupations and when she got to Miss Fortune and she answered "roboticist" you could hear a collective sigh as a roomful of nerds all simultaneously felt their hearts skip a beat. It was a magical moment.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738910 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738910 Conflict of Interest Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:10:40 -0800 Comment by PdxRitchie I don’t know if you guys know this, but the Rat City Rollergirls are volunteers. They don’t get paid to play; in fact, they PAY for their own gear, uniforms, away-game lodging, etc.

It's an outrage! Everytime I go bowling, the jerk behind the counter tells me no, he will not sponsor me and yes I will have to pay for my shoe rental.


Because of the strain on the pocketbooks of these very passionate athletes, they have a lot of fundraisers to subsidize their activities.


Hot chicks on wheels is great and all but it's easily the most forced hipster pseudo sport of the last five years. Kickball is less ridiculous.

]]> PdxRitchie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738920 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738920 Conflict of Interest Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:16:05 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi We need hipster dodgeball. I'd pay to see that shit.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738941 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738941 Conflict of Interest Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:27:07 -0800 Comment by John At Work @6:

Can you really say it's "forced" when it sells out every month and has spread across the whole country as fast as, as... as fast as something spreadable spreading really quickly...?

I mean, fucking Sioux Falls South Dakota has a league...

]]> John At Work http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738970 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738970 Conflict of Interest Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:50:08 -0800 Comment by SJ PdxRitchie: Have you been? It's really fun. And I saw a lot of other people enjoying themselves there, too. I told myself I would give it a try once, because it smacked of "new hipster fad" to my skeptical eyes too (sorry, Carollani.) But I got into it really fast. Plus, it has roots in the 1930's, so it's not this brand-new made up thing.

My kid likes it too, and technically she's not a hipster, because she's six.

I'm going again!

]]> SJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738991 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c738991 Conflict of Interest Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:00:35 -0800 Comment by bijoubaby since my friend is the swinging Pam Opticon and her best guy Geoff Carter takes amazing photos of the RCRG's I'm assuming you took this picture (nice work)... two words... photo credit?

]]> bijoubaby http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c739088 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c739088 Conflict of Interest Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:54:45 -0800 Comment by seattle98104 PdxRitchie has no idea what he/she is talking about.

Go back into your cave dumbass.

]]> seattle98104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c739191 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c739191 Conflict of Interest Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:20:13 -0800 Comment by PdxRitchie Easy there seattle90210, it's just roller derby we're talking about. No reason to get hostile.

]]> PdxRitchie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c739308 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c739308 Conflict of Interest Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:25:48 -0800 Comment by Bill MSN I NIIPET
MSN

]]> Bill http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c741555 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_big_gay_bout#c741555 Conflict of Interest Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:20:49 -0800