Suicide Girls

The Thick-Thighed Women of Roller Derby

by Jane Devin on 02/16/2009

Spellbound in front of the television set at eight, nine years old, I’d watch the thick-thighed women of roller derby growl, sweat, and scuffle their way around the track, flying their opponents into the rails with a body slam or, when the referees weren’t watching, by the hair.  Much of it was choreographed, like WWWF [...]

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