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Mascara, Hip Blocks and Booty Shorts: It Must Be Roller Derby

Mascara, Hip Blocks and Booty Shorts: It Must Be Roller Derby

On a recent warm spring night, my friend Brent and I borrowed his wife’s Volkswagen Beetle and ventured out to a warehouse on a dead-end street in South Los Angeles. We were there to watch a “Fresh Meat” or beginner practice for the Angel City Derby Girls. A coach by the name of A-Lotta Backside puts the newbies through their paces. Meet Chelsea Steiner, Fresh Meat with the Angel City Derby Girls.