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7 Things I Learned About Girl Power From Watching "Whip It"
It's rare to see empowering chick flicks (even that genre name is a little annoying), but Whip It, starring Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, and the terrifyingly awesome Juliette Lewis, was fun and inspirational.
The film is about teenager Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page), who would rather skate on a roller derby team than don an evening gown and compete in beauty pageants as her mother wants her to. The following is what I learned about that outmoded term "girl power" from watching it:
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Say What? Roller Derby Queen Gets Gussied Up to Kick Ass
"I can wear bright red lipstick and go out and play because I want to look good while I'm hitting somebody or while I'm taking somebody out."
— Lyndsay Trader, an education administrator who skates for the roller derby league RollerGirls under the name "Mitzi Massacre." She's part of a growing number of women joining roller derby leagues, which were big in the '60s and '70s — on television, anyway.
Butch/Femme: An Introduction
Samantha and Lindsay. Ellen and Portia. Christine and Cynthia.
Ellen & the Cover of W Magazine
We recently posted a You Don't Need Permission To about looking like yourself instead of everyone else, and your comments well and truly rocked.
Check out Ellen in this month's W Magazine if you haven't already; she's on the cover and is featured in a 6-page spread. I don't think she looks at all like the Ellen we know and adore.
Giggle Links
- What else are they gonna do with those old record albums lying around the house? — eBaum's World
- All the stars are doing it! Maybe you should have a sex tape, too!
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