Each member of the Rollergirls team picks a nickname from the list of thousands and checks it against all of those registered with the league so everyone owns a moniker as unique as each of their paths to this niche sport. The ominous, intimidating names represent the stray from the real world and feminine stereotypes they leave behind.
These women toss in mouthpieces, tape up cuts, shove, strike and slave with all the intensity and ferocity of any testosterone-driven male counterparts.
Only, when the Rollergirls are done, they retreat to lives as professional and ordinary as Suzy Homemaker.
"There are people who you are surprised when you find out what they do for their day jobs," Trauma admitted.
There is K. Lethal. She teaches preschoolers.
Flannery O'Slaughter spends her days as a biostatistician.
June with a Cleaver is a dental hygenist.
And then there's Hannah OuchoCinco. Custom-built for Cincinnati, she changed her name from Hannah Barbaric as the Bengals star receiver took on his alternate persona a few years ago. Hannah even created a checklist of the opposing team's top blockers to cross off after each game in the same manner as Chad Ochocinco's checklist from 2006.
Oh, by the way, when she is not fighting through a broken finger that is supposed to keep her out 6-to-8 weeks while insisting it will only sideline her for four, she serves as a financial counselor at the Lindner Center of Hope.
To most, joining the organization sounds crazy.
"It's like running away with the circus," said Cincinnati Rollergirls referee Jennemy of the State.
To some, it sounds made up.
"The misconception is that it is a spectacle, that it is dress-up," said Sista Sacrilicious.
But, to the 47 women making up two Cincinnati Rollergirls teams, the best of which is ranked No. 4 in the region and No. 16 out 350 in the country, it sounds like one of the most fulfilling experiences of their lives.
http://cnati.com/cincinnati-rollergirls/rollergirls-growth-bridges-mainstream-and-alternative-001915/
These women toss in mouthpieces, tape up cuts, shove, strike and slave with all the intensity and ferocity of any testosterone-driven male counterparts.
Only, when the Rollergirls are done, they retreat to lives as professional and ordinary as Suzy Homemaker.
"There are people who you are surprised when you find out what they do for their day jobs," Trauma admitted.
There is K. Lethal. She teaches preschoolers.
Flannery O'Slaughter spends her days as a biostatistician.
June with a Cleaver is a dental hygenist.
And then there's Hannah OuchoCinco. Custom-built for Cincinnati, she changed her name from Hannah Barbaric as the Bengals star receiver took on his alternate persona a few years ago. Hannah even created a checklist of the opposing team's top blockers to cross off after each game in the same manner as Chad Ochocinco's checklist from 2006.
Oh, by the way, when she is not fighting through a broken finger that is supposed to keep her out 6-to-8 weeks while insisting it will only sideline her for four, she serves as a financial counselor at the Lindner Center of Hope.
To most, joining the organization sounds crazy.
"It's like running away with the circus," said Cincinnati Rollergirls referee Jennemy of the State.
To some, it sounds made up.
"The misconception is that it is a spectacle, that it is dress-up," said Sista Sacrilicious.
But, to the 47 women making up two Cincinnati Rollergirls teams, the best of which is ranked No. 4 in the region and No. 16 out 350 in the country, it sounds like one of the most fulfilling experiences of their lives.
http://cnati.com/cincinnati-rollergirls/rollergirls-growth-bridges-mainstream-and-alternative-001915/