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Women And Their Cauliflower Ear

Rhonda Rousey's cauliflower ear

Rhonda Rousey’s cauliflower ear

Female mixed martial artists have to navigate a minefield of societal expectations that men never have to deal with. One of the surprisingly complex ones to manage is “What happens when you start getting cauliflower ear?”

The unmistakable sign that you roll is a badge of honour for many fighters, but in the normie world it’s not quite the same.

Sarah talked to four high level female fighters about their perspective on cauliflower ear.

To read the story head over to Fightland here.

 

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11 Coolest Cats To Celebrate The Kitten Bowl

Holy Fuck Kitten Bowl

Holy Fuck Kitten Bowl

Something called the Super Bowl happened over the weekend.

We didn’t really care.

However, something else happened on the weekend called the Kitten Bowl.

THAT we did care about.

And Sarah wrote about it for Huffington Post Music Canada.

To read the article go here.

 

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12 Songs To Celebrate The Year Of The Horse

Year of the horse

Year of the horse

In honour of Chinese New Year Sarah was tasked with finding a number of great songs about horses.

Sadly, she didn’t include Neil Young’s entire Year Of The Horse album.

To read her whole list head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by going here.

 

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Doctor Who Meets Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Dr. Who's Tardis

Dr. Who’s Tardis

Doctor Who is making an appearance in an unlikely place — on the rashguards designed by Toro BJJ for Brazilian jiu-jitsu training.

This seemingly odd intersection of sci-fi nerd culture and fight culture isn’t actually that odd at all and Sarah investigated why for Fightland.

To read her story about it go here.

 

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When Your Soul Gets Trapped Between Pillow Fighting And Jiu-Jitsu

Pillow Fight League

Pillow Fight League

Sarah will be making her formal return to fighting soon — pillow fighting, that is — and she’ll be documenting her comeback for Fightland.

To set those stories, up her most recent piece looked back at the soul-searching that went on when she decided to switch from the theatrical feather fighting of the Pillow Fight League to the rolling around in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. It involves a bachelor party, a big tip and a mail order gi.

Read the story at Fightland here.

 

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