Here<\/a> Shauna Cross– herself a roller derby vet– talks about Whip it <\/em>and becoming a screenwriter.<\/p>\n In Georgia we have the Atlanta Rollergirls<\/a> (one of them was a stunt double in the movie), Savannah Derby Devils<\/a>, and Classic City Rollergirls<\/a> (Athens). Nearby in Florida are the Jacksonville Rollergirls<\/a> (aka First Coast Fatales) and Tallahassee Rollergirls<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here’s the official site<\/a> for Whip It<\/a>, but before you click, kids, know that it is LOUD.<\/p>\n The new movie Whip It is based on Shauna Cross’ novel Derby Girl, about a teenager who secretly joins a Texas roller-derby team. Here Shauna Cross– herself a roller derby vet– talks about Whip it and becoming a screenwriter. In Georgia we have the Atlanta Rollergirls (one of them was a stunt double in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-odum-library"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"rollerderby\"](\"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2009\/10\/rollerderby.jpg\" "\\"rollerderby\\"")
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