About
I've been playing roller derby since 2007. They call me Mona Mour, I wear #214, and I skate for the Wicked Pissahs, of the Boston Derby Dames. I am also the co-captain of the Boston B-Party, Boston's traveling JV squad. I used to skate with Bleeding Heartland Rollergirls, as a Slaughter Scout and a Flatliner (Bloomington, IN).Following
Boston T map poster
Adam said, “I want this on a shirt. Get it? T shirt!”
he’s a funny kid
Alice in Thunderdome is back in my good graces after apologizing and removing the article.
Let’s all welcome her back into the derby fold, in hopes she won’t make the same mistake again. We’re one twisted sorority in roller derby … And ya can’t leave a sister behind.
UPDATE: Just realized that Universal Hub picked up this situation … so she’s probably having a pretty shitty day today. I think she’s paid for the mistake pretty heavily at this point…
Look, I’m all for publicity for roller derby … but I’m not going to lower my standards or allow someone to steal my work for that to happen.
When I click on the article now, it says
Article Not Ready
This article is currently being published.
It should be available for viewing in 5 minutes.
Thanks,
The Examiner.com Team
Hmmm… will be interested to see what appears….
As the Communications Committee head for the Boston Derby Dames, I spend a lot of my time producing content for our website and for outlets like Derby News Network. This includes previews and recaps of games, and while some of these pieces may be short, I put a lot of work into them. I don’t earn a penny off any of it. It’s all done for free, in my spare (ha ha…) time.
Have you ever heard of The Examiner? It’s a blogging website where they hire bloggers, then pay them based on pageviews, etc. So the writers on the Examiner are making money.
Beth Eisenberg, aka Alice in Thunderdome, a skater for a New England League (not sure which) is currently the “Roller Derby Examiner.” And she has taken to lifting copy from league websites, posting it, and making money off it.
And friends, she just messed with the wrong derby girl. She lifted, WORD FOR WORD, a recap I wrote of our season opener. She posted it under her name and her photo … with only a small, italicized attribution at the bottom. No link. No permission.
Now, if you want to post this on your blog and link to the site, fine. If you want to post it on your own league’s website with a link, that’s fine. All those things spread publicity for my league, but they also don’t bring you any kind of money.
I did not give permission for this, and in fact expressly told her she could not lift my work (um, who needs to be TOLD that?). I just sent her a very nasty email demanding it be removed and threatening legal action.
Fucking lazy bloggers. Go to hell.
Please bring me either a) a new job or b) a winning lottery ticket.
I can’t take this for much longer.
Sincerely,
Lauren/Mona
ps- anyone want to hire a super cool roller derby girl? I’ll do just about anything, so long as it involves me leaving my clothes on.
I think the truth to this story lies in the following sentence:
Actress Hilary Duff has just signed a multi-book deal with Simon & Schuster to produce a series of young adult novels, the first of which is titled Elixir and will hit stores in October.
Produce, eh? Yup, I thought so.
We Are Plastic Ono Band
(via Yoko Ono official)
I always kind of don’t like Sean Lennon because I feel so bad for Julian Lennon. I feel like Julian got such a raw deal as far as fathers go and Sean got all the love and attention and some pretty song. Julian got a song too but it’s kind of sad and it wasn’t written by his father for him. I think Yoko Ono is cool as hell but Sean Lennon can go fly a kite. I’m not down with him in any way. I’m glad we have that covered for today.
Julian is a much better singer and songwriter who has never been given his due.
I think Julian suffered because he both looked AND sounded so much like his dad … and his record came out fairly close to John’s death. People just couldn’t get it… but he’s much more talented than Sean.
Did you make your supervisor cry this morning? Because I did.
And just to be clear … I was right.
