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The Outfit’s charter team the Syndicate has been in a lot of places this year. While generally that would mean interesting travel and wild stories of strange rural Midwest towns, this season leaned more towards a different direction. Structurally the Syndicate has changed in players more often than it has in recent years past. The […]

I was recently approached by the head of the Outfit blog to interview a skater new to the Shade Brigade about her experience bouting with a new team. Initially my mind went straight to scanning the skaters new to the Outfit this season, trying to pick one that had been bumped up these past few […]

For those of you unlucky enough to miss the Chicago Outfit’s most recent home bout I’m here to provide a brief update on all the ass that was kicked two games, two times. The only reason I really have the time to even write this blog, among other long put-off work, is because this is […]

Coming into the league last year as the formal “baby” has me excited for this Saturday’s burlesque night for a number of reasons. Most importantly I won’t have to duck into a bathroom stall when the door guy comes around for Outfit ID checks. Admittedly that was me during last year’s Spaghetti Wrestling, but I […]

It wasn’t until just a few years ago that I truly appreciated how hard the lives of adolescents are. I started nannying for a family with two young girls under the assumption that it was just going to be another high school job, but four years later and I can’t imagine my life without them. […]