December 13, 2006
Silly Trend Watch: Amateur Jello Wrestling
It seems like young, affluent hipsters are always finding something new to do with their voluminous free time. Remember the Rated X parties from earlier in the year? The ones that clogged your Flickr streams with low-quality amateur porn every couple of weeks? Well, the phenomenon has mutated and it's been gelatin-ized. The Amateur Female Jello Wrestling people have been staging monthly events since 2003-- but it's only recently that they've captured the attention of the legions of NYC photobloggers. Sadly, the influx of cameras usually marks the shark-jumping moment of any nightlife meme, so you'll have to hurry to get in on the slippery fun.
But this post isn't just about cheap thrills. Let's learn about Jello Wrestling, shall we? From their FAQ:
What is the Jello?The Jello we use is not actually Jello. It is better than Jello. It has no color, no sugar, and is 99.5% water. It is called "Super Absorbent Crystals," which is a polymer that holds water in a solid form. These Magic Crystals swell up 200 times their size when put in water. We use 2-3 lbs of Crystals to make around 50 gallons of jello for our show. Please check out the website and buy some if you like. We like this product best because the girls only get wet (not sticky or slimy) and because it is simple to make. Just add the crystals to the water and wait an hour and voila! You have jello!
How much does it cost to see the show?
Admission is free if you wrestle. And only $2 for women who do not want to wrestle. Gentleman are charged $10 each to get in, or only $5 if they come to the event with a woman. We do this to greatly encourage women to attend, because most women who see the event want to participate the next time.
I want to wrestle! What do I do?
Females of all sizes, shapes, and skill levels are encouraged to participate. Just come to our "Wrestle Lesson" which is always at 6:30pm before our 8pm show. At that time you will meet the other wrestlers and learn some fun stunts. Our wrestlers have stage personalities and names and often dress to fit their character. We will help you to find yours. Please invite your friends to the show to cheer for you as you achieve your wrestling glory. If you have any questions please send Dana an email with your questions at DanaSterli@aol.com
Pictures above by Brian Van, Tod Seelie, and Kaitlyn Tikkun. And check out more pix from previous AFJW shows.
|
not to be a killjoy but that seems very hipster art student. I bet none of those chicks shower.
NSFW...
If you want to see smelly, out of shape girls covered in unknown slime and grease, just walk down Bedford Ave on a Saturday. Free of charge.
It would be nice if they were a little better looking. I honestly can't Fap to this.
yeah these girls have c bodies and d- faces. I bet if this shit was in Los Angeles you'd see better quality women. The thing about New York is all the Hot chicks are super rich so they'd never do this shit.
if these girls then went and spraypainted each other, I might think these photos are from Jake Dobkin's personal collection.
kojak, you wouldn't need to if you weren't too fat and ugly and cruel and insecure for a girlfriend.
Even taken men need to fap sometimes. You think all girlfriends give it up at all hours of the night?
Prude.
well they're all ugly. Want do you want from the guy?
Another instance of Dobkin laying down flame-bait to encourage people to bash well-meaning people who simply want to do something fun. Get your facts straight.
Believe it or not, some of these women are in their 30s.
The event is free or $3 for women.
The events are early on Sundays to coordinate better with the participant's day jobs.
($2 rather)
They may be setting feminism back a number of years, but they've updated the Jello recipe!
I AM A JELLO WRESTLER AND MY COMMENTS ARE BEING BLOCKED!
Help
-La Leone-
JAKE LET MY PREVIOUS COMMENT THROUGH UNDER LA LEONE, PLEASE!
It's not fair that you get to make these INCORRECT statements about this event and I can't defend us! I need to clarify some stuff and respond to all the haters! I wish knew what you looked like so I could of I had seen you there on Sunday, Jake!!!!
Thank you, REALITY CHECK. Your name is so fitting and your comments always so intelligent!
Sorry I can't spell or make sense right now, I am SO mad at being censored! ARRGH. Brian Van, care to comment?
Why is Jake always such a dirty old man?!
These chicks have the right to act retarded if they want to. Holla.
Boring....were's the fornication...?
Those are the ugliest women I have ever seen. They all need a gym membership quick. Most of them look like they're in their 20's yet they're all flabby and sporting pouch stomachs! All I can say is ewwwww... who would want to watch THAT?????
Well, I'm actually flattered. And I'm not behind Jello Wrestle nor am I a dirty old man (dirty young man is more like it), but I do know Dana Sterling as a friend - who I met before ever attending a Jello Wrestle event - and I like to go because it's a bunch of my friends putting on a good show. It's not exploitative of women at all... when you factor in the $15 cover charge for unaccompanied men, it's actually exploitative of the male gender. But I digress.
Jello Wrestle is only starting to be invaded by hipsters because of the new Arlene's Grocery location. Previously, it was often held at Henrietta Hudson and was dominated by the lesbian scene. (Hot!) Now they're getting more of a mixed crowd, yet are still getting enough off-the-street participants to make it a fun event for all. It's being covered by Reuters this week if you still doubt their validity.
I know everyone sees this as an attack on the trend by Gothamist, but who cares? Free publicity! Bring on those hipsters, yo.
right, because every woman in the world is perfectly proportioned with amazing breasts.
well.. its pretty obvious that those that rag on hipsters do so because they've long forgotten how to have fun themselves; and are probably jealous b/c they don't know how to wear anything but khakis and a vertically striped oxford shirt.
Amateur Female Jello Wrestling!
www.jellowrestle.com
"Think the days of female empowerment through mortal combat were over? Think again--as this tongue-in-cheek sporting event brings ready-made deserts back to the ring where they belong." -TimeOut New York
Please join us Sunday, January 14th at
Arlene's Grocery
(95 Stanton Street, bet. Allen & Ludlow)
8pm show - 6:30pm "Wrestle Lesson"
Admission - Free if you Wrestle
$3 for girls who choose not to wrestle.
$7 boys who come with girls.
$15 for single guys (Get it? Bring a girl.)
With Musical Guests:
Man in Gray & El Jezel & Moldover
Join Our Feminist Fight Club!
Ladies want to wrestle? Show up at 6:30pm for FREE WWF-style
"Wrestle Lesson" and learn to "Throw like a pro!"
things overheard about, Amateur Female Jello Wrestling!
"Inside the ring I’m a monster and outside I’m a lady".
"This is not your mothers brand of feminism."
"No Jello was harmed in the making of this event."
Amateur Female Jello Wrestling!
www.jellowrestle.com
"Think the days of female empowerment through mortal combat were over? Think again--as this tongue-in-cheek sporting event brings ready-made deserts back to the ring where they belong." -TimeOut New York
Please join us Sunday, January 14th at
Arlene's Grocery
(95 Stanton Street, bet. Allen & Ludlow)
8pm show - 6:30pm "Wrestle Lesson"
Admission - Free if you Wrestle
$3 for girls who choose not to wrestle.
$7 boys who come with girls.
$15 for single guys (Get it? Bring a girl.)
With Musical Guests:
Man in Gray & El Jezel & Moldover
Join Our Feminist Fight Club!
Ladies want to wrestle? Show up at 6:30pm for FREE WWF-style
"Wrestle Lesson" and learn to "Throw like a pro!"
things overheard about, Amateur Female Jello Wrestling!
"Inside the ring I’m a monster and outside I’m a lady".
"This is not your mothers brand of feminism."
"No Jello was harmed in the making of this event."
I wouldn’t mind feminists so much if they just shaved their armpits every once in a while.
As the promoter for Amateur Female Jello Wrestling, I'm happy to see our event get so much attention!
I'd also like to add that these women see themselves as a ‘feminist fight club’, training average women from all walks of life, economic backgrounds, ethnicities, shapes and sizes in WWF-style wrestling moves and giving women a place to have fun with a great group of girls.
Something no one has mentioned thus far: We also have some amazing bands and electronic artists who accompany our matches. I think this is a truly unique, community-created performance event in the city.
And I don't think any of these girls care if the bloggers call them ugly. They're not doing it to be 'pretty'.
I hope you come to our next event: 1/14 at Arlene's Grocery from 8-11 pm, with special musical guests: Moldover, Man in Gray, and El Jezel :)
Thanks for reading!
Annie
Actually, there are a lot of attractive women in great shape that wrestle... and could probably kick your ass.
BUT:
1. They're not anorexically skinny.
2. They don't have fake breasts.
3. They're neither posed nor airbrushed in these pictures.
Even if you're anorexically skinny, your stomach is going to stick out in a picture if you're not posing; you're in a contracted position, breathing heavily, leaning forward.
Thanks TIANA!!!!!
If you're the Tiana I think you are...you kicked MY ass Sunday, but I was close!
But the pen (er keyboard) is mightier than than the ass-kicking sword.
I've been waiting for my original critique of this all day....but by this time it has surely been censored since all my other stuff went through.
It was similar in sentiment to Annie's comment.
Thanks, Annie, you DO rock! ;)
Since I don't have a blog and can't write something smarmy back to this...
I'm glad my beloved friend Malatron did.:
http://ablogsoup.blogspot.com/2006/12/bloggity-blog-jake-dobkins-gothamist.html
Grazie!
Thank you La Leone - you totally rocked it out on Sunday and gave me a run for my money!
It seems that Gothamist has forgotten how to have fun, and male Gothamist readers don't understand that the girls in Maxim and Playboy don't look like that in real life without: makeup artists, stylists, good lighting, flattering poses and photo angles, air brushing, etc etc etc...
It would be hella fun to do a professional photo shoot for Jello Wrestling :)
Ladies our website crashed today from all the new interest. It is back up now. I'm thrilled that so many people are still talking about the party and we getting so much press. Pu-Pu you nay- sayers-hipster-haters.
"Amateur Female Jello Wrestling is a civilized and mature event. The women participants always conduct themselves with grace and class. Any reports of behavior unbecoming a lady are purely speculation." (You have to come to the show to see otherwise.)
"when you factor in the $15 cover charge for unaccompanied men, it's actually exploitative of the male gender"
Right... it's sooo feminist! Girl power and such!
"The Jello we use is not actually Jello. It is better than Jello. It has no color, no sugar, and is 99.5% water."
so can we consider this kosher wrestling? how about halal?
O.k, my original comment is still "lost" somewhere, so I'm trying one last time. Then hopefully I won't feel like wasting any more time here.
To all Haters: sure, PLEASE stay away if armpit hair, and sub-Playboy beauty ideals are bothersome to you. This is not organized w/the beauty standard of American male society in mind. Perhaps this is because it's a female run and female organized event.
In particular:
LAIST - Actually the majority of c bodies and d- faces belong to the men like you that I see out in the audience.
KOJAK - If you are anything like your chosen name: bald, big nosed, and middle-aged, (like classic NYC cop character Kojak - a la Telly Savalas) I will actually sleep better at night knowing that you're not fapping to my pics on the internet! Phew! Gross. (And if so, I pity your "girlfriend" regardless of what she looks like.)
ROBIN G. - I feel sorry for you because you troll Gothamist at 3:00 am mocking women who choose to call themeselves femininsts. THAT'S really anti-feminist, you know! Best to have stuck by your 1st comment - we can act retarded if we wanna!
Finally, to the author of this story:
To quote YOU:
"It seems like young, affluent hipsters are always finding something new to do with their voluminous free time."
Exactly! You are younger than me, I'm not even close to being affluent like you, and you have waaaaaay too much free time on your hands to put together such an opinionated post about something you've apparently never been to!
To Dana, Tiana, Annie, - Wrestle/Rock on!
Grazie for reading this!
Yeah and thank god the jello is kosher. Two years ago, a girl stuffed the jello in my mouth and I inhaled it- thereby joking....thanks to our kosher "jello" I was able to avoid an ER visit or death. I think Jake should go watch a show before commenting on it. He has no idea what he's talking about- especially the hipster line.
hi
i think it is kinky
It's not jello. They're wrestling in exploded diaper gel. If you've ever changed a really, really wet diaper, and had it explode on you, it releases this super water-absorbent polymer.
So: ew.
Girls-only Amateur Jello Wrestling mixes showmanship with sportsmanship in a raucous monthly event where women get down and dirty
http://www.abta.org.br/newsVisualizar/news_20070410/Camel-Toe.html
test