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Lilly Bechtel

LILLY BECHTEL, a co-founder of Five Boroughs Ladies Arm Wrestling, is a writer and yoga instructor based in Brooklyn.

Five Boroughs Ladies Arm Wrestling is Born on a Stage

By Lilly Bechtel

With a switchboard hanging from her crotch, Momatron the Robot Mom, rushes onto the stage, flocked by the three silver-faced Martians of her entourage. She brought cookies. Elation frozen on her face, Momatron pulls cookies from her bulky white tin, and hands them one by one to the three celebrity judges

Arm wrestler Jackie O�Nasty. All photos courtesy of Billy Hunt.
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MARCH 2023

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