In East Los Angeles, three young misfit women find solace in an unapologetic, feminist bicycle crew. They call themselve | dG1fTVlTUDA2VHhjems
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00:00Ovarian Cycles is a refuge for the runaway, for the throwaway.
00:19I understood that being an at-risk youth, now an adult, I'm still an at-risk adult.
00:24You know what I'm saying?
00:25That doesn't go away.
00:26Right?
00:27More of the space is for us.
00:34When I first started riding a bicycle, people would stare.
00:40Is it because I'm a big girl?
00:42Is it because I'm a girl?
00:43Is it because they don't see any girls at all riding?
00:44The reason why we're Ovarian Cycles is because we feel like we're fuck-ups.
00:55The majority of us, not all of us, have some kind of trauma in our life.
01:07We're just that safe space for each other, to bring comfort, to bring a sense of family.