Scarlett Harris investigates the recent history of the WWE women’s tag team championships and the broader issues that surround the narrative framing of women’s wrestling. From the moment the WWE women’s tag team championships were re-introduced in early 2019 until the recent relinquishment by Sasha Banks and Naomi and subsequent retirement of the titles, they …
Scarlett Harris is back, investigating how the WWE frames women’s stories in the infamous Money in the Bank match and why they need to do better. World Wrestling Entertainment’s Money in the Bank is an annual event named for the ladder match in which a selection of wrestlers fight for a briefcase suspended above the …
Wrestling expert Scarlett Harris returns to Siren, focusing on the WWE’s lack of understanding of women’s friendships, and how that heavily impacts their wrestling storylines. In August last year, the Australian tag team of Billie Kay and Peyton Royce—the IIconics—faced the Riott Squad, consisting of Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan, in a loser-breaks-up tag team …
Wrestling fan and writer Scarlett Harris speaks to Kasey Symons about her new book on women’s wrestling history and wrestling with her own complicated fandom. Saturday mornings in my house growing up meant three uninterrupted hours of The Simpsons on TV. We were very privileged to have Pay TV in my family, and the channel …