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 …
Siren Collaborator Mary Konstantopoulos speaks to Chantelle McTeare AKA Shazza McKenzie about wrestling with who she is, in and out of the ring. If you asked Chantelle McTeare to describe herself, she uses words like quiet, shy and timid. But when McTeare becomes Shazza McKenzie in the ring, it becomes a completely different ball game. …
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 …