Charmion: The Collective Gasp

That Wrestling Wench

English - May 05, 2023 07:00 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
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Today's episode covers a strongwoman of the early 1900s, Charmion. Through her gender subversion, acrobatic stunts, and strip tease, this woman made people clutch their pearls. Pieces of her career and the way her narrative was shifted by those around her inspired a further discussion of the parallels to another strongwoman...Chyna.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmion

https://archive.ph/20061111131335/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/issues/2006/march/presence.php?page=2

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40257964?mag=the-trapeze-disrobing-act&seq=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDJCCr2-Sso

https://daily.jstor.org/the-trapeze-disrobing-act/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40257964?mag=the-trapeze-disrobing-act&seq=2