The Nacho Libre Complex
I have mixed feelings about Nacho Libre, most of them tending toward general dislike. I’ve never been overly fond of Jack Black’s humor to begin with, and for that reason alone […]
Tag Archives: Performance Art
Recap: Lucha Libre at the Bridge
Last Sunday marks the fourth (yes, the fourth) year in a row that Lucha Libre Volcánica has put on a summer show in South Park, Seattle. Despite the usual complement […]
Holding Out for a (Super) Hero
Brightly colored spandex, closely kept secret identities, powers like flight and super-strength. Sound familiar? Story of my life. I firmly maintain that being a luchador or luchadora is by far […]
The Rainy-Day Championship
This past Cinco de Mayo weekend, Lucha Libre Volcánica had the pleasure of performing for two days in Seattle at the Mobile Food Rodeo’s Taco Libre Smackdown. If you missed […]
Lucha: It does the body good. Or “The narcissistic photo post”
The amount of spandex worn whilst doing lucha libre is not for the faint of heart. However, given lucha’s history of barrel-shaped, corpulent, strong-bodied wrestlers, a lean figure is by […]
Looking Back on LdS II: Remembering My Debut
On March 9, 2013, nineteen masked men and one masked woman brought an all-out war between good and evil down upon a small, private, Liberal Arts College. It wasn’t the […]
My First Big College Adventure, Or, “How I was invited to try lucha libre”
Nobody enters their first semester of college knowing exactly what to expect. That said, I don’t think anyone goes in imagining that they’ll be invited to take up lucha […]
Where are the women?
A few questions I regularly get asked: “Are you the only woman?” “Do you wrestle men?” “And… there are no other women?” A bit redundant, no? Welcome to my life. […]
Not the Name Your Parents Gave You
Author’s note: With my two-year anniversary with Lucha Libre Volcánica upon me, I find myself thinking back on some of the more memorable experiences I’ve had there. This is the […]
Third Time’s the Charm- The high points of “Titanes de la Lucha Libre”
On November 24th I found myself back in the ring with Rey Jaguar up against our old rivals, El Chicano and Faviola Astral. Needless to say I was a tad […]
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