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Rebecca Gault
@phoenixforce.bsky.social
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PhD student @ UofG.

queer AP player & academic. specialising in lesbian fantasy & horror.

co-host and siren call of Out To Get You, friendly feral host of Secret Girl Gang Podcast, probably posting about women’s wrestling

https://linktr.ee/phoenixfcrce
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💕WRESTLER CRUSH WEDNESDAY💕

“Get on board the AV train, it’s ALL VIOLENCE”

- former @evewrestling.bsky.social Intl Champ
- former wXw Shotgun champ & Femme Fatales winner
- new CTC member

The first WCW up is @imanitavaughan.bsky.social 💪

www.grappletheory.com/articles/8vq...
Wrestler Crush Wednesday graphic with Bex on one side and Anita Vaughan on the other
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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New project alert! 🚨

Excited to announce that I’ll be contributing a weekly feature to the lovely Grapple Theory ( @grappletheory.bsky.social ) - featuring my favourite indie wrestlers of the week and, almost exclusively, showcasing the incredible women of the scene!! First one drops this week!
A graphic of Bex in a suit with a wrestling ring in the background, the Grapple Theory logo in the bottom left, and the text “Wrestler Crush Wednesdays” on the left
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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I am. 26. Practically ancient 😉
A selfie of Bex. They’re wearing a white shirt with skulls printed on it A mirror selfie of Bex. They’re wearing the same shirt, a pair of khaki trousers, Vans, and a black and red leather jacket
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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halloween ‘25
Bex in a mirror selfie. They’re in leather trousers with a vampire fang belt buckle, a bloody ivory corset and a leather choker. They’re covered in fake blood and wearing fangs Bex in the same outfit but a close up selfie. Theyre smiling slightly to show off their fangs
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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it’s the 31st in the UK and also I make the rules so. Happy birthday to my beloved @zoewithasword.bsky.social. She is most joyful person I know, the one who keeps me steady when everything feels awful, and the one who makes me feel as loved as a little dyke ever could.

Love you forever, angel <33
Bex and Zoe in an elevator mirror.Bex is taking the photo while Zoe kisses their cheek Zoe and Bex both smiling at the camera Zoe and Bex in a restaurant. Zoe is looking off to one side incredulously smiling while Bex is curled into Zoe’s side and laughing Bex and Zoe in a mirror selfie. Bex is taking the photo and wearing a leg cast. Zoe has her arms around Bex’s waist
October 31, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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It’s the anniversary of my broken ankle. It’s strange to think that this time last year, there was a real chance they were gonna amputate my leg. And now I’m almost five months deep in wrestling training, travelling to London every month alone for shows, doing my PhD, stronger than ever. Wild year
Bex, looking tearful and exhausted, in a hospital bed Bex on two crutches standing in the quad of Glasgow University Bex smiling and sitting on a fence turnstile in Shetland Bex posing on the apron of a wrestling ring
October 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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EVE this week was so so fucking good
Nyla Rose at EVE stood in the ring holding a trans flag Bex and Nyla Rose
August 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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the way i’m just slowly adding more joint support to my wrestling training outfits is taking me out
Bex stood in front of their mirror. They’re in black shorts, a black AEW tank top and white trainers. They have an ankle support on their left ankle and knee sleeves on both knees
August 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Oh, @evewrestling.bsky.social you are so beloved to me for this one. FD weekend isn’t gonna know what hit it 🖤
a wrestling match graphic for EVE X The World, showing Nightshade vs Nyla Rose
August 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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this is tangential to another wrestling academia project i'm working on but this section of way of the blade with mox is so interesting - especially when you think about wrestling as an 'excess of spectacle' like barthes claimed it was. the psychology of this really scratches my brain
"But the thing I've noticed is different is the timing and the pacing and the kind of rhythm of the matches and shit. WWE has a certain style. New Japan has a certain style. The cool thing about AEW is that there's no certain house style. So you get like Penta and Fenix and Kommander. And these motherfuckers are doing pure lucha straight out of fucking Mexico City. Jim Ross was about to have a coronary the first fucking few months of the company. Because he just couldn't understand why these motherfuckers weren't grabbing the tag rope? It's like, 'they're just doing it man.' "And like fucking Ishii comes in. He's doing his stuff. So it's different psychologies. But, I like to fuck with shit. We did the shit with the brick. I remember, in the mo-ment, I was like, I'm going to roll out and grab that brick so fast and smash his fingers with a brick so quick that nobody's going to even be able to fucking digest what they saw. "Which would normally go against completely against Wrestling 101. Like, you don't want to do anything too fast because people have to be able to absorb what they see. And if you do it too fast, they won't be able to react to it. So you want to slow everything down and play to the last seat in the audience. Play to the nosebleed seats. And so everybody can see and every-thing. I did the opposite— just to see what would happen. "I'll do that a lot of times just to play with these fucking rules that everybody says are rules and just see what happens. I could have brought out the goddamn brick and been like, 'hey, everybody, here's the brick.' And they'd be like, 'oh, no, a brick. And then do whatever the fucking spot we did. And then they're like, 'yay' or 'boo', depending on who took the brick. But by that point, they're not as shocked by the brick. "So, I'm trying to sneak this brick out with no fan-fare. I don't even care if you notice or not. Roll out. Grab the goddamn brick. Snatch his fucking fingers. Then it's different. It's like, 'what the fuck just happened? Was that a goddamn brick? Oh, my God.' You know what I mean? "I'm two or three steps ahead, just moving on without them. And they're getting left in the dust, and they're like, 'what the fuck is going on?' And they're desperately trying to keep up, this match is out of control. 'Oh, my God' That way, when the match is over, they're tired, they're exhausted, and they're out of breath. And they're like, 'what the fuck was that? That wasn't even wrestling. That was some kind of fucking horrible shit. What did I just see?'
July 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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glasgow pride definitely happened
bex in a black shirt reading “kill your idols” along with leather shorts and a black harness. they’re flipping off the camera and have dark eyeliner and red lipstick on. bex in the same outfit in a photo booth - they have a lesbian flag around their shoulders and are looking down to the right with a small smile
July 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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To any of my UK wrestle pals, ITV4 is airing AEW’s All In Texas for FREE on Thursday at 9pm 🤼‍♂️

Well worth tuning in, it was SUCH a good show
A tweet from ITV Sport announcing they’re airing AEW All In Texas for free on Thursday July 17 at 9pm
July 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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It’s not unique to Primeval either - the shows of the time often had this feeling and I crave that sometimes - especially in my SFF.

Makes it feel real in a way that even the best CG cant do
George, Annie and Adam from Being Human. George is in a flannel button up, Annie in leggings and a tank top with a cardigan and Adam is in a tshirt and hoodie Rose from the first season of Doctor Who - she’s in kicked in jeans, a plain tshirt and an old hoodie
July 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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I’ve almost definitely made this exact post before but I am once again rewatching ITV Primeval and there’s something so refreshing in the low-budget, average wardrobe and actors that look like…regular people rather than Hollywood stars.

Like. I could see all these people on the street!
Six people stood in front of a CG dinosaur. All are dressed in very standard, non fancy street clothes
July 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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we did also take a lovely photo too! i simply love kris and @evewrestling.bsky.social
Bex and Kris Statlander
July 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Zoe sent this and I went “I love 2017 NJPW” and I genuinely love how terrified she is when she realises how deep the wrestling rot is in my brain now
the AEW Dynamite graphic showing a match between Kota Ibushi and Trent Beretta
June 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Happy Pride month ft some gay little details
A selfie of Bex. She’s in a green cropped tank top and a pair of jeans. She has dark hair with blonde streaks at the front and is wearing a chain necklace A close up on Bex’s hand. Each finger has at least one ring on it and they’re wearing three beaded bracelets, a leather cord bracelet, and a woven lesbian pride bracelet A bottle of Penhaligon’s Halfeti Leather cologne on a black denim jacket with a Blade Maidens pin and a pin reading Lament for a Lover A close up of a large silver carabiner with three keys, a car key, a sound wave keyring and a heart shaped keyring with art of Toni Storm and Mariah May on it
June 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Today in panel 7C: Queer Utopias!

Come see me talk about Baru Cormorant, the queer death drive, and how we create queer futures
GIFCon 2025; Dystopic Queer Futures in Seth Dickinson’s Masquerade Series presented by Rebecca Gault
May 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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god i’m good at ticketmaster. see you in august @allelitewrestling.com
ticket confirmation email for dynamite and collision in glasgow ticket confirmation for forbidden door in london
April 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Bought a new tank. Feeling good about it
Bex leaning in the kitchen doorway of a flat. They’re in black skinny jeans, black Docs, and a red tank top with two black lines across the chest. They also have a leather jacket on Bex in a mirror. They’re in the same jeans and tank but with no jacket on so you can see their arms
April 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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So important to note that while Zoe was taking this, I was in the trees
A photo of a zip line stretching out into the distance, surrounded by trees Me on the zip line coming in hot at the end
April 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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me when i’m seeing the meat loaf musical for the fifth time
a selfie of bex. she’s in a black toni storm shirt and wearing red lipstick. she’s smiling at the camera bex in the same outfit. she’s standing in a mirror selfie. she’s also wearing black leather shorts and black doc martens
April 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Happy one month anniversary to the match that proved to me that pro wrestling was in fact for me and always had been.

Happy to be stuck here forever now because of these two and their Hollywood Ending
A black and white photo of Toni Storm covered in blood and with the women’s world title over her shoulder A black and white photo of Mariah May looking up off camera. She’s covered in blood
April 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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The hot girl crouch pose is back with a vengeance baby
Bex crouching in front of a mirror. They’re wearing wide leg mid wash denim jeans, a white tee shirt with bees printed on it and a pink suede jacket. They’re smiling slightly
April 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Also. Rocky Toni…..I am so so so free, please call me
A screencap of Toni Storm in a grey hoodie and no makeup
April 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM