Harris, Tanya, interviewee. Bowers, Delainey Morgan, interviewer. Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor. sound recording Sound recordings. lcgft Digital photographs Color 2010-2020. gmgpc Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Personal narratives. lcgft eng Tanya Harris discusses her work as an independent professional wrestler throughout the south for over 17 years as Ruthless La La. Harris speaks about her desire to become a wrestler from a young age; creating a strong and memorable in-ring persona; training; her experiences as a woman in a male-dominated sport, experiencing racism from the crowd; speaking out and advocating for self-care; using social media to build her brand; intergender wrestling; the creation of a podcast that features overlooked wrestlers of color; and winning a tag team championship. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this interview was conducted remotely via Skype, a web-based VoIP recording platform. Poor audio connection results in several dropped parts of the interview. Harris was at her home in Nashville, Tennessee while Bowers recorded the interview at her place of residence in Somerset, Kentucky. Photographs by Eric Cooper and CJ Porter. Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, July 7, 2020. Independent Professional Wrestlers in Central Appalachia : Archie Green Fellows Project, 2019-2020 (AFC 2019/029: 05985) American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers. Harris, Tanya--Interviews. Social media in sports. Sex discrimination in employment. Self-care, Health. Job stress. African American wrestlers. Women wrestlers. Wrestlers--Training. Wrestlers--Nicknames. Wrestling matches. Racism in the workplace. Work ethic. Working mothers. African American athletes--Interviews. African Americans--Employment. Wrestlers--Appalachian Region--Interviews. Wrestlers--United States--Interviews. Wrestling--Appalachian Region. Independent Professional Wrestlers in Central Appalachia : Archie Green Fellows Project, 2019-2020 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2019029.afc2019029_05985_sr01 Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.