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A miniature heel patterned from an actual pair of Pleasers worn and adorned by Coco Ono across many performances. Sculpted in clay, then scanned and 3D printed, and finished with silver-toned hardware. Made in small runs.
BARE : Origins answers that question through fifteen deeply human stories from people in er0tic labor — told in their own words, on their own terms.
Rich with vulnerability, survival, ambition, humor, contradiction, and humanity, these stories challenge the narratives imposed upon our community by outsiders.
“Not a stereotype. A beginning.”
Published by Strippers United
157 pages
4 ¾ x 8 inches
Perfect bound
Saddle-stapled in photographic wraps.
16 pages
5.5” x 8.5 “
This zine is dedicated to the memory of the pioneering Black trans performer and labor activist — and the first transgender person represented by the ACLU — Sir Lady Java (1942–2024).
A nightclub star who emerged in New Orleans and rose to prominence in Los Angeles, Java became an underground icon, performing alongside and among figures like Redd Foxx, Sammy Davis Jr., James Brown, B.B. King, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, and Lena Horne. A self-described “female impersonator” and a groundbreaking multidisciplinary dancer, she moved fluidly between performance, nightlife, and screen. She appeared as herself in the 1976 film The Human Tornado and was profiled in Jet, Ebony, Sepia, and early queer publications like the L.A. Advocate.
But her significance extends beyond the stage.
In 1967, after police shut down her act at Redd Foxx’s club under Rule 9—a regulation banning performers from “impersonating” the opposite sex—Java became the first transgender individual defended by the ACLU, challenging a system that sought to erase her presence altogether.
Who Is Sir Lady Java? draws from her archive to trace this life and legacy through images, ephemera, and the record of a figure who shaped both performance history and the fight for trans visibility.
Image was shot in the heart of the San Fernando Valley
Hand woven cotton
Image is 48 x 56 inches
Open Edition
Woven to order to please allow two weeks for delivery to our studio
Color may vary per blanket as each one is individually woven
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Every Donut Shop In The San Fernando Valley
(No Dunkin, Yum Yum, or Winchell’s)
Shot on film in 2020
60 pages tabloid newsprint
130# spiral bound cover
Spiral bound Edition of 25
Standard tabloid Edition of 35
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