Cherry Poptart
Fictional Characters

Cherry Poptart

Cherry (Poptart) was more than just an adult comic book full of gratuitous and explicit kinky sex that included bondage, incest, and bestiality (well, implied bestiality, anyway). It also contained satire, political humor, and social commentary.

Zombierella
Disc Jockeys

Zombierella

Svetlana Nagaeva, better known as Zombierella, is the bombshell bassist for the horror surf band (as they’re best described) Messer Chups. Hailing from from St Petersburg, Russia, Messer Chups’ sound is reminiscent of great surf rock bands of the 1960s, but they definitely have their own unique style.


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Jen Rainwater
Artists/Designers

Jen Rainwater

If you’re an Oakland Athletics fan and a regular at O.co Coliseum, then you’re probably at least casually acquainted with Jen Rainwater, known among A’s fans as the “Oakland A’s Socks Girl.” Even to say Jen’s a die-hard A’s fan

Tristan Risk
Dancers

Tristan Risk

I‘ll admit, I’d never heard of Tristan Risk until I saw the movie American Mary, in which she played Beatress Johnson (yes, “Beatress,” not “Beatrice”), a stripper who had 14 surgeries to become a real-life Betty Boop look-alike.

Calamity Chang
Dancers

Calamity Chang

When American burlesque was in its heyday, Asian striptease performers were practically unheard of. However, with the emergence of “neo-burlesque” in the mid-1990s, a few Asian ladies have taken to the stage, doing the retro “bump ‘n grind” acts. One

TV Shows

Pink Lady

Pink Lady was a popular Japanese singing duo comprised of Mie (Mitsuyo Nemoto) and Kei (Keiko Masuda), who will always be best remembered (in the US, anyway) for their very short-lived 1980 NBC TV show Pink Lady (aka Pink Lady and Jeff).

Tristan Risk as Beatress
Feature Films

The Ladies of American Mary

If you like movies where only and all the female characters are off the deep end, this gem from Jen & Sylvia Soska is one not to miss. Of special note is Tristan Risk’s bizarre Betty Boop-like stripper, Beatress Johnson and Paula Lindberg’s Ruby Realgirl.