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A life drawing session with Suki of the BSC, celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander Showgirls of SF!

Suki in corset for Berlin Strippers Collective by Suzanne Forbes May 26 2021I always love to join a zoom drawing session from the BSC.

The Berlin Strippers’ Collective is a wonderful resource for folks who do life drawing, both remotely and IRL. Although my health has limited my attendance, I had to make this session with co-founder Suki, who created a concept to honor the history of the AAPI showgirls of San Francisco’s Forbidden City Nightclub and Cabaret.

πšƒπš‘πšŽ π™΅πš˜πš›πš‹πš’πšπšπšŽπš— π™²πš’πšπš’ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 π™²πš‘πš’πš—πšŽπšœπšŽ πš—πš’πšπš‘πšπšŒπš•πšžπš‹ πšŠπš—πš πšŒπšŠπš‹πšŠπš›πšŽπš πš’πš— πš‚πšŠπš— π™΅πš›πšŠπš—πšŒπš’πšœπšŒπš˜, πš πš‘πš’πšŒπš‘ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πš’πš— πš‹πšžπšœπš’πš—πšŽπšœπšœ πšπš›πš˜πš– 𝟷𝟿𝟹𝟾 𝚝𝚘 𝟷𝟿𝟽𝟢.
π™²πš‘πšŠπš›πš•πš’πšŽ π™»πš˜πš , πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπš˜πš— 𝚘𝚏 πšœπš–πšŠπš•πš• πšœπšπš˜πš›πšŽ πš˜πš πš—πšŽπš›πšœ, πš˜πš™πšŽπš—πšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽ π™΅πš˜πš›πš‹πš’πšπšπšŽπš— π™²πš’πšπš’ πš˜πš— π™³πšŽπšŒπšŽπš–πš‹πšŽπš› 𝟸𝟸, 𝟷𝟿𝟹𝟾.
π™±πšžπšœπš’πš—πšŽπšœπšœ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšœπš•πš˜πš  πšžπš—πšπš’πš• 𝟷𝟿𝟺𝟢, πš πš‘πšŽπš— π™»πš˜πš  πš‘πš’πš›πšŽπš π™½πš˜πšŽπš• πšƒπš˜πš’, 𝚊 πš“πš˜πšžπš›πš—πšŠπš•πš’πšœπš– πšœπšπšžπšπšŽπš—πš 𝚊𝚝 πš„πš—πš’πšŸπšŽπš›πšœπš’πšπš’ 𝚘𝚏 π™²πšŠπš•πš’πšπš˜πš›πš—πš’πšŠ, π™±πšŽπš›πš”πšŽπš•πšŽπš’ πš πš‘πš˜ πš‘πšŠπš πš πš˜πš›πš”πšŽπš 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 πš—πšžπšπšŽ πš–πš˜πšπšŽπš• 𝚊𝚝 πšπš‘πšŽ π™Άπš˜πš•πšπšŽπš— π™ΆπšŠπšπšŽ π™Έπš—πšπšŽπš›πš—πšŠπšπš’πš˜πš—πšŠπš• π™΄πš‘πš™πš˜πšœπš’πšπš’πš˜πš— πš’πš— 𝟷𝟿𝟹𝟿. π™°πš π™΅πš˜πš›πš‹πš’πšπšπšŽπš— π™²πš’πšπš’, πšƒπš˜πš’ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πš–πšŠπš›πš”πšŽπšπšŽπš 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 “π™±πšžπš‹πš‹πš•πšŽ π™³πšŠπš—πšŒπšŽπš›.” πš‚πš‘πšŽ πš™πšŽπš›πšπš˜πš›πš–πšŽπš πš—πšžπšπšŽ πš πš’πšπš‘ 𝚊 πš•πšŠπš›πšπšŽ, πš˜πš™πšŠπššπšžπšŽ πš‹πšžπš‹πš‹πš•πšŽ πšŒπš˜πšŸπšŽπš›πš’πš—πš πš‘πšŽπš› πš‹πš˜πšπš’. πš‚πš‘πšŽ πšŠπš•πšœπš˜ πš™πšŽπš›πšπš˜πš›πš–πšŽπš 𝚊 πš—πšžπšπšŽ πšπšŠπš— πšπšŠπš—πšŒπšŽ πš πš’πšπš‘ πš˜πšœπšπš›πš’πšŒπš‘ πšπšŽπšŠπšπš‘πšŽπš›πšœ. πš†πš’πšπš‘πš’πš— πšπš‘πš›πšŽπšŽ πš–πš˜πš—πšπš‘πšœ, πš‹πšžπšœπš’πš—πšŽπšœπšœ πš›πšŽπšŸπšŽπš—πšžπšŽπšœ πš‘πšŠπš πšπš›πš’πš™πš•πšŽπš.

-from Suki’s post for the event

Suki with red fans for BSC by Suzanne Forbes May 26 2021Such a gorgeous feel to this session!

I love the red fabric fans! Suki’s insta is here.

Suki for BSC by Suzanne Forbes May 26 2021Thank you so much for the history and the inspiration, Suki!

Happy International Sex Worker’s Day to all, and don’t forget to visit the BSC pages to see how Covid has affected strippers, among other sex work industries. You can also visit Suki’s fan site here πŸ™‚

I am incredibly grateful to myΒ Patreon Patrons, whose monthly financial support makes it possible for me work safely at home, documenting Berlin performers and sex workers.

Jacq the Stripper for ELSC Life Drawing!

Jacq the Stripper for East London Strippers Collective by Suzanne Forbes Aug 31 2020I tuned into the East London Strippers Collective Life Drawing livestream again, for a celeb visit!

Jacq the Stripper, performer, artist and author, posed for the session in several cool looks and entertained us all tremendously.

Jacq the Stripper Alien 1 for East London Strippers Collective by Suzanne Forbes Aug 31 2020Alien babe!

I caught the ELSC life drawing stream the week before, to draw gorgeous Sasha Diamond, and that was when I heard that Jacq would be modeling. I snapped up the last ticket!

Jacq the Stripper Alien 2 for East London Strippers Collective by Suzanne Forbes Aug 31 2020I was a fan of her work as an artist already, and really enjoyed hearing her talk and joke about New York.

She had some excellent stories! You can shop for goodies here and support her on her Patreon here.

Jacq the Stripper 2 for East London Strippers Collective by Suzanne Forbes Aug 31 2020The East London Strippers Collective is a self-organized group of professional strippers.

They “aim to shatter stereotypes and challenge stigma, whilst improving their own working conditions.”

The life drawing sessions are very well run and very entertaining; I highly recommend a visit!

I am so grateful to my Patreon Patrons, whose monthly financial support lets me keep documenting international performers while I work safely at home.