Stripper Clips

A 2013 photograph by <n>Myriam Boulos</n> from the abandoned Versailles theater in Beirut.

The 1934 photograph <n>Moth</n> by <n>Brassaï</n>.

An orchid, inspiration for the <n>ORCHID collection</n> by <n>SAINT SHELL</n>.

<n>Margot Robbie</n> as <n>Harley Quinn</n> in the 2016 film <n>Suicide Squad</n>, directed by <n>David Ayer</n>.

A 1920s <n>pistol-shaped makeup compact</n> with powder, rouge, and a bullet-shaped lipstick.

A passage from <n>Said the Manic to the Muse</n> by poet <n>Jeanann Verlee</n>.

A still from <n>Quentin Tarantino</n>'s 2003 film <n>Kill Bill: Vol. 1</n>, starring <n>Uma Thurman</n>.

A <n>Statue of Ronald McDonald</n> holding an <n>M249 light machine-gun</n> at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, c. 2008.

A <n>stripper clip</n>. Photo by <n>Mr. Smashy</n>.

Photo by <n>Dean Karr</n> for <n>Secret Magazine</n>, 2001.

Quote from a 2021 conversation with <n>Stacey Ong</n> for the digital journal <n>Folding Chair</n>.

Japanese poster for the 1991 film <n>Night on Earth</n>, directed by <n>Jim Jarmusch</n> and starring <n>Winona Ryder</n>.

A surrealist sculpture by artist <n>Nancy Fouts</n>.