Alisson_Foxx, a graduate student in Family Medicine at OHSU, loves meeting patients from all backgrounds to promote wellness for all. Her main interest lies with gender-affirming health care. When not studying Family Medicine she enjoys hiking, playing soccer or working on projects using clay and wood.

April Dawn Alison was the private feminine persona of Alan Schaefer (1941-2008). This book contains undated Polaroids taken during April Dawn Alison’s time; these SX-70 square format Polaroids show self-imaging which explores territory often explored by artists who use alter egos and costumes to convey an idea of identity fluidity.

These Polaroids document Alison’s progression in sexuality from chaste looks to more provocative imagery, culminating with her hanging upside down and chained by a neck harness behind kitchen cabinets with yellow dishwashing gloves strewn about as proof of domestic goddess status. Later images depicting Alison seem gagged and suspended from chains from the ceiling – suggesting an image more indicative of Bettie Page-esque Bondage rather than Pierre Molinier’s contorted, provocative poses.