Mama Vi Johnson

Mama Vi
Carter-Johnson Leather Library

Viola Johnson is a Leatherwoman, activist, motivational speaker and author who has been active in the leather BDSM scene for well over four decades. Vi has served as a mentor to countless individuals and was dubbed “Mom” by several generations of Leathermen and women. She is the Owner and Senior Griot of the Carter/Johnson Library and Collection, a compilation of over 15,000 books, periodicals, posters and other art, newsletters, and ephemera documenting the history of SM/Leather/Kink from early drawings documenting human sexuality to the present day.