Pleasant Gehman is a magazine writer, poet, actor, dancer and musician from Los Angeles.

In the 1980s, she was the singer for the punk rock band Screamin' Sirens, and later, The RIngling Sisters and Honk If Yer Horny. All three bands have released numerous titles on vinyl, as well as cd. Her articles on rock 'n' roll, American pop culture, sex, the arts and human interest have appeared in L.A. Weekly, The Los Angeles Reader, Spin, Genre, as well as many others, including online publications. Her poetry, essays and short stories have been widely anthologized in a number of literary journals and collections and she has written and/or edited a number of books. The Village Voice called her writing "... startling; full of passion", USA Today described it as "A wildly fascinating walk on the wild side!" while Ray Gun raved: "…tough and tender, with a trademark air of seen-it-all innocence that makes it glow". In 1994, she recorded a collection of her poetry and spoken-word routines entitled Ruined. A professional belly dancer since 1991, and a burlesque performer since 1995, she was a seminal member of America's premiere burlesque troupe, "The Velvet Hammer", and appears in the 2001 documentary film The Velvet Hammer Burlesque. She co-starred in Margaret Cho's Off Broadway variety show The Sensuous Woman in 2007. She has appeared dancing and acting in many films, television shows (including the sitcom The Nanny) documentaries on punk rock, belly dance and exotic dance and music videos both under her own name and under her stage name, Princess Farhana. Her music video credits include work with Madonna and Ricky Martin. In 1989, she co-wrote and starred in MGM's film The Runnin' Kind, and also appeared as Estelle in Steve Balderson's film Firecracker. In 2007 she acted as assistant choreographer to Fatima Robinson, for the belly dance sequence in Charlie Wilson's War. Under the name Princess Farhana, she has released a series of eleven belly dance and burlesque instructional and performance Dvd's. In 2006, she recorded the lead vocal for Blacklite Sleaze with British house music duo Peace Division, which entered the UK music charts.

In April 2009, Pleasant reunited with cult director Steve Balderson for Stuck! - an homage to film noir women in prison dramas. Co-starring Karen Black, Mink Stole, Susan Traylor, and The Go-Go's Jane Wiedlin, Stuck! was filmed in Macon, Georgia and is due for release in 2010.