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The Agony and the Ecstasy : Body Image and the Modern World
The Missal ^ | 9/3/06 | JWG

Posted on 11/26/2006 3:32:03 PM PST by occu77

Part 1 of 2

Part One, Tattoodom Come

In recent years tattooing and body piercing have become ever more vital methods of personal expression for millions of people, especially those of the younger generations. But now many people are discovering incredible new and valuable uses for their collections of individual and wearable body art.

On college and public high school campuses across the United States tattooing and body piercing have become the acknowledged means of expressing personal individuality. One young student described it succinctly in this way, “You’re really not an individual unless you’ve got some kind of tattoo or body piercing. And now everybody’s got them. So because of that everybody can be an individual who is just like everybody else.

(Excerpt) Read more at themissal.blogspot.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: culture; modernman; tattoo

1 posted on 11/26/2006 3:32:06 PM PST by occu77
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To: occu77

Bah! I clicked on this thread expecting some nice pics of ladies rear 'bumper stickers' and all I got was this stinking text!


2 posted on 11/26/2006 3:42:55 PM PST by KoRn
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To: KoRn

"Good morning, I'm here for my 10:00AM employment interview...."

3 posted on 11/26/2006 3:52:52 PM PST by GoldCountryRedneck ("Idiocy - Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers" - despair.com)
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To: KoRn

That sucks.

You got stiffed with nowhere to go.


4 posted on 11/26/2006 3:54:25 PM PST by occu77
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To: GoldCountryRedneck

"Don't call us, Sunshine..."


5 posted on 11/26/2006 3:55:31 PM PST by occu77
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To: GoldCountryRedneck
Everytime I see that pic it makes me throw up in my mouth a little!
6 posted on 11/26/2006 4:12:43 PM PST by KoRn
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To: KoRn
I first saw that pic here on FR!!!

Wish I hadn't ... comes to mind every time a post about tats and piercings appears.

7 posted on 11/26/2006 4:18:48 PM PST by GoldCountryRedneck ("Idiocy - Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers" - despair.com)
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To: GoldCountryRedneck

That's a picture of a mental case, if I ever saw one!


8 posted on 11/26/2006 9:35:49 PM PST by KittyKares
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