Body Art Site Map - Body Art
An index of the Bella Body Art content, as compiled by the editor. This site map is an alternate way of browsing the Body Art section, versus the article archive date or title index. - Body Art Site Map - Body Art is a personally written site at ... [... more]
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Tattoo Urban Legends - Body Art
Parents, beware the "Blue Star" tattoo! These postage-size stamps are actually laced with LSD, and depict various cartoon characters. The tattoos are lick-and-stick, which is how the drug is ingested. Parents, kids and readers, beware: the & [... more]
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Ritual and Play Piercing - Body Art
What is play piercing? Basically, it is any piercing made for the sensation or experience of being pierced where the hole is not kept by placing permanent jewelry in it and healing it open. Most commonly play piercing is done with hypodermic ... [... more]
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The Brangelina Love Tattoo - Body Art
As the anticipation ahead of the birth of their first child draws media representatives to France and room rentals at a certain Italian lake keep shooting up just in case there's a wedding, now comes the revelation of the Brangelina Love Tattoo! ... [... more]
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Full Body Tattoo Transformation - Body Art
The history of full-body tattoos in Western culture straddles the lines between circus sideshows and the lifestyles of the eccentric and individualistic. Sometimes the tattooed transformation is accompanied by tales of wild fantasy and sometimes ... [... more]
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Circus Freaks and Sideshows - Body Art
These titles explore the historical and modern histories of the circus freak show. Composed of both natural and made "freaks" these oddities were exhibited as a supplement to the main big top and gaming attractions. For a smaller traveling ... [... more]
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World Record Body Art - Body Art
Translated into 37 languages and available in more than 100 countries, the Guinness Book of World Records is a well-known compendium of facts and feats. A bestseller since its inception in 1955, this annual volume collects, verifies and records ... [... more]
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The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow - Body Art
Here are two distinct looks at the Jim Rose Circus Experience. This sideshow troupe rose to fame in the 1990s, first with their hometown of Seattle and then on the road with bands like Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson. The first book is FREAK ... [... more]
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Tattoo Mistakes and Misspellings - Body Art
You've saved up your money. You've made up your mind. You make the appointment. You show the tattoo artist a piece of paper with the words you'd like tattooed written on it. They draw up the transfer and put it on your skin. You look at the ... [... more]
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M.A.C. Deck of Cards Project - Body Art
The M.A.C. Deck of Cards Project was created to benefit the M.A.C. AIDS Fund. Over the years, this fund has raised over twenty-nine million dollars, and with this project, the total will no doubt climb higher. The fund gets moneys from the Glam ... [... more]
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Malia's Balance Tattoo - Body Art
Recently I told the story of how I got some Hawaiian rune designs tattooed on my left wrist. That same afternoon my friend Malia got a tattoo too, and here's the story behind that design. As I was wanting to get tattooed and was in a place where ... [... more]
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The Age Limit Debate - Body Art
More and more frequently it seems that stories of minors getting body art are turning up in the news. Sometimes it's a piercing, sometimes it's a tattoo but almost always there's an angry parent, a rebellious teenager and a cadre of lawyers ... [... more]
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