How do you feel about tattoos and piercings? Some people frown upon tattooing and piercing their bodies. Some people don’t believe in it, because they either don’t find pleasure in getting them, or even because they have something against them. This is why in the following readings you will learn more about body modification. More deeply into the positive and negative effects body modification has on you and/or your surroundings. Body modification, or otherwise known as body mutilation, is when a
Long before I first considered getting a tattoo, I was surrounded by a plethora of body modifications, including tattoos, piercings, and even obscurities such as human branding and corset or suspension piercings. These were always observed with reactions ranging from horrified avoidance to rapt admiration, depending on the observer and the nature of the modification. My tone of my mother’s general reaction leaned toward a generally liberal acceptance, while my father has trended more towards distaste
“Rule of Three” is a short story by the author W. W. Jacobs. The story contains a lengthy exposition that gradually introduces the setting and the main protagonist and the main antagonist. The setting is the White’s family home, in a small English town on a dark, story night to set the mood for the story’s suspense. By the end of Act 1, the exposition is over. When the exposition ends, the inciting incident begins. The inciting incident in “Rule of Three” occurs right after Sergeant Major Morris’
Some individuals see cutting as an art and do it to reclaim their bodies for themselves; others do it to show how they have lived a life of their own. Fakir Musafar is part of the S&M community and has corseted his waist down to 19 inches. To put that in perspective the average male waist size is 39 inches. Musafar strongly believes that S&M (sadomasochistic: characterized by or deriving sexual gratification from both sadism and masochism) is the highest form of the body modification
adolescent with hand schemes, and grew up to become one of the most influential tattoo artists in America. A resurgence struck the United States from 1970 through 1990, which would be known as the Modern-Primitive movement (Jausknechi). Founder Fakir Musafar believed Modern Primitives looked at the worldwide history of tattoos and body modification. This movement created the tattoo style knows as “Tribal tattooing”, which is still popular today.
“The colors and pictures we apply to our skin communicate our values and aspirations as well as our hopes and personal histories. Even when we adopt the “natural look” and don't adorn our skin at all, we are making a social statement. Our skin talks even when we don't; it is not a neutral canvas.” (Jablonski, 164) We as a species are obsessed with our appearance and are equally preoccupied with altering it to our own varied desires. Each person wants nothing less than perfection, but each has