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Pioneers of Female Body Art

By Micheline Moreaux · 15 years ago

I thought it might be fun to rummage around the history books and take a look at some of the intrepid women who were instrumental in introducing and legitimizing the art of tattoos to the ...

Ancient Tattoos

By Micheline Moreaux · 15 years ago

I thought it might be fun to take a look at the origins of the tattoo. The art of tattooing has quite a storied history loaded with both fact and myth. Let's examine a few ...

A Brief History of Piercing

By Micheline Moreaux · 15 years ago

The thought that body piercing is a flash in the pan trend which is certain to wane in popularity or even disappear could not be any further from the truth. Even though piercing is relatively ...

Nearly every Jew, from those who go to synagogue only on holidays to those who dutifully follow Jewish law, has heard that you’re not supposed to desecrate your body…especially with tattoos. ‘‘If you get a ...