By sophomore year of high school, everyone was getting exotic piercings and tattoos. The former option excited me – until my friend Kim got an infection in her tongue ring barbell and my other friend’s belly button ring got infected. I had a conundrum. Could I get illegally stapled by some Sons of Anarchy looking dude across town in a musty shop where the smell of last night’s after party.. Read More
Cultural body mods
From tits to adipose vacuums, we’re a body-mod loving culture. And we’re not alone. I mean, across cultures. As if cutting and bruising and stabbing with hypodermics isn’t bad enough, we’re also really good at beating ourselves up about it. It’s that whole lack of humility thing where we think we’re better than everyone else when it comes to stuff like acts of inhumanity in the name of patriotism. Then,.. Read More