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have tattoos is going up like crazy. “ Over 20% of adults are now tattooed”(Kennedy). As the generation is getting older you are starting to see more tattoos and piercings. “This number only will be increasing because 38% of Millennials have tattoos, approximately half of whom have two or more, while 23% of millennials have body piercings” (Kennedy). Now to me tattoos are not a bad thing, but is there a chance…

When it comes to physical appearance, there are many natural causes for the different variations of certain characteristics. Humans come in all shapes and sizes with enough combinations that it is not rare to have similar features to someone who may have a completely different background than you. Most of these characteristics occur naturally throughout one’s life, but some individuals take it upon themselves to create their own characteristics through a process called body modification. People…

Over the years, stretching an ear piercing has become widely popular among teens. The bigger that ear piercing is stretched the better it is. People find the whole idea of ear stretching to be gross and pointless. Ear stretching is not understood by older generations because of the terminology used when referring to ear stretching, the process of getting them to a specific size, and the whole idea of someone wanting to have giant holes in their ears. Older generations cannot seem to wrap their…

Tattoos and piercings are becoming a norm in today’s society, and they can be seen on the skin of teachers and Red Cross workers across the nation. Millennials have deemed these modifications as works of art and self-expression, but one Melanie Phillips poses a different point of view. She claims that these self-alterations are forms of self-mutilation, and they serve only to show how corrupt the values of recent generations have become. Her article utilizes extreme criticism of one man’s tattoo…

Cristabel Montoya Geography 302 05/05/15 Artistic Enhancement Cultures around the world have their own unique forms of body modifications. Most commonly known and practiced today are tattoos and piercings. In this paper, I researched a form of body modification that the tribes of Africa practice. I will delve into the reasoning why they use scarification as a form of self-expression and the significance it has to these tribes in Africa. First, I will give some background on what…

topic (STAPAW, 2012). Body art is art that is made with or put onto the body, tattoos are the main area of discrimination due to body art, body modifications are the artistic or aesthetic alterations of the body such as body and facial piercing, stretching the piercing holes, extreme hair cutting or styling, branding or scarring the skin and the less popular alterations of teeth sharpening and facial implants. Reactions to such…

slings and arrows of this world’s subjectivity. There is a dissent between those in favor of tattooing and piercing the body, and those who oppose the idea of tattooing and piercing the body. Proponents of tattoos and piercings confer that modifying the body in these ways are symbolic and the essence of expressionism, while opponents counter those ideas with a belief that tattoos and piercings are harmful and have no purpose in a professional setting. People get tattoos for many…

Maybe it is the tattoo on your hip, the industrial bar piercing going through your ear, or maybe it’s your sticker decked out guitar; no matter what it is we all have our own ways of expressing ourselves once we get to a certain age. Self-expression is very important to Generation Me. It make us an individual, unique, and creative. Or that is at least how we see it. Being born into Generation Me meant being born into a generation in which we truly believe that our self-esteem is more important…

controversial questions about teenagers and their desire for body art would have to be “Should teenagers be allowed to get tattoos and or piercings without parental consent?” I personally believe teenagers should not be able to get tattoos or piercings without parental approval because of the health issues and work environment problems they cause. Tattoos and piercings are forms of expression (STAPAW). “In America they are protected from criminal law by the Constitution, but are not federally…

Body art, tattoos, are an expression of one’s personality. According to a Creative Cast Blog statistics show 15 to 25% of all Americans have tattoos, but workplaces still enforce policies of not being able to show tattoos of any kind. Many companies have dress code that make tattoos either be covered or they are just prohibited all together. An employee should not be penalized because of having a tattoo, saying someone can’t have a tattoo is discrimination, they show self expression, and some…