BME: Body Modification Ezine

A tattooed person suspends from hooks, laying flat, one leg higher than the other. Their head is back, and they seem to be smiling, dark hair dangling like an anime character.

Celebrating body modification culture since 1994.

“We are an uncommon subculture and community built by and for modified people. We are the historians, practitioners, and appreciators of body modification. We are the collaborative and comprehensive resource for the freedom of individuality in thought, expression, and aesthetic. We serve you and ourselves as a source of inspiration, entertainment, and community.”

– Shannon Larratt

The face of Shannon Larratt, a skinny male of European descent, with brown hair, stubble and a white ink forehead tattoo coming out of what seems to be milk.
Rachel Larratt, a white woman with borwn hair, stretched ears, flower neck tattoos and fluffy bunny ears pretends to bite the head of her young daughter, Nefarious.
A person suspends off the ground, from several hooks on a large metal rig, with a group of people around them, watching.
A close portrait of a woman of color with tattoos, and many piercings including play piercings in her chest with peacock feathers attached, looking directly into the camera.
A human hand with a UV inck skeleton tattoo showing over it.
A heavily tattooed, pierced and implanted person covers their face with their hand. Monochrome.
A smiling young woman with red bangs pulls on her hoop earrings and looks off to the side, her t-shirt features a captured bead ring and the words, "Guess Where"
A spiral tattoo radiating out from a pierced belly button, intersecting a floral tattoo on someone's torso.
A woman of color smiles into the camera, showing huge hoop earrings and small jewels in designs on her face, while wearing lots of locks and chains around her neck.
A person sits in a meditation pose, nude, facing away from the camera in a Japanese style tatami room. Their back is extensively tattooed in a symmetrical pattern of circles and contrasting colors.

Wounds heal to become beautiful scars.

WELCOME BACK to the one and only Body Modification Ezine. It feels like a lifetime has passed, and for some of us, it has.

We have inherited a remarkable and daunting legacy, and we ask for your continued support. Our goal is to both restore BME as much as we can, but also to build a new BME, one that will continue to evolve and grow beyond any one person’s vision.

The world still needs a community dedicated to informed experimentation, responsible practice, and the unyielding spirit of those who choose to reshape themselves. Whether you are a seasoned veteran or a newcomer seeking guidance, BME exists to illuminate your path.

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