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Piercing History and Political History Intersection

Check out this interesting tidbit of piercing history crossing over with much larger world political history in this article by Yard[D]og, and then please come back here to comment or share your own stories. Click the picture to jump to the article.

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146 responses to “Piercing History and Political History Intersection”

  1. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Thank you to Yard[Dog] for sharing this story!

  2. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Thank you to Yard[Dog] for sharing this story!

  3. marie Avatar
    marie

    Life is definetely stranger than fiction.

  4. marie Avatar
    marie

    Life is definetely stranger than fiction.

  5. Heretic Avatar

    That is truely an amasing story. Thank you for telling it..

  6. Heretic Avatar

    That is truely an amasing story. Thank you for telling it..

  7. Toni Avatar
    Toni

    Heh, wow. That’s great :).

  8. Toni Avatar
    Toni

    Heh, wow. That’s great :).

  9. socialcoma Avatar
    socialcoma

    An interesting story for sure.

    I can’t help but wonder if it’s true.

  10. socialcoma Avatar
    socialcoma

    An interesting story for sure.

    I can’t help but wonder if it’s true.

  11. LotN Avatar

    Good story. Makes me wonder about the millions of stories that are being repressed by mainstream outlets…

  12. LotN Avatar

    Good story. Makes me wonder about the millions of stories that are being repressed by mainstream outlets…

  13. Evan Avatar

    Oh. My god. I couldn’t have ever seen the end of that one! Excellent article.

  14. Evan Avatar

    Oh. My god. I couldn’t have ever seen the end of that one! Excellent article.

  15. glowell Avatar
    glowell

    What was the correct spelling on his last name? Rowe or Rove?

  16. glowell Avatar
    glowell

    What was the correct spelling on his last name? Rowe or Rove?

  17. xPURExFUCKINGxGONZOx Avatar
    xPURExFUCKINGxGONZOx

    WOW!! That is amazing

  18. xPURExFUCKINGxGONZOx Avatar
    xPURExFUCKINGxGONZOx

    WOW!! That is amazing

  19. mtnorgard Avatar

    Wow…. Love it, truly loved it

  20. mtnorgard Avatar

    Wow…. Love it, truly loved it

  21. John Avatar

    Karl Rove’s father…. Dick Cheney’s daughter… I’m unsure on whether or not there are any homosexual Bush’s out there. I just find it so interesting that all of these Neo-con’s (or Death Eaters as I like to call them) have these (only to themselves and fellow party members) skeletons in their closets.

  22. John Avatar

    Karl Rove’s father…. Dick Cheney’s daughter… I’m unsure on whether or not there are any homosexual Bush’s out there. I just find it so interesting that all of these Neo-con’s (or Death Eaters as I like to call them) have these (only to themselves and fellow party members) skeletons in their closets.

  23. omglolzroflmao Avatar

    Truly unbelievable. I know we all hear a lot of stories regarding parents “shunning” or “disowning” children due to sexual orientation, body modification, etc. but this perspective is one that doesn’t get too much publicity. It’s unfortunate that such a great man spawned such a bloodthirsty asshole.

  24. omglolzroflmao Avatar

    Truly unbelievable. I know we all hear a lot of stories regarding parents “shunning” or “disowning” children due to sexual orientation, body modification, etc. but this perspective is one that doesn’t get too much publicity. It’s unfortunate that such a great man spawned such a bloodthirsty asshole.

  25. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Since this is being read by non-BME people as well, one thing I think I should mention as well is that Louie wasn’t just a pierced guy. He was a HEAVILY pierced guy in the early days that was influential in the piercing scene as an elder and helped promote it when it was just coming out of the closet… In a way, you could argue that he was an architect of one of the larger cultural movements in Western culture (the piercing/body modification scene). It’s a fascinating parallel to his son’s similar achievements.

  26. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Since this is being read by non-BME people as well, one thing I think I should mention as well is that Louie wasn’t just a pierced guy. He was a HEAVILY pierced guy in the early days that was influential in the piercing scene as an elder and helped promote it when it was just coming out of the closet… In a way, you could argue that he was an architect of one of the larger cultural movements in Western culture (the piercing/body modification scene). It’s a fascinating parallel to his son’s similar achievements.

  27. DTM Avatar
    DTM

    I read the shorter version on his page as well as this…
    Id like to say they were wonderfully written and easy to digest…

  28. DTM Avatar
    DTM

    I read the shorter version on his page as well as this…
    Id like to say they were wonderfully written and easy to digest…

  29. Jordan Ginsberg Avatar

    To me, if anything, this really helps to explain Rove’s whole persona.

    Isn’t rebelling against one’s parents fairly common? A rite of passage, even? Well, when your mother commits suicide and your father is a iconic gay piercing fetishist (who, judging by this article, was maybe not the most stable character, positive traits aside), doesn’t Rove’s personality make a whole lot more sense?

  30. Jordan Ginsberg Avatar

    To me, if anything, this really helps to explain Rove’s whole persona.

    Isn’t rebelling against one’s parents fairly common? A rite of passage, even? Well, when your mother commits suicide and your father is a iconic gay piercing fetishist (who, judging by this article, was maybe not the most stable character, positive traits aside), doesn’t Rove’s personality make a whole lot more sense?

  31. Jacques Avatar
    Jacques

    brilliant, this is why i love this community..haha, seems very real , nobodys perfect, were all just geting by, a hero in one world is a demon in another..great write up.

  32. Jacques Avatar
    Jacques

    brilliant, this is why i love this community..haha, seems very real , nobodys perfect, were all just geting by, a hero in one world is a demon in another..great write up.

  33. Jacques Avatar
    Jacques

    love the second shot by the way…might have to get me some gold jewlery.

  34. Jacques Avatar
    Jacques

    love the second shot by the way…might have to get me some gold jewlery.

  35. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    BTW, from the wikipedia entry on Rove:
    ‘Rove has expressed great love and admiration for his adoptive father and for “how selfless” his love had been.’

  36. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    BTW, from the wikipedia entry on Rove:
    ‘Rove has expressed great love and admiration for his adoptive father and for “how selfless” his love had been.’

  37. Stan Avatar

    While I was reading this, I realized that Louie was the guy known in PFIQ as “Indy”. I remember the issue that he was in. I even met him once at a piercing video showing at EZTV in West Hollywood. He was a nice guy, and he was very interested in my tattoos, since he said that despite his major piercings, he’d never quite managed to get up the nerve to be tattooed, due to the permanence of it.

    The connection to Karl Rove at the end made me fall out of my chair. Yow.

  38. Stan Avatar

    While I was reading this, I realized that Louie was the guy known in PFIQ as “Indy”. I remember the issue that he was in. I even met him once at a piercing video showing at EZTV in West Hollywood. He was a nice guy, and he was very interested in my tattoos, since he said that despite his major piercings, he’d never quite managed to get up the nerve to be tattooed, due to the permanence of it.

    The connection to Karl Rove at the end made me fall out of my chair. Yow.

  39. TheWomanMonster Avatar
    TheWomanMonster

    Wonderful article!
    I really enjoyed reading it.
    Thank you to Yard[Dog], Shannon and the Late Louie Rove.

  40. TheWomanMonster Avatar
    TheWomanMonster

    Wonderful article!
    I really enjoyed reading it.
    Thank you to Yard[Dog], Shannon and the Late Louie Rove.

  41. The Eternal Avatar

    Again, great bit of history.

  42. The Eternal Avatar

    Again, great bit of history.

  43. Southern Belle Avatar

    damn. Just….damn. I know a fellow piercer who pierced a guy’s guiche that was a pretty high up guy in government… and his very young dominatrix/top/master was with him, talking shit to him the entire time. goes to show you that the weirdest are the ones no one would suspect.

  44. Southern Belle Avatar

    damn. Just….damn. I know a fellow piercer who pierced a guy’s guiche that was a pretty high up guy in government… and his very young dominatrix/top/master was with him, talking shit to him the entire time. goes to show you that the weirdest are the ones no one would suspect.

  45. crowebasalt Avatar
    crowebasalt

    that was an amazing and touching story. thank you for sharing it.

  46. crowebasalt Avatar
    crowebasalt

    that was an amazing and touching story. thank you for sharing it.

  47. Jezsh Avatar

    Fascinating article. On a side note, I also rather like the gold jewellery!

  48. Jezsh Avatar

    Fascinating article. On a side note, I also rather like the gold jewellery!

  49. MrWill Avatar
    MrWill

    wow i always thought that rove was the spawn of satan. turns out the truth is more interesting and supprising. great story.

  50. MrWill Avatar
    MrWill

    wow i always thought that rove was the spawn of satan. turns out the truth is more interesting and supprising. great story.

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