A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

No Big Deal, Cuz.

Emily* and her cousin showing off (rather awkwardly in the first photo, clickthrough for the second) their new matching inner lip tattoos..

* – Before you ask they’re both in their twenties and no, Emily isn’t related to me.

Comments

156 responses to “No Big Deal, Cuz.”

  1. socialcoma Avatar
    socialcoma

    You ain’t artsier than me, with your lip tattoo’s and your bad attitudes

  2. socialcoma Avatar
    socialcoma

    You ain’t artsier than me, with your lip tattoo’s and your bad attitudes

  3. ModifiedInTheHead Avatar
    ModifiedInTheHead

    aaw,i think i’m in love..

  4. ModifiedInTheHead Avatar
    ModifiedInTheHead

    aaw,i think i’m in love..

  5. ModifiedInTheHead Avatar
    ModifiedInTheHead

    aaw,i think i’m in love..

  6. ModifiedInTheHead Avatar
    ModifiedInTheHead

    aaw,i think i’m in love..

  7. ModifiedInTheHead Avatar
    ModifiedInTheHead

    aaw,i think i’m in love..

  8. ModifiedInTheHead Avatar
    ModifiedInTheHead

    aaw,i think i’m in love..

  9. Telyn Avatar

    I spent the time I was reading whole comment discussion idly wondering ‘what does NBD mean?’ – heh. Some people don’t read the accompanying text on an entry, evidentally I don’t read the title.

    Ah, wankery. Where would ModBlog be without it? The world is large; everything is overdone.

  10. Telyn Avatar

    I spent the time I was reading whole comment discussion idly wondering ‘what does NBD mean?’ – heh. Some people don’t read the accompanying text on an entry, evidentally I don’t read the title.

    Ah, wankery. Where would ModBlog be without it? The world is large; everything is overdone.

  11. Telyn Avatar

    I spent the time I was reading whole comment discussion idly wondering ‘what does NBD mean?’ – heh. Some people don’t read the accompanying text on an entry, evidentally I don’t read the title.

    Ah, wankery. Where would ModBlog be without it? The world is large; everything is overdone.

  12. Telyn Avatar

    I spent the time I was reading whole comment discussion idly wondering ‘what does NBD mean?’ – heh. Some people don’t read the accompanying text on an entry, evidentally I don’t read the title.

    Ah, wankery. Where would ModBlog be without it? The world is large; everything is overdone.

  13. Telyn Avatar

    I spent the time I was reading whole comment discussion idly wondering ‘what does NBD mean?’ – heh. Some people don’t read the accompanying text on an entry, evidentally I don’t read the title.

    Ah, wankery. Where would ModBlog be without it? The world is large; everything is overdone.

  14. Telyn Avatar

    I spent the time I was reading whole comment discussion idly wondering ‘what does NBD mean?’ – heh. Some people don’t read the accompanying text on an entry, evidentally I don’t read the title.

    Ah, wankery. Where would ModBlog be without it? The world is large; everything is overdone.

  15. Dewey Avatar
    Dewey

    I appreciate and read everythng that Roo publishes every day.I have never left a comment before but i read the back and forth between Roo and Nicola.Now i guess Ill put my 2 cents in now.

    This is a web site that consists of open minded people who do things that make them selves more comfortable in thier own skin or do things that not many dare to do in this world blandness and trends,that is being original by joining alternative scoiety of the modified.I have never met anyone in my life who are as open minded and excepting in my life as the individuals of this site.I love BME.I love ModBlog.Not every post has to be the next original body mod.That isnt the only way we can appreciate bodymods.We can also appreciate a well done tattoo or septum piercing.Nothing has to be the newest thing it can just be a beautiful picture or an astonding picture that inspires us.Or it can help us to understand the bodymod more.

    Thank you for your time.

  16. Dewey Avatar
    Dewey

    I appreciate and read everythng that Roo publishes every day.I have never left a comment before but i read the back and forth between Roo and Nicola.Now i guess Ill put my 2 cents in now.

    This is a web site that consists of open minded people who do things that make them selves more comfortable in thier own skin or do things that not many dare to do in this world blandness and trends,that is being original by joining alternative scoiety of the modified.I have never met anyone in my life who are as open minded and excepting in my life as the individuals of this site.I love BME.I love ModBlog.Not every post has to be the next original body mod.That isnt the only way we can appreciate bodymods.We can also appreciate a well done tattoo or septum piercing.Nothing has to be the newest thing it can just be a beautiful picture or an astonding picture that inspires us.Or it can help us to understand the bodymod more.

    Thank you for your time.

  17. Dewey Avatar
    Dewey

    I appreciate and read everythng that Roo publishes every day.I have never left a comment before but i read the back and forth between Roo and Nicola.Now i guess Ill put my 2 cents in now.

    This is a web site that consists of open minded people who do things that make them selves more comfortable in thier own skin or do things that not many dare to do in this world blandness and trends,that is being original by joining alternative scoiety of the modified.I have never met anyone in my life who are as open minded and excepting in my life as the individuals of this site.I love BME.I love ModBlog.Not every post has to be the next original body mod.That isnt the only way we can appreciate bodymods.We can also appreciate a well done tattoo or septum piercing.Nothing has to be the newest thing it can just be a beautiful picture or an astonding picture that inspires us.Or it can help us to understand the bodymod more.

    Thank you for your time.

  18. Dewey Avatar
    Dewey

    I appreciate and read everythng that Roo publishes every day.I have never left a comment before but i read the back and forth between Roo and Nicola.Now i guess Ill put my 2 cents in now.

    This is a web site that consists of open minded people who do things that make them selves more comfortable in thier own skin or do things that not many dare to do in this world blandness and trends,that is being original by joining alternative scoiety of the modified.I have never met anyone in my life who are as open minded and excepting in my life as the individuals of this site.I love BME.I love ModBlog.Not every post has to be the next original body mod.That isnt the only way we can appreciate bodymods.We can also appreciate a well done tattoo or septum piercing.Nothing has to be the newest thing it can just be a beautiful picture or an astonding picture that inspires us.Or it can help us to understand the bodymod more.

    Thank you for your time.

  19. Dewey Avatar
    Dewey

    I appreciate and read everythng that Roo publishes every day.I have never left a comment before but i read the back and forth between Roo and Nicola.Now i guess Ill put my 2 cents in now.

    This is a web site that consists of open minded people who do things that make them selves more comfortable in thier own skin or do things that not many dare to do in this world blandness and trends,that is being original by joining alternative scoiety of the modified.I have never met anyone in my life who are as open minded and excepting in my life as the individuals of this site.I love BME.I love ModBlog.Not every post has to be the next original body mod.That isnt the only way we can appreciate bodymods.We can also appreciate a well done tattoo or septum piercing.Nothing has to be the newest thing it can just be a beautiful picture or an astonding picture that inspires us.Or it can help us to understand the bodymod more.

    Thank you for your time.

  20. Dewey Avatar
    Dewey

    I appreciate and read everythng that Roo publishes every day.I have never left a comment before but i read the back and forth between Roo and Nicola.Now i guess Ill put my 2 cents in now.

    This is a web site that consists of open minded people who do things that make them selves more comfortable in thier own skin or do things that not many dare to do in this world blandness and trends,that is being original by joining alternative scoiety of the modified.I have never met anyone in my life who are as open minded and excepting in my life as the individuals of this site.I love BME.I love ModBlog.Not every post has to be the next original body mod.That isnt the only way we can appreciate bodymods.We can also appreciate a well done tattoo or septum piercing.Nothing has to be the newest thing it can just be a beautiful picture or an astonding picture that inspires us.Or it can help us to understand the bodymod more.

    Thank you for your time.

  21. anametamystik Avatar

    I’m guessing “Never Back Down” or “No Big Deal”.

    In this case, I don’t care if lip tattoos are generally overdone and a waste of the artist’s time because of their permanent expression of their bond. Paired tattoos seem rare enough to merit attention, even if in an overdone location.

  22. anametamystik Avatar

    I’m guessing “Never Back Down” or “No Big Deal”.

    In this case, I don’t care if lip tattoos are generally overdone and a waste of the artist’s time because of their permanent expression of their bond. Paired tattoos seem rare enough to merit attention, even if in an overdone location.

  23. anametamystik Avatar

    I’m guessing “Never Back Down” or “No Big Deal”.

    In this case, I don’t care if lip tattoos are generally overdone and a waste of the artist’s time because of their permanent expression of their bond. Paired tattoos seem rare enough to merit attention, even if in an overdone location.

  24. anametamystik Avatar

    I’m guessing “Never Back Down” or “No Big Deal”.

    In this case, I don’t care if lip tattoos are generally overdone and a waste of the artist’s time because of their permanent expression of their bond. Paired tattoos seem rare enough to merit attention, even if in an overdone location.

  25. anametamystik Avatar

    I’m guessing “Never Back Down” or “No Big Deal”.

    In this case, I don’t care if lip tattoos are generally overdone and a waste of the artist’s time because of their permanent expression of their bond. Paired tattoos seem rare enough to merit attention, even if in an overdone location.

  26. anametamystik Avatar

    I’m guessing “Never Back Down” or “No Big Deal”.

    In this case, I don’t care if lip tattoos are generally overdone and a waste of the artist’s time because of their permanent expression of their bond. Paired tattoos seem rare enough to merit attention, even if in an overdone location.

  27. anametamystik Avatar

    Oh, and Roo, don’t spin your head off (unless you want to be in the freakshow as Roo the Wondrous Spinning Head) trying to please everyone or figure out why a sideshow article didn’t generate as much chatter as this one.

    Modblog should try to cover the best of every kind of all modifications, not just the “approved” mods.

  28. anametamystik Avatar

    Oh, and Roo, don’t spin your head off (unless you want to be in the freakshow as Roo the Wondrous Spinning Head) trying to please everyone or figure out why a sideshow article didn’t generate as much chatter as this one.

    Modblog should try to cover the best of every kind of all modifications, not just the “approved” mods.

  29. anametamystik Avatar

    Oh, and Roo, don’t spin your head off (unless you want to be in the freakshow as Roo the Wondrous Spinning Head) trying to please everyone or figure out why a sideshow article didn’t generate as much chatter as this one.

    Modblog should try to cover the best of every kind of all modifications, not just the “approved” mods.

  30. anametamystik Avatar

    Oh, and Roo, don’t spin your head off (unless you want to be in the freakshow as Roo the Wondrous Spinning Head) trying to please everyone or figure out why a sideshow article didn’t generate as much chatter as this one.

    Modblog should try to cover the best of every kind of all modifications, not just the “approved” mods.

  31. anametamystik Avatar

    Oh, and Roo, don’t spin your head off (unless you want to be in the freakshow as Roo the Wondrous Spinning Head) trying to please everyone or figure out why a sideshow article didn’t generate as much chatter as this one.

    Modblog should try to cover the best of every kind of all modifications, not just the “approved” mods.

  32. anametamystik Avatar

    Oh, and Roo, don’t spin your head off (unless you want to be in the freakshow as Roo the Wondrous Spinning Head) trying to please everyone or figure out why a sideshow article didn’t generate as much chatter as this one.

    Modblog should try to cover the best of every kind of all modifications, not just the “approved” mods.

  33. MrsMelvin Avatar

    I love all of you sassy bitches.

  34. MrsMelvin Avatar

    I love all of you sassy bitches.

  35. MrsMelvin Avatar

    I love all of you sassy bitches.

  36. MrsMelvin Avatar

    I love all of you sassy bitches.

  37. MrsMelvin Avatar

    I love all of you sassy bitches.

  38. MrsMelvin Avatar

    I love all of you sassy bitches.

  39. Kelly Avatar
    Kelly

    Haha it amazes me how controversial a picture of two cousins with tattoos hugging eachother can be.

    I think it’s cute =].

  40. Kelly Avatar
    Kelly

    Haha it amazes me how controversial a picture of two cousins with tattoos hugging eachother can be.

    I think it’s cute =].

  41. Kelly Avatar
    Kelly

    Haha it amazes me how controversial a picture of two cousins with tattoos hugging eachother can be.

    I think it’s cute =].

  42. Kelly Avatar
    Kelly

    Haha it amazes me how controversial a picture of two cousins with tattoos hugging eachother can be.

    I think it’s cute =].

  43. Kelly Avatar
    Kelly

    Haha it amazes me how controversial a picture of two cousins with tattoos hugging eachother can be.

    I think it’s cute =].

  44. Kelly Avatar
    Kelly

    Haha it amazes me how controversial a picture of two cousins with tattoos hugging eachother can be.

    I think it’s cute =].

  45. dutchweirdo Avatar
    dutchweirdo

    The more general body mods are becoming so common that some people seem to get bored by them. However, even the most common type of body mod displayed on this side takes this interesting personal decision and courage to do so, and this is what makes the whole thing so interesting. To me, body mods are interesting because of the person and the fun they have with and the choices they make about their body, and what it means to them. Simple as they may seem, I like these lip tattoos!

  46. dutchweirdo Avatar
    dutchweirdo

    The more general body mods are becoming so common that some people seem to get bored by them. However, even the most common type of body mod displayed on this side takes this interesting personal decision and courage to do so, and this is what makes the whole thing so interesting. To me, body mods are interesting because of the person and the fun they have with and the choices they make about their body, and what it means to them. Simple as they may seem, I like these lip tattoos!

  47. dutchweirdo Avatar
    dutchweirdo

    The more general body mods are becoming so common that some people seem to get bored by them. However, even the most common type of body mod displayed on this side takes this interesting personal decision and courage to do so, and this is what makes the whole thing so interesting. To me, body mods are interesting because of the person and the fun they have with and the choices they make about their body, and what it means to them. Simple as they may seem, I like these lip tattoos!

  48. dutchweirdo Avatar
    dutchweirdo

    The more general body mods are becoming so common that some people seem to get bored by them. However, even the most common type of body mod displayed on this side takes this interesting personal decision and courage to do so, and this is what makes the whole thing so interesting. To me, body mods are interesting because of the person and the fun they have with and the choices they make about their body, and what it means to them. Simple as they may seem, I like these lip tattoos!

  49. dutchweirdo Avatar
    dutchweirdo

    The more general body mods are becoming so common that some people seem to get bored by them. However, even the most common type of body mod displayed on this side takes this interesting personal decision and courage to do so, and this is what makes the whole thing so interesting. To me, body mods are interesting because of the person and the fun they have with and the choices they make about their body, and what it means to them. Simple as they may seem, I like these lip tattoos!

  50. dutchweirdo Avatar
    dutchweirdo

    The more general body mods are becoming so common that some people seem to get bored by them. However, even the most common type of body mod displayed on this side takes this interesting personal decision and courage to do so, and this is what makes the whole thing so interesting. To me, body mods are interesting because of the person and the fun they have with and the choices they make about their body, and what it means to them. Simple as they may seem, I like these lip tattoos!

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