[Daily Mail] God this is the worst article ever. Local idiot Liz Jones chimes in with over 1,000 miserable words about how every tattoo a woman wears is a “tramp stamp” (and not just those placed in the manner displayed on the comely young lass in the above photo), and how all these misguided starlets are just ripping each other off forever and ever, with regard to everything:
Yes, I am talking about tattoos, the most tasteless, tacky, tawdry, terrible plague to infect our nation since mad cow disease.
Ha ha oh right, this clown is from Britain, where everybody gets BSE all the time, probably because the cows are all tattoo sluts. Tattoos are definitely worse than bacteria prions that eat your goddamn brain.
It is nigh on impossible these days to find a young, famous, beautiful woman who has not got a tattoo.
A reasonable person may notice this trend and note that perhaps there has been a paradigm shift and that, hey, pretty girls like tattoos, so maybe they’re not this uglifying force that some have thought them to be. Alas.
Danish model Freja Beha Erichsen has 12, including the word ‘float’ on her throat, while English rose Lily Donaldson has just the one – words of nonsense about her family on the inside of her left wrist.
What we can take away from this is that Liz Jones does not have a family, because she buried them under her house, but if she did, she would surely not do something as stupid as get any “words of nonsense” about them tattooed on her body. She would not “feel” any “feelings” about them, or try to “remember” or “pay tribute” to them. Because she is nature’s most perfect, soulless killing machine.
Musicians have long adored tattoos: Janis Joplin had a floral tattoo bracelet, which has clearly inspired the tattoos sported by Joss Stone, who has garlands of flowers on her feet.
The words “clearly inspired” suggest a direct causal relationship. I’ve never listened to Joss Stone and probably could not pick her out of a line-up — is there any reason to believe that she got flower tattoos because Janis Joplin did first? Based on the nonsense that comprises the rest of this article, I’m going to guess no, and that in addition to being a sensationalist, Liz Jones is also a piss-poor logician.
What I hate most about all these celebrity tattoos is not just that they have spawned a rash of copycats the length and breadth of the nation, it is that tattoo wearers think that by writing on themselves, a la Angelina Jolie, they are somehow ‘alternative’, ‘deep’ and ‘profound’, that they have meaning in their lives.
Wow, she is still talking. I’ve skipped several hundred words already and this thing just keeps going. I feel like I’ve always been reading this.
I particularly detest the tattooing of names of loved ones, a la Johnny Depp and his ‘Winona Forever’, or David Beckham and his tattoo of his son Brooklyn’s name. It is as if the person is trying to say: ‘I love my son/boyfriend/wife more than you love yours.’
Someone’s projecting!
When I mentioned this saddest incarnation of the tat to Helen Mirren, who has the Indian Lakesh symbol, meaning ‘whole woman’, inscribed just below the thumb on her left hand, she rolled her eyes. (Helen Mirren is, by the way, the only woman in her 60s I can think of who doesn’t look ridiculous sporting a tattoo).
She got hers when she was drunk one night on a theatre tour in Minnesota. ‘It was years before tattoos became fashionable. I’m appalled they have become middle class,’ she said. ‘There is no respect for rebellion any more.’
For what it’s worth, Helen Mirren, in addition to being a pretty tremendous actor, also thinks that date-rape is a hilarious joke and that woman should just get over it, so perhaps she is not the most astute cultural observer of all time.
Jones then ends the article by telling a brief story about her friend’s grandmother, who is a holocaust survivor, and thus has a concentration camp number tattooed on her wrist. According to Liz Jones, this is the only sort of tattoo that it is acceptable for a person to have nowadays.
[News.com.au] Here we’ve got an uncharacteristically positive story about Body Integrity Identity Disorder and amputation as a viable course of action for those suffering from it. The proponent, Christopher Ryan, is a psychiatrist at the University of Sydney, and, while he doesn’t propose just cold cutting off folks’s legs whenever they want, he does admit that, after the proper evaluations have been done, many can be effectively “cured,” and that such procedures should be “likened to plastic surgery.”
“I realise that the idea strikes almost everyone as lunatic when they first hear it. However, there are a small number of people who see themselves, and have always seen themselves, as amputees,” he said.
“They are often miserable their whole lives because of their ‘extra limb’, and we know that at least some of them feel much better if it is removed.”
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84 responses to “Full Coverage: Links From All Over (Nov. 7, 2008)”
“Ha ha oh right, this clown is from Britain, where everybody gets BSE all the time, probably because the cows are all tattoo sluts.”
That’s a great way to show you and the articles author share the same IQ!
“Ha ha oh right, this clown is from Britain, where everybody gets BSE all the time, probably because the cows are all tattoo sluts.”
That’s a great way to show you and the articles author share the same IQ!
… it was a joke.
… it was a joke.
Someone is mad that she has no one to get a tattoo with her in mind.
Someone is mad that she has no one to get a tattoo with her in mind.
ah i was going to recommend that amputee story after reading it on ninemsn, your on the ball today jordan!
ah i was going to recommend that amputee story after reading it on ninemsn, your on the ball today jordan!
That’s one hairy lass!
That’s one hairy lass!
unfortunately the Daily Mail will always publish suck bollocks as this. it is the most hideously right wing paper, this is not the only insulting story to come out of it, since it only seems to support middle class white British citizens. you should do everyone a favour and not look at it ever again. 🙂
unfortunately the Daily Mail will always publish suck bollocks as this. it is the most hideously right wing paper, this is not the only insulting story to come out of it, since it only seems to support middle class white British citizens. you should do everyone a favour and not look at it ever again. 🙂
BSE is caused by prions, not bacteria or viruses 😉
BSE is caused by prions, not bacteria or viruses 😉
I get it. People are entitled to their opinions.. even if they think girls with tattoos are nothing but trailer trash sluts with low self esteem.
I hate to burst an opinionated bubble.. but I am the proud owner of MANY tattoos, graduated valedictorian, the complete opposite of slut, and use tattoos as a means of taking my body back and making it my own after YEARS of abuse.
Seems to me..the british lad is the one with low self esteem. And uses *judgement* to make herself feel better. To say “It’s not my thing” is one thing… to lump all tattoo owners in one big pile of fodder is another…. shame on her.
I actually feel a little sorry for her now…
I get it. People are entitled to their opinions.. even if they think girls with tattoos are nothing but trailer trash sluts with low self esteem.
I hate to burst an opinionated bubble.. but I am the proud owner of MANY tattoos, graduated valedictorian, the complete opposite of slut, and use tattoos as a means of taking my body back and making it my own after YEARS of abuse.
Seems to me..the british lad is the one with low self esteem. And uses *judgement* to make herself feel better. To say “It’s not my thing” is one thing… to lump all tattoo owners in one big pile of fodder is another…. shame on her.
I actually feel a little sorry for her now…
Oh, man… She has opened my eyes and made me realize that I’m white trash slut…
damn… now I have to reevaluate my life…
Thank you Liz Jones… You have shown me the error of my ways.
P.s. I’m going to tattoo your forehead in your sleep.
Oh, man… She has opened my eyes and made me realize that I’m white trash slut…
damn… now I have to reevaluate my life…
Thank you Liz Jones… You have shown me the error of my ways.
P.s. I’m going to tattoo your forehead in your sleep.
Are we sure that’s a lass in the picture…?
😐
Are we sure that’s a lass in the picture…?
😐
I do not believe that this is a “comely young lass”. because if that lass had to shave clumps of hair from her back to get tattooed, i think that not only makes her no longer comely but also not a lass. also, with that nasty faded/stained underwear and sagging pants… yeah. thats no lass.
ridiculous artice, btw. twas a good laugh
I do not believe that this is a “comely young lass”. because if that lass had to shave clumps of hair from her back to get tattooed, i think that not only makes her no longer comely but also not a lass. also, with that nasty faded/stained underwear and sagging pants… yeah. thats no lass.
ridiculous artice, btw. twas a good laugh
Liz’s comments strike me as inappropriately jealous. Perhaps it’s simply because she’s never had the mind or independence to acquire a tattoo, or perhaps she envies the celebrities themselves that sport their beautiful tattoos.
Clearly, Hellen Millen’s trauma has severely skewed her views on rape, and probably life in general.
But I do have to say, the response to Liz’s article that was broken down in pieces just seems a little childish in places to me. :/
P.S. If it is a lady portrayed with the tattoo, I don’t care how much body hair she has, and I don’t see why anyone else would, either. I have an amazing announcement to make: ladies have body hair, too. If it weren’t custom to shave in some cultures, it could actually be quite thick. So if it is a lady, boo to those of you who criticize Liz Jones for her lack of expression, while attacking the woman for her personal choices.
Liz’s comments strike me as inappropriately jealous. Perhaps it’s simply because she’s never had the mind or independence to acquire a tattoo, or perhaps she envies the celebrities themselves that sport their beautiful tattoos.
Clearly, Hellen Millen’s trauma has severely skewed her views on rape, and probably life in general.
But I do have to say, the response to Liz’s article that was broken down in pieces just seems a little childish in places to me. :/
P.S. If it is a lady portrayed with the tattoo, I don’t care how much body hair she has, and I don’t see why anyone else would, either. I have an amazing announcement to make: ladies have body hair, too. If it weren’t custom to shave in some cultures, it could actually be quite thick. So if it is a lady, boo to those of you who criticize Liz Jones for her lack of expression, while attacking the woman for her personal choices.
i didnt really read the artical because it looked to long to be read. but this picture is hilarious for some reason. i instantly busted out laughing
i didnt really read the artical because it looked to long to be read. but this picture is hilarious for some reason. i instantly busted out laughing
There’ll always be idiots out there, like this Liz Jones character.
Anyone here from Victoria, Australia will see in Liz a remarkable likeness to our own faux journalist Andrew Bolt of the “Herald Sun”, a talentless and reactionary writer paid to stir up trouble and inflame ‘public opinion’
There’ll always be idiots out there, like this Liz Jones character.
Anyone here from Victoria, Australia will see in Liz a remarkable likeness to our own faux journalist Andrew Bolt of the “Herald Sun”, a talentless and reactionary writer paid to stir up trouble and inflame ‘public opinion’
This piece of satire from b3ta.com pretty much sums up the Daily Mail and #6′s comments:
http://www2.b3ta.com/host/creative/49722/1225847832/dailymailfrontpage.jpg
This piece of satire from b3ta.com pretty much sums up the Daily Mail and #6′s comments:
http://www2.b3ta.com/host/creative/49722/1225847832/dailymailfrontpage.jpg
you do realise this is ‘cos the daily mail is the WORST english paper ever, bar ‘the sun’! you won’t find interlect atall, so i guess its fine
you do realise this is ‘cos the daily mail is the WORST english paper ever, bar ‘the sun’! you won’t find interlect atall, so i guess its fine
i first thought that the tattoo in the picture said ‘I lobe my mother’
i first thought that the tattoo in the picture said ‘I lobe my mother’
What a mature way to reply to this article, quoting Liz Jones’ words and then ridiculing her life which you cannot possibly know anything about. I read the article and it made me feel quite angry that she judges what she’s never actually experienced but decided to be grown up about it and ignore it for the waste of printing ink and total twaddle it was. Grow up guys.
What a mature way to reply to this article, quoting Liz Jones’ words and then ridiculing her life which you cannot possibly know anything about. I read the article and it made me feel quite angry that she judges what she’s never actually experienced but decided to be grown up about it and ignore it for the waste of printing ink and total twaddle it was. Grow up guys.
oh god i hate the daily mail. if i ever have the “opportunity” to read it, i read it as though it’s a joke book. i can’t believe they take themselves seriously! they got jonathon ross and russell brand chucked off the BBC. stop attacking everything i like!!!!
i laughed all the way through this, thanks jordan!
oh god i hate the daily mail. if i ever have the “opportunity” to read it, i read it as though it’s a joke book. i can’t believe they take themselves seriously! they got jonathon ross and russell brand chucked off the BBC. stop attacking everything i like!!!!
i laughed all the way through this, thanks jordan!
I HATE Liz Jones, that woman is vile!
I HATE Liz Jones, that woman is vile!
Unfortunately she hasn’t actually noticed when she’s writing crap, because she seems to spend most of her life moaning about her ex husband. Articles like this completely illustrate the Daily Mail’s fascism
Unfortunately she hasn’t actually noticed when she’s writing crap, because she seems to spend most of her life moaning about her ex husband. Articles like this completely illustrate the Daily Mail’s fascism
The Daily Mail hates everything. They like to think that if only we could get rid of all these bloody bogus asylum seekers and crazy homos looking for equal rights then we would have a perfect society. They’re stuck in about 1950 and they miss the ‘good old days’ of legal discrimination. Oh yeah, and if Diana had never died it would all be so much better.
Incidentally, I hadn’t heard those remarks Helen Mirren made, but they make me sad. And that woman in the Mirror… If she can’t see that you don’t have to be held against a wall in an alleyway by a stranger with a knife to be raped then I don’t know how anyone can make her understand. The fact that anyone, let alone a woman, would say something like that makes my blood boil.
The Daily Mail hates everything. They like to think that if only we could get rid of all these bloody bogus asylum seekers and crazy homos looking for equal rights then we would have a perfect society. They’re stuck in about 1950 and they miss the ‘good old days’ of legal discrimination. Oh yeah, and if Diana had never died it would all be so much better.
Incidentally, I hadn’t heard those remarks Helen Mirren made, but they make me sad. And that woman in the Mirror… If she can’t see that you don’t have to be held against a wall in an alleyway by a stranger with a knife to be raped then I don’t know how anyone can make her understand. The fact that anyone, let alone a woman, would say something like that makes my blood boil.
My friend bought me a badge a while back that says “Hated by the Daily Mail”. I am going to go fish it out and stick it on my coat XD What a vile, judgemental bitch that woman must be and it would really suck to be her.
My friend bought me a badge a while back that says “Hated by the Daily Mail”. I am going to go fish it out and stick it on my coat XD What a vile, judgemental bitch that woman must be and it would really suck to be her.
My favourite part is that if you read the comments on the article, many of them are in the vein of, “well, I have a tattoo, but it’s quite tasteful actually. However, I hate all other tattoos except my own small kanji symbol. Therefore, I am the sole exception that proves the rule of your theory, Liz.”
*rolls eyes*
My favourite part is that if you read the comments on the article, many of them are in the vein of, “well, I have a tattoo, but it’s quite tasteful actually. However, I hate all other tattoos except my own small kanji symbol. Therefore, I am the sole exception that proves the rule of your theory, Liz.”
*rolls eyes*
for the advantage of all non-british BME readers the daily mail is a tabloid newspaper masquerading as a broadsheet that is owned by the murdoch news empire, it largely broadcasts right wing oppinions on things like asylum seekers and immigrant workers and is notoriously full of more opinion than fact.
in my opinion everything that is written in it should be ignored, if not doodled over or burned.
for the advantage of all non-british BME readers the daily mail is a tabloid newspaper masquerading as a broadsheet that is owned by the murdoch news empire, it largely broadcasts right wing oppinions on things like asylum seekers and immigrant workers and is notoriously full of more opinion than fact.
in my opinion everything that is written in it should be ignored, if not doodled over or burned.