Here’s a collection of just some of the inner lip tattoos that people have sent me over the years. Got an inner lip tattoo? Sent it to me at [email protected].
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A safer form of genital beading?
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Steve Haworth has been playing with a piercing-style method for implanting genital beads with a reduced level of trauma. Normally either a larger gauge incision has to be made and/or a taper has to be used to stretch the holes up to the size of the bead to place it under the skin. Using his “squishy” silicone beads, he reduces the incision size required to place a 1/4″ bead down to 8ga.
The tools: A. a 1/4″ taper for comparison (this is what would normally be required to place the bead), B. a pusher rod which will later be used to push the bead into the skin, C. the bead reducer which will “inject” the bead, D. the 3/16 taper which leads the bead into the hole, and of course E. the silicone beads themselves.
First the bead is placed in the reducer and then compressed down into its tip, squeezing it from round to a nearly cylindrical narrow form.
The bead reducer is then attached to the 3/16 taper.
The taper and reducer assembly is pushed into the fresh piercing (made with an 8ga needle for a 1/4″ bead, or a 10ga needle for a 3/16″ bead) behind the needle, and then release the taper, leaving the reducer in place.
The pusher rod then pops the bead out of the reducer, leaving it under the skin and it expands to its normal 1/4″ form.Steve is talking about offering instruction in this method at his advanced beading seminars, and may be selling the tools and beads on his eBay store in the future. The only problem that I can foresee from this method is that so far silicone has had an unusually high materials reaction (ie. allergic response) in comparison to titanium, steel, and teflon beads. This reaction is not supported by the scientific literature on the subject, so it’s yet to be determined why silicone from Steve has seen these complications.
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BME Newsfeed for Aug 25, 2005
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- 2005-08-25: IN: Tattooing Blamed for Inmate Infections [by DragoBloodlust]
- 2005-08-25: NY: Owner of tattoo parlor charged with forcibly touching teenagers [by DragoBloodlust]
- 2005-08-25: NY: Think twice before getting tattoo, expert advises [by DragoBloodlust]
- 2005-08-25: NC: Two charged with castrating N.C. man [by rebekah]
- 2005-08-25: NC: Two Charged With Castrating N.C. Man, Cutting His Ears Off [by rebekah]
- 2005-08-25: UK: ‘Numb with sorrow’ as biker/dad/tattoo artist dies in crash [by rebekah]
- 2005-08-25: NM: UNM teacher uses ink in expression [by rebekah]
- 2005-08-25: CA: Assembly Bill 646: Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to ban minors from getting body piercings without parental consent. [by rebekah]
- 2005-08-25: NC: A Revved Up Combination: Motorcycles and Spreading the Gospel [by rebekah]
- 2005-08-25: NY: Body art at Redhouse [by rebekah]
- 2005-08-25: Iraq: Sunnis, Shiites unite to mortify flesh [by rebekah]
- 2005-08-25: IL: Tattoos & tulle [by rebekah]
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If You Can’t Go… We’ll Bring it to You. The All-Grrls Suscon 2005 [Guest Column – Stepping Back]
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“It is the mind which creates the world about us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.”
— George Gissing
On August 20, 2005 I went to my first Suscon: the second annual All Grrls suspension convention. Outside of the article I’d written several months earlier about last year’s event and only ever seeing my first suspension eight weeks earlier, I didn’t know what to expect. Through conducting interviews with last year’s attendees and hearing entirely positive feedback, I knew the day would be special.
The event was held in Toronto in a cozy, dimly-lit room with wooden floors and brick walls. The twenty-five attendees had travelled from all over the United States and Canada to be there. Rachel (IAM:tigertante) and Jill (IAM:feisty) were the organizers and wonderful hosts. They, along with the other staff, were competent, knowledgeable and organized.
The absence of men felt somehow natural, but then again, I had nothing to compare it to. The girls who were nervous about being pierced or going up always had someone by their side; some supportive friends went the extra step and laid on the floor below the table while the hooks were being inserted, breathing deeply with them and holding their hands. Everyone was sensitive to the girls’ needs; allowing them to take their time if necessary, never pressuring them into staying up longer than they wanted to or coming down sooner than they were ready to.
When the first article about the All Grrls Suscon was published, it sparked a lot of controversy. Some saw the event as discriminatory towards men, while others saw it as a proactive step towards getting more women involved in the suspension community. Regardless of people’s opinion about this event, no one can deny that it offers a safe and comfortable place for the experienced and inexperienced alike to hang.
The thing that surprised me the most was the overwhelming emotion that hung heavy in the air. Excitement, nervousness, anxiety, intimidation, happiness, relief… although they were mixed feelings, they all felt warm. It was intense.
It may be one of those things where you’d really have to be there in order to appreciate it… but then again, maybe not.
To the tune of Svefn-G-Englar by Sigur Ros is a video of the the day— highlighting the emotions of the girl’s experiences— the thing that had the most impact on me.
2005 All-Grrls SusCon Video Report (9 minutes)
Download links (right-click and save the files):
Windows Media Player
High quality WMV (64 MB)
Low quality WMV (28 MB)
Apple Quicktime
High quality QT/MOV (67 MB)
Low quality QT/MOV (25 MB)
— Gillian Hyde (IAM:typealice)
Gillian Hyde (IAM:typealice) is a vagabond, though her roots run deep into Nova Scotian soil. She’s lived and worked on three continents since 2001, and has never lived anywhere for longer than eight months since the age of 16. She loves fonts, puns, being barefoot, and office supplies. Calm to her is the roar of the ocean. Online presentation copyright © 2005 BMEzine.com LLC. Clips of swinging superwoman suspension from iam:bonita80. Requests to republish must be confirmed in writing. For bibliographical purposes this article was first published online, August 25th, 2005 by BMEzine.com LLC from La Paz, BCS, Mexico.
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Play ballsy.
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You’re Scott Spiezio. You’re divorced, you’re injured, and your .064 batting average is so pathetic that even the last-place Seattle Mariners have no spot for you on their roster anymore. Ostensibly, things are in the crapper. What do you do?
Apparently, you get a tattoo.
“It’s been a bad year,” Spiezio said in an interview with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Jim Moore. “I said, ‘Hey, let’s have a little fun’ instead of being uptight. I guess I went a little bit crazy.”
Forgoing the traditional “crazy athlete” route — such as developing a crippling drug addiction or failing to appear for a probation hearing — Spiezio instead celebrated his relationship with his new model-girlfriend by getting a large, seductive portrait of her tattooed on his upper arm.
Wanting “the tattoo to look like a pin-up found on barracks walls from wars in the past,” he sought out the services of talented portrait artist Rich White [PORTFOLIO LINK] of Action Tattoo & Body Piercing in Auburn, Washington.
You’re Scott Spiezio. You just got your first tattoo, you’ve got a beautiful girlfriend, you’ve got an indefinite amount of vacation-time, and you’re still getting paid over $3 million next year.
I’d be smiling too.
Spiezio with his new tattoo.Spiezio claims that he is saving his other bicep for a tattoo dedicated to his three children,
and sources close to the athlete confirm that he is also currently consulting with friends to concoct a believable cover-story to tell future girlfriends about the pin-up on his arm once this relationship crashes and burns.
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Rev. Aaron “Tattoo” Davis
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DamnDarn, what’s with all the religious posts recently? I just got an email from police officer and Christian preacher Aaron Davis showing me pictures of his new tribal work. Aaron just put out a book encouraging Christians not to judge others — including those with tattoos.
Can’t say that I can
entirelyat all support his D.A.R.E. stance, but I suppose this trend in Christianity to embrace different ways of living is a good thing — certainly better than the extremism that’s brought us, oh, a couple thousand years of war!
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BME Newsfeed for Aug 24, 2005
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- 2005-08-24: WA: ‘Catman’ spends $200,000 on plastic surgery to look just like Garfield [by cenobite]
- 2005-08-24: CA: Body Piercing Law? [by Ebowlotus1960]
- 2005-08-24: NY: Tattoo parlor sex charge [by Ebowlotus1960]
- 2005-08-24: FL: SPORTS: Ricky tackles topics from marijuana to Mighty Mouse tattoo [by rebekah]
- 2005-08-24: NV: GOLDEN PALACE: Woman Sells Head For Tattoo Ad [by rebekah]
- 2005-08-24: NY: Tattoo Parlor Owner Accused Of Sexually Touching Teen [by aniorange]
- 2005-08-24: KY: Inmates use staples to ink themselves, what could possibly go wrong? [by owned]
- 2005-08-24: CO: Be sure you’re sure; check parlor’s safety before getting tattoo [by rebekah]
- 2005-08-24: IN: Inmates Tattooing With A Staple, Infected [by rebekah]
- 2005-08-24: NY: Owner of Long Island tattoo parlor charged with forcibly touching teenagers [by rebekah]
- 2005-08-24: CA: Senate Votes To Ban Body Piercing Of Minors [by rebekah]
- 2005-08-24: CA: Body Piercing Law? [by DragoBloodlust]
- 2005-08-24: IN: SPORTS: Player profile: Cato June [by rebekah]
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Goofball Tattoos
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I like tattoos that make me laugh. On the left are Solanum‘s mexillant tattoos (signifying his profound love for burritos), done by Brett at PURE (NYC), and on the right is John’s tattoo done at Delicious Ink in Rockford, IL — he would like everyone to know that he is “very afraid of spiders”. Maybe that’s not really funny in and of itself, but that someone would be so petrified that they’d put a WARNING: NO SPIDERS logo on their arm cracks me up.
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Awww, isn’t that sweet!
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As you probably know I have magnets inside my fingers, implanted courtesy of Steve Haworth (made by Jesse Jarrell and previously covered on BME). My magnets are mostly intended to be functional, to give me “magnetic vision“, but Steve and his partner Cookie recently opted for something far more romantic.
Each one got two magnet implants done; one in the fingertip, and the other behind the knuckle, positioned so that if they are holding hands, the magnets draw toward each other, linking them. It’s yet to be determined whether there will be a noticeable sensation or not (the magnets are very small), but on a purely symbolic level I really love it!
If you’re interested in something like this (or are an implant artist looking for silicone coated magnets), you can contact Steve via his website at stevehaworth.com.
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Extreme Knitting
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It’s always interesting to me what people choose to do while suspended (assuming they don’t just swing around or “do nothing” and zone out). I’ve seen a lot of people take out their cell phone and call friends, but many people choose to integrate things from their life — sing Opera, wear a beautiful dress, eat a great meal (seriously), play the saxaphone, and so on… Well, at the latest House of Wah suspensions in London (UK), IAM:namesofthedead tried extreme knitting:
Photos by Joker
