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Tag: Interviews

  • Cao: Growing up kinky in Borneo

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    Shannon Larratt

    (from the interview; click through to read it and come back to comment)

    Cao is a friend of mine that grew up and still lives in Borneo where he has a “normal” professional career. You’d never guess — but that’s almost always the case — that under his pants his genitals have gone through a series of modifications, and that he’s had a fetish for them since he was young. This interview is an excerpt from my upcoming book, but I wanted to print it now because I heard a recent Jim Ward interview in which he opined that piercing had moved from the sexual arena into the aesthetic, which made me think of many older friends like Cao who are still very much motivated purely by their sexual eccentricities.

    Although the face of body piercing is certainly very visibly aesthetic, I still think his story will feel very familiar to many readers…

  • Jim Ward Audio Interview

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    Shannon Larratt

    Xeni over at BoingBoing has posted a nice follow-up interview with Jim Ward (available both in audio and in transcript form) about both piercing history, and the Louie (father of Karl) Rove piercing story. Click the picture of Jim to jump right to the interview now.

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  • Ashley Crawford Interview Posted!

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    Shannon Larratt

    Remember the cervical piercing I added last month? Well, it’s been followed up with an interview with Ash, the piercer, and it evolved into a really fascinating discussion of post-gender, and is one of my favorite interviews in a long time. Click through to read it and come back to comment!

  • Magnetic Implants Article Posted

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    Shannon Larratt

    Since the last one was so risk-oriented, I thought it was about time to post a series of interviews talking about what it “feels like” to have magnetic implants on a day-to-day basis. Click through for the article, and come back to comment or share your stories.

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  • Bye bye Pac-Man!

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    Shannon Larratt

    Paks at Por Vida in Madrid, Spain took out this Pac Man implant made up of the main character and a couple of beads for him to eat! I guess this means the ghosts got him…

  • Constant Elevation Interview

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    Shannon Larratt

    Roo just posted an interview with Alice and Benoit from the UK suspension team Constant Elevation (also known as House of Wah). Click on to read it:

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  • Gorilla Glass (Jason Pfohl) Interview Posted

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    Shannon Larratt

    Ryan from BMEshop thought it would be good for people to start meeting some of the folks that he works with to bring you great body modification products (it’s more than just BME swag!). To begin, he chatted with Jason Pfohl from Gorilla Glass down in Oaxaca, Mexico. Click the picture to read the interview now.

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    PS. This is Ryan’s first interview! I think he did a great job…

  • Troy Amundson vs. The Government

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    Shannon Larratt

    “Versus” is a little misleading for the title, because Troy’s been working not against the government, but with it, as a lobbyist for the body art industry. Marisa from Needled had a chance to interview Troy about his efforts for her Legal Link column. Click on Troy to jump to the interview now.

  • Cat Fight! (Female pubic mound pulling)

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    Shannon Larratt

    So a little while back we got photos to BME from Steve Truitt of his girlfriend Kasja and a friend doing a “vagina pull” (a female pubic mound flesh hook pull). After seeing the photos, I wasn’t sure if I should be very amused, very turned on, or both! It’s not the first time that we’ve seen a pull of this kind (I think the first one took place at one of the Philly or NJ BBQs if I recall correctly), but Kasja and her friend looked like they were having so much fun that I had to talk to her about it.

    Shannon: Could you tell me a bit about yourself?

    Kasja: I’m twenty-one, born and raised in New Mexico, and I’ve been into hooks and what-not for a little over four years now. I plan to keep on playing for as long as I live — I think it makes me a better person.

    Shannon: What do you call this kind of pulling?

    Kasja: Well, one day I was bored and thinking of places I could throw a hook into myself. I figured it couldn’t hurt too bad on the mound, so I started thinking of names for it — haha! Steve calls it a “vag tug” but I call it a “cat fight”… Tacky, I know… The first time it was just to see if it could be done; this was the second time, just for the amusement..

    Shannon: What’s it feel like to be in a cat fight?

    Kasja: The piercing is awesome! It makes my whole body pull into itself, and creates a swarm of butterflies in my tummy. I loved it.

    Shannon: It looks like you were both having fun…

    Kasja: I was having a blast watching the skin pull away from the body. I though it was just too funny so I kept pulling but she ended up feeling sick.

    Shannon: What did the pulling feel like?

    Kasja: Pulling felt very awkward — not good awkward, but not bad. Almost sexy, had it been in a different situation.

    Shannon: So there could be a sexual element in a different scene? — I know there are definitely people turned on by the pictures.

    Kasja: Both times I’ve done this, it’s always been in a joking manner. We’ve played limbo, and are thinking of a jump-rope competition! However, there could totally be a sexual sense to a hook in the snatch! It makes you weak and vulnerable, but totally in control at the same time.

    Shannon: And how did it feel the next day?

    Kasja: Bruised, haha! But I love bruises.

    Shannon: Finally, any advice to girls who’d like to give this a try?

    Kasja: Pull hard!

  • Body Hacking Talk

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    Shannon Larratt

    For those that didn’t see the links on boingboing yesterday, Quinn posted her slides from the talk, and there’s also a video of it that you can watch. The slides are probably old news for anyone that’s been around BME for a while, but the video of the talk is very interesting and while it covers functional modification (Quinn also has magnetic implants), I found her comments on cutting and other things in that realm very insightful.

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