On Miss Cookie‘s star-studded ankle you’ll find the signatures of Allen Falkner, Nicole McCord, Steve Haworth, David Vidra, Fakir, Lyle Tuttle, and Jim Ward!
Bod Mod Signature Collection
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Author Archives: Shannon Larratt
Bellavendetta Tease
Thanks to the mind altering dua of Charlotte Bell and Bella Vendetta for this photo set. The whole series is in the Bellavendetta Bonus Gallery in BME/HARD, and of course you can see more on bellavendetta.com as well. Photos by Bob Coulter of crazybabe.com.
Drinky Crow
Jimmy Knuckles says, “what else are crows supposed to do?”
Tattoo done at Eleven 13 in New Jersey.
A Tattoo for Astronomers
Fainterfuzzy in Murfreesboro, TN writes, “As you might surmise, I’m an astronomer. This is a tattoo of my telescope, Cosmic Queen.”
Magnetic Implants hit the media
Since WIRED (whose story I found via boingboing) are talking about magnetic implants (click that link for my own experience with them), I thought I ought to re-mention them since BME has been covering them for the last few years. The article finishes by mentioning that a 70-shor silicone is being planned for future magnets, which I have to strongly disagree with. A thin silicone sheath, even if it’s a bit harder, is simply not going to protect the magnet in the long term and I do not consider it a viable option unfortunately.
I hope we figure something out so magnets can be implanted for the long term, because they really are a sixth sense (or at least an interface to the sixth), but I don’t believe the solution lies in silicone, and in fact, I think it’s actually in some ways a worse idea because the magnet lasts longer (probably) before it starts to break down, increasing the chances that there will be complications…
This one here is on Shawn O’Hare (who I’ve mentioned here before), who is experienced enough with a scalpel that I’m sure he can remove his own when the time comes.
Healed penectomy with testicles in place
A while back I posted some DIY penectomy pictures. Anyway, I thought that it might be a good time to post some pictures of it relatively healed at six months (and as you can see from the little soldiers in the second picture, it still works, and he’s quite happy with the results).
Oh, and sorry if this is too extreme for you, but consider it a warning — what you see on BME today is mainstream in three years. Welcome to the fall of Rome, Part II.
Corset Piercings
Berenice and Isabel at a performance, with a corset done by Jon (Want to Fly), Toulouse, France.
BME Newsfeed for Jun 7, 2006
- 2006-06-07: OR: Yellow Pages Inc. [by deadly pale]
- 2006-06-07: US: A Sixth Sense for a Wired World [by Jamie]
- 2006-06-07: FL: Tattooers Make Mark With 666 [by rebekah]
- 2006-06-07: FL: Middle class takes over muscles, motorcycles and tattoos [by rebekah]
- 2006-06-07: FL: Tattooers Make Mark With 666 [by rebekah]
- 2006-06-07: AU: Wrong woman mis-identified by tattoo, arrested on plane [by rebekah]
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Traditional Islamic Forearm Implant
The story behind what you’re seeing here — a 2.1 gram 24kt gold nugget implanted in a forearm by Ben in Ottawa at The Ink Spot — is quite interesting.
The person who got the implant is Islamic, and was in need of a medical procedure that for spiritual reasons was forbidden. Her Mullah suggested that she have a blessed object implanted in her body instead, so this piece of gold was blessed, and she went to Ben asking to have it installed (anywhere would do, so they chose the forearm for ease of maintenance). Interesting intersection of cultures.
I guess this is a “learn something new every day” day, because while I was aware that blessed gold implants are a part of Buddhist culture (and also, are still done), I had no idea they were a part of Muslim culture, let alone in Canada!
Anyway, if anyone knows anything else on this subject, please post it in the comment forum!
Vulveriffic Tattoo
Thanks to Dutchweirdo for sending in this photo from the 2006 Amsterdam Convention of Nica’s (from Amazon Tattoo) rather explicit tattoo:
Because I’m doing this work in the basement (a room full of laptops and Star Trek), let me share some commentary from the guys at Fishing Fury…
Clive: I wonder if it represents anything?
Jon: It’s a fuckin’ pussy, man!
Anyway, I’ve featured other porn tattoos before (even some tattooed cumshots), and I always wonder whether it’s going to cause a problem in the future… certainly there are more than a few dozen nations (including plenty of Western ones) that don’t smile upon showing children porn (which you do when you wear something like this on public skin).
God bless The Netherlands, true land of the free?