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Doctor Armando Favazza and Essie on Body Modification
Chat transcript related to the tv report of same date. [ABCNEWS.com]
http://abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/chat_2020_991028_modification.html |
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Body Piercing in the West
An academic-style research paper on the sociologial bases for recent interest in body modification. Contains references. By Susan Holtham.
http://www.bme.freeq.com/pierce/bodypier.html |
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Flesh Chronicles Media
Trading cards for body modification enthusiasts. Includes tattoo and piercing artists and collectors as well as information on preservation of cards.
http://www.fleshchronicles.com/ |
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Pagan Fashion's New Frontier: Facial Tatoos
Article by A.Clay Thompson concerning a change in societal views of tattoos. [Pacific News]
http://www.pacificnews.org/jinn/stories/2.13/960627-tattoos.html |
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Bloodbitch
Clinical torture, body modification, needle art and bondage.
http://the.bloodbitch.com/ |
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The Resurgence of Body Ornamentation and Augmentation
A research paper by Mecca Shakoor, a student at U.C. Berkeley. Outlines the history and relates it to two movements: Punk and Urban Primitive.
http://www-mcnair.berkeley.edu/98journal/mshakoor/ |
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Tattoos and The Bible
A recovering addict tells his story about his first tattoo and the process of reconciling that decision with The Bible.
http://members.aol.com/GlennS1956/religion.html |
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Personal Rituals
From the Body Modification E-zine - individuals share their experiences of their chosen modification and the internal processes leading up to the event.
http://www.bme.freeq.com/ritual/bme-ritu.html |
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Ihung.org
Reference site pertaining to body rituals such as flesh pulls and suspensions.
http://ihung.org/ |
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Body Piercing: Reclamation, Enhancement, and Self-Expression
Essay by Sander Thomas expaining his view on some of the meanings and reasons for certain body adornments.
http://www.bme.freeq.com/pierce/reclaim.html |
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Life Suspended
Private ritual and public performance flesh hook suspension group based out of Phoenix, AZ.
http://www.lifesuspended.com |
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Beauty Marks
Article by Gemma Tarlach asking if body modification is trend or cultural phemonenon. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinal]
http://www.jsonline.com/news/sunday/lifestyle/1129beauty.stm |
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Flesh Chronicles Media, LLC
Trading cards and other items for those involved in the community and industry.
http://www.fcm-web.com |
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The Lizardman
Erik Sprague is a sideshow artist who shares his experiences and philosophies behind his body modifications. Features an events list as well as contact and booking information.
http://www.thelizardman.com/ |
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All About Branding
Details of multi-strike brand, new electro-cautery techniques, cupping, and do-it-yourself. Also features aftercare information.
http://www.relache.com/branding/ |
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The Wasp Waist
Discusses the effects of using corsets to change the shape of the body.
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/halycon/wspwst.html |
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Free homepages for BodModders
BME/World provides free home pages and e-mail to people with body modification interests. This page also provides a list of those personal home pages.
http://www.bmeworld.com/ |
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ModCon
Information on the annual conference on body modification and images from past events.
http://www.modcon.org/ |
Additional
Information: Body modification is the practice of permanently altering one's physical appearance, artistically or otherwise. The modification may be publicly visible or not.
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