For many years‚ tattoos have been looked down upon as identifiers of troublemakers and jailbirds. However‚ is the new generation socially acceptable with tattoos and other body modifications? Why are employers asking whether possible employees have tattoos or piercings‚ and does that have any thing to do with their business performance? Personal appearance‚ in my opinion‚ should not have anything to do with the availability of a job opening to a potential employer; especially when one is so qualified
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society today‚ getting tattoos and piercing is just another way to express them-selves. However‚ tattoos and piercings can have both positive and negative outcomes. What most people don’t know is the history of tattoos and piercings. I think it would be wise to do a little research about the health issues that comes with tattoos and piercings and also how it has affected people’s lives. Tattoos have been dated back to thousands of years ago. While no one knows where tattoos originated‚ it has become
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If the impulse to create art is a defining sign of humanity‚ the body may well have been the first canvas. Alongside paintings on cave walls visited by early people over 30‚000 years ago‚ we find handprints‚ ochre deposits‚ and ornaments. And because the dead were often buried with valuable possessions and provisions for the afterlife‚ ancient burials reveal that people have been tattooing‚ piercing‚ painting‚ and shaping their bodies for millennia. All of the major forms of body art known today
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Obviously as we learned from Mitford’s article‚ embalming can be quite an ugly art form but morticians must have a lot of skill to do it properly. Another little known skill that resembles embalming is taxidermy and surprisingly enough it to requires a lot of expertise as well. Taxidermy is a skill that is perfected through practice. There are no universities or schools that give degrees in taxidermy thus making it a coveted skill that is learned through practice and unfortunately grotesque mishap
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Otzi the Iceman is the best kept mummy that we have come to discover‚ and with this we know he died what is believed to be a pretty horrific death. The climate around the time of Iceman’s death could not have helped his will to survive‚ scientists believe he was buried inside of the Similaun Glacier’s ice. The death itself caused by a fatal arrow to the back did not kill the man right away‚ leaving him to suffer a painful death. Iceman‚ through all of his struggle managed to make his way to the
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A tattoo: a permanent injection of ink onto the skin that forms an image. The most common age for someone to get a tattoo is 18 years old. This is typically the minimum age for a person to get a tattoo. Why do we have to wait in order to get a tattoo? 45 states have laws about minors getting tattoos‚ and 38 states don’t even allow minors to get them. Why is that? Is it because of the fact that a minor might make a poor decision of tattoo? Or maybe the fact that tattoos should be saved for legal adults
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Top shelf: It is unknown why the potaka on the far left is encased in woven string. The two potaka with handles are examples of potaka kukume (humming tops). Bottom shelf: Four examples of stone carved potaka. In A Spin: A Global History of Spinning Tops Spinning tops are among the oldest objects of play in the world. They have been found by archeologists all over the globe and on every continent except Antarctica. Tops have been invented and reinvented by different cultures and can
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appearance issues is revolved around the restrictions of tattoos and piercings in the work place or an educational facility. Although the First Amendment protects the practice of religion and other forms of free speech and the Fourteenth Amendment promises due process and equal protection‚ when it comes down to it in the business world‚ a professional image is crucially important to an employer. The censorship of one’s act of self expression through tattoos or piercings is anticipated to bring about controversies
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Tiggemann‚ M.‚ Hopkins‚ A.L. (2011). Tattoos and piercings: Bodily expressions of uniqueness? Body Image‚ 8(3)‚ 245-250. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.03.007 Abbey‚ E.‚ & Davis‚ P. C. (2003). Constructing one’s identity through music. In I. J. Josephs (Ed.)‚ Dialogicality in development (pp. 69–86). Westport‚ CT: Praeger/Greenwood. Tiggemann & Hopkins (2011) investigated the motivations that influence people to modify their bodies with tattoos and piercings. Previous research has set out
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If you are a great artist then making tattoos for a living can be a good career option. It is a very lucrative career option as there is a great demand for tattoos. If you are just starting out you will need a studio space where you can work and a basic kit to begin with. A standard kit has all the essential instruments that you will require. Without this kit you cannot start off with your very own tattooing business. If you are working under someone then you will be provided with everything you
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