when many tattoos and piercings no longer turn heads and unmarked skin starts to look edgy‚ the skin has become the new testing ground.” Tattoos and piercings are a day to day thing that people see. Lots of people love tattoos and piercings and lots of people don’t. First thing I will be telling you is the main reasons why people get tattoos and piercings. Second I will be telling you about some of the effects that tattoos and piercings have on a person’s life after they get the tattoo or piercing
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Amber Garwood Prof Deanna Jessup English 112 3 June 2011 Tattoos vs. Piercings Your 18th birthday is one of the most important birthdays. You are finally of legal age to get a tattoo or a body piercing. The difficult question you now face is which one do you choose? You would love either‚ so the decision is mainly based on the expense‚ aftercare‚ permanence‚ and the pain of each. Both are great ways of self-expression but I feel body piercing is an overall better idea. Over the course of this
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Tattoos a Fine Art Tattoos are considered fine art and are accepted more now than ever before. “Tattoos date back to 12‚000 BC. The word "tattoo" comes from a Tahitian word "tattow" or "ta-tu" meaning to mark the skin” (Lori). Tattoos have been evident in many cultures throughout the centuries” the ancient Greeks tattooed spies‚ the Romans tattooed criminals and the Polynesians tattooed ranking members of their tribes” (Lori). Around the 1950’s tattoos lost popularity they picked up a stereotype
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beautiful piece of artwork that they can carry around with them for a lifetime. The view people have on tattoos today is divided‚ with some people who think they are pieces of art and forms of self expression that take a lot of time and money‚ or as markings that only criminals and ‘lower class citizens’ would get‚ something that lowers your self worth. Tattoos shouldn’t be seen as bad or gross‚
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Tattoos A tattoo is a mark (a person or a part of the body) with an indelible design by inserting pigment into punctures in the skin. There is so many opinion and arguments upon tattoos. Yes tattoo is permanent life can change‚ and so can your tastes. The thing is‚ most of those things can be changed‚ but a tattoo can’t. Yes I do have tattoos but each tattoo has a special meaning I wouldn’t get a pointless thing tag on me for life it has everyone gets a certain tattoo for they own
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Blake McMahon English 101 November 20‚ 2012 One Bad Decision Many Americans have chosen to follow in their idols footsteps‚ by getting a tattoo. In today’s society a plethora of individuals choose to put the needles on their skin to have a permanent‚ painful marking. Even though tattoos became a recent fad‚ they will cause permanent damage to the skin and the self-image of one’s self. Since the celebrities started getting tattoos‚ it has influenced the general people to think it was a “cool”
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo By: Steig Larsson The book that I chose to read was‚ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. In the book we learn about social issues that are not only found in Sweden but from all over the world. Through the book the two main characters solve a murder mystery from 40 years ago. While solving the murder mystery‚ social issues are brought up time and time again. One of major issues that are brought to the reader’s attention is sexual violence that is used towards women
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Throughout the world‚ there are many varieties of one’s appearance. The way one looks to another’s eye may cause them to pass judgments. “On Teenagers and Tattoos” by Andres Martin‚ and “Dreadlocked” by Veronica Chambers‚ are stories that show examples of the variations of one’s physical presence. Although there are various causes of one’s change in appearance‚ there are effects that will follow‚ some more severe than others. There are many causes as to why one chooses to present themselves
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Tattoos In Today’s Society Preparation Outline: Informative Speech on Tattoos in today’s society. Specific Purpose: The purpose of my speech is to inform my college speech class about the stigmas‚ obsessions‚ and acceptance of tattoos in today’s society. Thesis: After listening to my speech‚ each person in my audience should be informed about how tattoos have taken on a different meaning from previous generations and are becoming more accepted in today’s society. Introduction
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The Era of Tattoos and Piercings Tattoos are a permanent mark on the body‚ something that I think anyone thinking about getting a tattoo should put some serious thought into. What I’m saying is that I think tattoos should have a deep meaning to the person getting them. In other words don’t think of a tattoos as an accessory‚ think of a tattoo as something that you can never get rid of after you get it. In my view‚ Appleton raised an interesting point in her thesis‚ one that I had never
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