Article in the Sunday Tribune. Contribute!!

Fantasy_Suicide

Hey guys. As I said in a previous thread, my cousin is looking to write an article on the body mod industry and the culture. Basically to get things rolling, she needs something kinda shocking. Like an incident where modification went wrong and how, with the help of regulation, this could of been prevented. Another angle would be the discrimination we face day to day as part of the alt community. If anyone's picked up this month's issue of bizzare they'll see their recent campaign to help stop this kind of behaviour from happening. This could be your chance to voice your opinion on the community and what can be done. Perhaps have something positive published for once? Get our side across!! Opinions? Ideas?

Raze_them_all

how about the way mothers are stupid and gun there babies ears. EVil.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

how about instead of focusing on regulation she could focus on personal responsibility and making sure you're not going to a talentless git for your modifications?

Raze_them_all

regulation is needed. If your gone for a weekend and decide to get pierced you can hardly know everything about the guy your going to. At least if it's regulated you know he know's what he's doing

Fantasy_Suicide

Yeah, I'm kinda interested in the discrimination side myself, personally. She seems really keen on this too, so I need sob stories people!! And anyone who fancies getting interviewed?

Raze_them_all

i was a plumber and bouncer with multiple piercings....cant really say i was discriminated against!!!!

Fantasy_Suicide

Do you just live on this board?! I dunno. Gonna try come up with some nice ideas.

Raze_them_all

ha ha yeah pretty much, I quit my job so i could train full time, so my day is pretty much, train eat sleep and internet. occasionaly friends...I live in the country:(

Captain Ginger

Fantasy_Suicide wrote: »

Yeah, I'm kinda interested in the discrimination side myself, personally. She seems really keen on this too, so I need sob stories people!! And anyone who fancies getting interviewed?

Lol, I have had people refuse to shake my hand in church over it.

Talk about Christian :rolleyes:

Raze_them_all

they still have churches and masses??? wow!!

Captain Ginger

Raze_them_all wrote: »

they still have churches and masses??? wow!!

Uhhh yeah?

Raze_them_all

sorry i just dont go anymore!!! it's been forever.
My granny's really catholic so i was put off it young...Plus when she disowned me cos of my first piercing it didn't help to much!!

Toots

Jebus! That's a bit much!! My 94 year old Grandma thought my tattoo was lovely when I showed it to her! Personally I've never experienced any discrimination, but my tattoos are fairly subtle, they're on both ankles/lower calves so I can hide them easily enough.

CianRyan

Fantasy_Suicide wrote: »

Yeah, I'm kinda interested in the discrimination side myself, personally. She seems really keen on this too, so I need sob stories people!! And anyone who fancies getting interviewed?

A few teachers in my school always pass smart comments about my piercings, and ears.
And its not something i can really address with my principal because im not really ment to have them in the first place.
Its nothing like "take them out your not ment to have them"
Its more of an "OH JESUS", and assuming im some sort of "hoodlum"
Not by the way i act, this has been from day one and they still dont get the picture, that im probably the best behaved in my class.

And i wouldn't mind getting interviewed.

Raze_them_all

oh thats after jogging my memory...for those of us that are young enough to of been in school in the last few years did anyone else get slapped with the no facial piercings rule and yet little skag girls could go around with there monroe's and eyebrow piercings without anything being said to them:mad:

Captain Ginger

Raze_them_all wrote: »

oh thats after jogging my memory...for those of us that are young enough to of been in school in the last few years did anyone else get slapped with the no facial piercings rule and yet little skag girls could go around with there monroe's and eyebrow piercings without anything being said to them:mad:

Yeah that happened to me loads, but I used to drive my teachers mad because I'd have the bar in with no ball screwed on and if they thought they saw it I'd just pull it back and hide it under my tongue so they could prove nothing

Fantasy_Suicide

Aye, but school isn't really what I'm looking for I guess. Bit of a bad angle to come at. My cous was contemplating going undercover in the arcade to see exactly what they're like i.e hygiene and consent wise.

Captain Ginger

Fantasy_Suicide wrote: »

Aye, but school isn't really what I'm looking for I guess. Bit of a bad angle to come at. My cous was contemplating going undercover in the arcade to see exactly what they're like i.e hygiene and consent wise.

I can pretty much sum that up for you, been pierced there before and it was a nightmare. They pierced my lip with a tiny ring that didn't accomidate for swelling so the back of my lip ripped, they also didn't align it with another one I had despite me making the mark to show where I wanted it, and on top of that I picked up a really nasty infection.

To make matters worse the guy who did it stopped half way with the needle in my lip to serve a customer!

Fantasy_Suicide

Hahaha,hardly surprising!! Turns out I'm kinda related to that guy!

CianRyan

Raze_them_all wrote: »

oh thats after jogging my memory...for those of us that are young enough to of been in school in the last few years did anyone else get slapped with the no facial piercings rule and yet little skag girls could go around with there monroe's and eyebrow piercings without anything being said to them:mad:

You'd swear their little sparkly piercings wre invisible...

CianRyan

Captain Ginger wrote: »

I can pretty much sum that up for you, been pierced there before and it was a nightmare. They pierced my lip with a tiny ring that didn't accomidate for swelling so the back of my lip ripped, they also didn't align it with another one I had despite me making the mark to show where I wanted it, and on top of that I picked up a really nasty infection.

To make matters worse the guy who did it stopped half way with the needle in my lip to serve a customer!

Oh dear old....
hahaha, but yeah not much of a surprise.
I'd rather do it myself than go there tbh.