Tattoos have become popular in the United States among younger age groups, and having one on your body no longer marks you as a rebel. In fact, so many people have been getting tattoos in the U.S. that a reverse trend is now emerging, tattoo removal. VOA’s Mana Rabiee takes us to a tattoo removal clinic in Washington where clients go to erase their past.
2012/03/17
Tattoo Removal Gains Popularity
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2011/05/18
Bullied teens opt for plastic surgery
Posted in beauty, body image, bullying, children, cosmetic surgery, HEALTH, health care, medicine, PSYCHOLOGY, stigma, stress | Leave a Comment »
2011/04/15
Plastic surgery for men on the rise
Posted in aging, beauty, BIOLOGY, body image, cosmetic surgery, elites, masculinity, meaning, social construction, stigma, symbolic interactionism | Leave a Comment »
2011/04/03
Kelly on growing up a transgender person
Peorian Kelly Shore talks about the challenges of growing up transgender in Central Illinois.
Posted in BIAS, body image, cosmetic surgery, discrimination, femininity, gender roles, queer, trans | Leave a Comment »
2011/03/16
Censorship laws constructing ideal labia
Labiaplasty surgery “clip” (pun intended) graphic, but not overly bloody or, um, internal.
How censorship laws are driving perceptions of normal female genitalia provides an interesting (albeit disturbing) perspective.
Posted in Australia, beauty, BIOLOGY, body image, cosmetic surgery, CULTURE, femininity, feminist theory, GENDER, HEALTH, pornography, sexuality, social construction, stigma, symbolic interactionism | Leave a Comment »
