I will be at UW-Madison next Tuesday, Oct. 16th, guest lecturing in a really awesome looking class about material culture, and later that day, giving a talk about tattooed ladies.
The talk will be at 6:00 PM in the Elvehjem Building (800 University Ave, Madison, WI) Room L140, sponsored by the UW-Madison Material Culture Program. Hope to see you there!
well... here's the finished image:
Based on this beautiful image of Artoria Gibbons:
I'm very excited to be part of this new publication. Read more about Things and Ink on their website or Facebook!
This is a teaser shot for the cover of the new British tattoo magazine, Things and Ink...
I'm honored to be part of this new publication, which is a new style of tattoo magazine that embraces female tattoo culture. The aim of the magazine is to give tattoos more context, to give the point of view of not only the tattoo artist, but the wearer, too. Tattoos should be viewed where they sit on the body and the story behind them should be told. Things and Ink will satisfy the reader’s curiosity and tell the intimate stories. Things and Ink will be pretty and arty and shatter tattoo myths. It will welcome collectors and tattoo virgins alike.
While I read and enjoy many tattoo magazines, it's true that most of them are aimed at male culture. There are so many women that are also part of tattoo culture around the world, and I can speak for myself (and I'm sure many other women) when I say that I didn't get tattooed just to be a sex object, it will be nice to have a magazine that focuses on tattoos from a female perspective.
Look for my article in Things and Ink's first issue!! If you're so inclined, you can follow Things and Ink on Twitter.
If you are a Danish speaker, you can grab the most recent two issues of Z Tattoo Magazine and check out my articles on Betty Broadbent and Lady Viola in issues #8 and #9.
Z Tattoo is a beautiful magazine even if you don't read Danish, the photography is very beautiful, much more like an art erotica magazine with a focus on tattoos than a typical US tattoo magazine.
I was surprised to read of the death of UW-Madison Anthropology professor Neil Whitehead this morning. I interviewed Whitehead in fall for my article in Wisconsin Trails (Ink Artists) since he did research into tattooing as well as American subcultures. The Journal Sentinel's obituary of Whitehead mentions his interest in Goth, but my first exposure to Whitehead's research on tattooing was randomly catching him interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio's Here on Earth about tattooing in January 2010- you can listed to the show online. This was just after the publication of my book, and, as always, I'm very interested in the discussion of tattooing in the media. I was impressed by Whitehead's knowledge about tattoo history, but I was more impressed by how deftly he handled the ridiculous and offensive callers who wanted nothing more than to share their offensive and ill-informed opinions about the low mental & moral capacity of those who are tattooed. I also vowed never to do a call-in radio show. Whitehead's reasoned and informed words on tattoo history and culture are an inspiration to further research and study.
This Friday, March 30th- come out to the Dead Man's Carnival show at Turner Hall- doors open at 7pm, Tickets: $10.00 advance, $12.00 day of show.
Not only will it be an awesome show, but I'll be selling Tattooed Lady History books at the merch table.
On Facebook? See if your friends are coming, too.
See you Friday!!
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