Piercings are getting more and more popular and the growing trend is GOING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD. Well maybe not to those extremes... but as piercings get more popular and our general knowledge is growing, it is alot easier to get a piercing, and being able to maintain it. And the social stigma on piercings are not AS negative as it was, maybe 50 years ago.

I find it odd that even though alot of native tribes and cultures had piercings to symbolise various things, people still have a negitive view on the piercing of skin when it is very obviously part of alot of cultures and alot of humans heritage. Like in India, As a celebration of a boys 13th birthday (When he becoms a man) He has one of his ears pierced. And in places like Africa, The woman used to put giant gauges in thier lips because they thought of it as beauty. Where has all the love and respect for heritage gone? Why do people respect certain parts of peoples heritage but not another just because it was different or part of a different culture?

My grandma for instance is VERY persistant that people (Mostly YOUNG WOMAN) should not pierce or mark their skin in any way as it is ALWAYS BEYOND A DOUBT TACKY! Well I strongly dissagree with this generalisation that all females should act like ladys and be very proper and should take very high pride in themselves, even when it comes to personal prefrence of piercings or tattoos.  I personally love piercings tattoos and even though i do not have many myself i still do not find it tacky or un-ladilike. But i suppose that was the generations views back then and we do not have to be conformists!

My grandma almost blew her nut when she saw my tattoo of a butterfly and swirly things inbetween my shoulder-blades that is atleast 11cms long. "Well now don't get any more!" was her response, She already thinks that my mother looks tacky because of a few tastefully placed tattoos and a tounge piercing.

So how can we stop this constant negitive view on body art and how can we change the stigma that is attacted to accessorising with these peices of metal to something more positive? I think that time has changed and i think we should embrace the body modifications that people may wish to perform. And i think that we shouldn't have to be worried about wearing our new addition of body art in front of people in the fear that they may not approve!

Screw them all! I think that in reference to piercings, That if you like it then wear it proudly! And if you care about the tattoo that you choose and you can wear it well, Then cover yourself in them! Tattoos and piercings are a form of BODY ART and should be treated as such, in the means of careful consideration in the placement and design/jewelry and then wearing them proudly!!

Yours Truely,

Jordanne-Elizabeth