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POPSRole of Tattoos in Construction of Personal Identity "We continue to be struck by rapid and unpredictable change," Murray said. "Some theorists talk it about in terms of postmodernism, which is one way of saying that our culture has become fractured. Consumer culture reflects this situation, as consumers adapt to these changes by varying their lifestyle. They downshift, upgrade, change their hair, body, clothes, car, house, career, geographic location and even family. The result is a loss of personal anchors needed for identity. We found that tattoos provide this anchor. Their popularity reflects a need for stability, predictability, permanence and identity."
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POPSChina's Wild & Crazy Judges An end to the judges' tattoos, shaved heads, and "frolicking" with colleagues? It boggles the mind to think of how the judges apparently have appeared and behaved prior to this imposed ban on improprieties. I guess the phrase "sober as a judge" has not applied to the judges in China...until now.
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POPSDoes your body belong to you or the FBI ?? Did you ever see the movie Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise? I think this is the right movie... the one where his eyeballs roll across a grimy floor. And his eyeballs are more important than a plastic ID card... they ARE his ID? Fantasy ... meet Reality
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POPSAboriginal tattoos reflect art, culture The study and comparison between different art forms, has helped find clues as to the social nature of particular tribes, such as whether they were hunter-gatherers or horticulturalists, and degrees to which tribes interacted, and traded.
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POPSWorld's Stupidest Tattoos In regards to the one with the Chinese characters: "This one doesn't come across as that funny unless you know the story behind it. He wanted some loved one's initials on his arm. What he got was a Chinese translation of "stop a woman's flow" Period stopper"
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POPS'50,000 Iraqi refugees' forced into prostitution Zahra, an attractive girl with a bare midriff and tattoos, tells me she's 16. She has been working in this club since fleeing to Syria from Baghdad after the war. She doesn't like it, she says, "but what can we do? I hope things get better in Iraq, because I miss it. I want to go back, but I have to look after my sister". Zahra points to a thin, pubescent girl with long black hair, who seems to be dancing quite happily. Aged 13, Nadia started in the club two months ago.
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