Body Modification & Body Piercing · Mar 1, 2009
BME’s Big Question #6: Fameballin’
In a mini-edition of the vaunted BME roundtable, our esteemed panel (with newcomer Tracy Baer!) discusses the benefits and pitfalls of dealing with the media as a body modification practitioner.
Body Modification & Body Piercing · Feb 18, 2009
Diego Olavarría, BME Scholarship Winner
In 2006, Diego Olavarría received the BME Scholarship for an essay he wrote on the implications of laws restricting body modification. Since then, he’s traveled extensively, written a book, and is currently writing his thesis. With the deadlines for t…
Body Modification & Body Piercing · Feb 8, 2009
The State of The Lizardman Address
It’s been a few years since we’ve heard from The Lizardman on BME, and the world is a much different place now. (Well, marginally different, at least.) But it’s always reassuring to have him around as a bright green guide through the chaos that s…
Body Modification & Body Piercing · Jan 26, 2009
Associazione Piercers Tatuatori Professionisti Italiani 2009
From January 18-20, 2009, Milan, Italy, played host to the Italian Professionals Piercers and Tattooists Association conference, of which BME was a sponsor. Rachel was there, and brought along a friend: Adam from BodyMod.org. This is Adam’s conventio…
Body Modification & Body Piercing · Jan 23, 2009
BME’s Big Question #5: The Series of Tubes
Welcome to the first edition of BME’s Big Question of 2009! This time around, our esteemed panel tackles the Internet: The effects it’s had on the body modification industry, what life was like before it, and more.