Body Modification: What's it all about?

[soylocaaa]

Well said! Great video ^-^!

[Thursday196]

i subscribed! Haha i'm slightly modified (my ears are stretched to 11/16's) and i'm a vegan! Love yourr videos :)

[KatieFamous]

all tattoo ink is vegan!

[nirvanachick05]

its a shame how to get higher money the legal way you have to look a certain way

[nicolesamsonite]

how old are u? hahaa

[brqk3n]

great video. i totally agree. cheers! :)

[xhaylowx]

<3333 BODYARTFORMS!

[cheechitaNchongella]

i'm gonna send this video to my dad. he thinks piercings are ugly and doesn't know about my septum or the fact that i want to start stretching. these pics and your words were awesome!

[101daman101]

OMFUCKINGG!!!! 4:24

[hammiekid1]

i really liked what you had to say. thanks for spreading your knowledge.

[ModxMovement]

ahhh look at dereks stupid ass. hahaha. 3:18.

oh derek. silly boy.

[mewmewXmurder]

good luck on the ear stretching its really cool i have my ears stretched 2 a 1/2 nd i love them....btw great vid Im a girl nd I'm only 14 nd i am in love with body mods even though i don't have many ppl still treat me different

[eddieboomskid]

I think I might love you, lol

wonderful video.

[DenverDan07]

Really awesome video. i agree with all of the points you made in it. i'm a little more modified than yourself and it is a shame how society chooses to treat people who are only making thier bodies thier own. i want to do whatever i can to change these social stigmas

[PirateDude306]

Awesome video

[StrangeGlobal]

Great video. Favorited.

[GuttedAtBirth]

amazing video. thank you!

[bastardism]

Good luck with the stretching it´s alot of fun and highly addictive. My initial goal was a mere 00ga for my lobes, today they are stretched to 18 mm .

/Dan

[raglantrick]

Awesome video man. I'm a pierced and tattooed female and don't even take in the disapproval.

I love the way I look and feel more myself then ever. Who is anyone else to judge that. My body, not yours.

[liverawkstar]

this is an amazing great post

Iam a vegan raw foodist and definitely DONOT fit in with the typical "vegan raw foodist" because of my interest in body modifications

amazing,

really,

cause your talking about getting "flack" from the main stream,

but Ive gotten a ton of flack from this supposed evolved community

thank you for posting this veganic witch

you are awesome

[Herrmorbid]

great video :) 5 stars

[PeopleFearDarkness]

This is an amazing video, i really appreciate you making this. I will show it to everyone who questions my body modifacations, or body modifications in general.

keep up the good work ^^

[DEFBEST]

Pretty nice. i'm gonna

steal it (lol) and put it on my blog. i'm trying to develop this small social science blog on body related themes, and the video really blends in. if you don;'t mind, of course. unfortunately, the content is still only in romanian. i'll come up with an english section soon

[LardFeatures]

Great video.

I have no problem with body modification as long as it is done for the right reasons, unfortuantely I don't think that is the case for many people. People often do it to fit in.

Personally I have no interest in modifying my body. I'm happy with looking ordinary. :)

[jealousjessie]

I honestly love you, especially for this video.

I wish parents would understand this.

:)

[TheVeganicWitch]

Perhaps you could show it to them if you think they would be bright enough to understand it.

[OneAnnoyedVegan]

I have a tatoo, it's about 12 centimeters on my lower back, I keept it personal, but also it is something I feel comfortable about when I go to the beach or if it shows below my jeans waist line.... I think you could definitely rock the tattoo on your arm.

[m33gzz]

OMG! I totally agree! This is great! and you want everything i have lol! my nose, ears 8g and a tattoo...LOL I love the way you think..this video gets 3thumbs up from me. No idea where the 3rd thumb comes from.

[XBellaSoleilX]

5:52 I love the tree on her back!

It's funny. I had a lip peircing and although I loved it, I was self concious about it. It would still be in if it didn't fall out :\

[the0siren0of0night]

OMG! you are exaclty right...even though i could never go through with any kind of piercings or tattues...i am modifying my body to the way i feel comfortable with...by taking hormones...xxx

[itekisan]

Just a short answer. I'm planning (actually since YEARS, come to think of it, omg) to write a comprehensive article on the topic, but may make a YT vid before.

For me, body modifications are one of the best examples of how marketing works even against the very basic nature of humans, eg the need to avoid pain and injury. The psychological marketing con mainly centers around creating "sub-culture" fashion needs, in a very hidden, yet very effective way. Sad to observe from the outside...

[TheVeganicWitch]

I understand what you are saying, the marketing machine creates and shapes even deviant forms of fashion in order to capitalise on it. But what of the point that humans have been decorating themselves probably since they became humans, often in much more painful ways then Westerners do now. Yes their mods had/have a cultural meaning, but so do ours. And I understand what you mean about avoiding pain, but sometimes a small amount of pain results in a big pay out in pleasure, then it is worth it.

[TheVeganicWitch]

I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to see your analysis of the topic.

However, I cannot see how this was marketed to me. Piercings were not something that I was exposed to via the media during my tender teen years when I read beauty magazines and wanted to look like the women I saw in them. These women were completely unmarked except for make up and clothing. I became fascinated with ear stretching when I met a piercer who had huge glass plugs in and showed me his ears. I thought it was amazing.

[TheVeganicWitch]

I will never go big like him because A) I do not find that size aesthetically appealing, especially on myself and B) even if I did my lifestyle would never be compatible with it. I find lip piercings, especially with rings VERY sexually attractive and have gone actually weak at the knees at the sight of a beautiful man or woman with one. I have been interested in tattoos since I was around 12 and found a book on them in the library. I have wanted on for myself since I was 14. I don't get how...

[TheVeganicWitch]

...this is any different from people who see a woman with red hair for instance and think "that is beautiful, I want that for myself" and then go dye their hair. Why do you dress the way you do, wear your hair how you do when there are so many different options available to you? Because it is your preference due to how it looks and feels for you. People un-modify for the same reasons people modify, I do not shave my legs because I like not having to shave and the soft hair I have feels nicer...

[TheVeganicWitch]

...it comes with problems though because I feel I have to hide my legs from the general public even when it is warm. I started shaving my armpits again because it was too much hassle not to wear sleeveless tops in summer to avoid the reactions of others. I know what is expected of me and what society/the media has tried to shape me to be and generally I do what I want. Most of the time I will have to hide my mods, same as my un-mods but I do it to make myself happy, not for others.

[TheVeganicWitch]

I still cannot work out how this could have been marketed to me, when I grew up none of my idols had piercings (even the musicians) and I have had to go out of my way to get information on this kind of stuff. It was never delivered to me on a silver platter like everything else was (e.g. shave your legs and armpits otherwise you are disgusting and ugly, dye your hair blonde and wear makeup to be seen as prettier). I am dying to hear your take on this in more detail :-)

[bugwitch]

Awesome vid! Thanks for putting this together.

I miss pink flamingos... :(

Vegan Ink? Do tell...I have never heard of a difference. I'm vegetarian and am cautious about the few cosmetics I purchase. I would be interested in bringing this up with my artist.

[TheVeganicWitch]

The pigments are suspended in glycerine (which can be either plant or animal derived, just like in make ups etc), and some blacks are made from charred animal bones. It can be very tricky for the artist to determine the source of certain ingredients as the companies don't always know if a batch of a certain colour is animal friendly or not, generally they just buy glycerine/pigments from the cheapest source to make their product.

[KnittyGrittyNatch]

Awesome information/perspective! I like the pictures as well; especially the legs at 5:49! (:

[xxbeautybabesxx]

I personally already have one tattoo and want many more. However, I do have to be careful about where and what I get because I am going to be eventually working in the corporate world in human resources so it's important to represent the company well :-/ I'm addicted to dying my hair as well (going purple and blue soon!) for me, they are both ways that I can show the world the me that is on the inside

[TheVeganicWitch]

It's a hard balence to make, I think I'm getting it figured out now, and that makes me very happy. Blue hair is awesome, I cannot do it because my hair is red and so my hair would never bleach white blonde to allow the true blue to show instead of a funny aqua colour that turns green as it fades :-(

[benson471]

great vid

[wishiremembered]

That's incredibly intersting and something i have also been thinking about a lot,very cool photos and slide show.

[medulalumosa9]

Excellent sociological analysis and a well thought out commentary! Thanks!

[mikeythevegan]

i hate when people who arent into modifying try to stop people who are from having mods........ they dont understand how much a simple mod can matter to someone.

i have: my nose pierced and my ears stretched to 6mm/2 guage

i plan on getting my cheeks pierced when i finish school next year and maybe snakebites also..... my school are so anti-mods!!!!

good look with your mods

x

ps. ill miss the vegan videos!!

[TheVeganicWitch]

I begged and pleaded for my entire childhood to have my ears pierced and had wait until I was 12 because my mum is so anti modification. She wouldn't let me modify myself any other way whilst under her roof, apart from makeup and hair colour which she begrudgingly tolerated. I left home at 21 and was too busy with uni and had no money for piercing, and I have now been working in a professional job since I was 24 so it all got put on the backburner. It wasn't until recently when I learnt about...

[TheVeganicWitch]

...ways in which modifications could be concealed that I realised this was still an option for me, that my career and society did NOT own my body as I had previously assumed, I could do what I wanted and hide it. Although I wish I wouldn't have to worry so much about hiding everything it's better then believing I was doomed to looking the way my job wants me to look forever! :-)

It's a compromise but it is better then nothing.

[Adipatus]

Go for it!!!!!

Just remember that "results may vary", so not all tatoos look as perfect works of art like the carefully chosen samples that you showed.

Have fun !!!!!

[TheVeganicWitch]

I know, that is why I am so cautious about the idea of getting a tattoo. I have been fascinated with them since I was about 14 and always wanted one but never had a clear idea about what I wanted, and also no access to people who I considered to be actual artists. I am not the kind of person who would have something inscribed permanently unless I was 100% sure about everything :-)

[Adipatus]

Absolutely!

We don't want some drunk guy in a Tazmanian back alley marring that beautiful skin of yours or giving you AIDS.

And it's a byach removing unwanted tatoos , too. They have laser treatments now, but its expensive, painful, and imperfect. Red ink is easiest to remove, green is murder to remove, I hear.

Question is, how can one improve on perfection? One better be sure one can come up with something better than millions of years of biologic evolution. A tall order indeed!!!!!

[TheVeganicWitch]

Yeah, better watch out for those drunken aids infested Tasmanian back alley tattooists LOL XD

[Adipatus]

LOL !!!!!

[RicoRicanNYC]

It takes time to and money to ink up and pierce the body. Unless your really part of a culture where the people of that culture do this for religious or tradition, I dont see the point. To each his own and Thats not the real Jesus you put in the video when you talked about long hair. In my opinion it would be better to save your cash and find something productive, Music, Art, Sport, Reading, make some cash, so much to do...

[TheVeganicWitch]

Of course Jesus as a historical figure wouldn't have looked like that, I have always found that image hiliarious which is why I used it as I did. I think it is funny that the very people with that image on their wall are likely to discriminate against modern men with long hair LOL

"Unless your really part of a culture where the people of that culture do this for religious or tradition, I dont see the point."

I'm a bit of an individualist and not keen on following tradition without reason...

[TheVeganicWitch]

...so I feel completely differently about this. Isn't it funny how people see these things completely differently!

"In my opinion it would be better to save your cash and find something productive, Music, Art, Sport, Reading"

I view self decoration as a form of art. As someone who is not a particularly good artist (and partnered with a friggen artistic genious, the bastard) I have decided to make my life my art, to live creatively in general :-)

[Greyshm]

I don't have any problem with body modification in itself, but it does annoy me when people participate for the sole reason of being accepted. For example, a young girl smothering herself in make up because her "friends" are doing it. I wish our lives weren't ruled by insecurities and the cravance for acceptance.

I do realise that what I mentioned does not apply to everyone.

[TheVeganicWitch]

I agree. And some people undertake permanent modifications out of this same motivation, which is pretty scary. There is a fad for ear stretching (which they call by the American colloquial term gauging) to large sizes amoung the youth at the moment and for some it has become a way of gaining status. They are stretching to huge sizes in the matter of weeks or even days, when this should take years to be done safely. They are being left with disfiguation and scarring and even dangerous infection..

[TheVeganicWitch]

...just so they can be seen as cool for having the biggest stretch among their friends. The people who have been doing this since before the fad broke out are very disturbed by this and trying to reach the kids doing this to teach them patience and good aftercare practices but as these people are partly doing what they are doing to appear tough to their friends they are not interested. If they tear their ear and it bleeds its seen as a good thing, not a sign to stop what they are doing. Scary :(

[TheVeganicWitch]

Sorry for the terrible grammar, just woke up LOL

[Greyshm]

That's scary but also kinda funny at the same time...

[TheVeganicWitch]

Yeah, well it's their ears, isn't it. I'm sure they'll have fun paying for plastic surgery to fix their mangled ear lobes once they grow up :-/

[Eopyk]

Great video :) Yes the body is the only thing one truly owns thus one should have full controll over it.

All love from me Jasmine

[oneandonlyhypnos]

interesting video

[alaskafido]

Very good points and very good video. Hmm...and you said you had nothing new to say...

[ligsom]

Is it normal for a tattooist to have vegan inc, or do I have to call first and order?

[optiuum67]

No, its not something you can take for granted. The inks may or may not be based on animal products. Even if it doesn't contain animal products its still highly likely that it was tested on animals. You should call first.

[TheVeganicWitch]

Run an internet search for vegan tattooists in your area, you never know you may be lucky and have someone around the corner who can do it :-)

[ligsom]

I have tryid... Ill try again ;)