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peripetia's review against another edition
4.0
An interesting look at the partly forgotten history of tattoo that manages to blend individual stories and critical political, cultural and anthropological analysis. Even for an enthusiast like myself, the book offered new information and a narrative so much more interesting than but how will your tattoos look when your old. Well, first of all, my body is not a commodity, and second: fucking fantastic. I can't believe we're still talking about this. Read the book and educate yourself, fool.
dangermoves's review against another edition
4.0
A lot of really good pictures and I enjoyed the beginning about circus ladies but towards the end it got way into feminism and tattoos and I'm not really into that kind of thing. At all.
mx_madster's review against another edition
3.0
A necessary volume detailing the participation of women in the male-dominated world of western tattoo. Thoroughly educational, it does its absolute best to objectively handle a subject about which just about everyone has a strong subjective opinion. Mostly it succeeds, though a jibe in the introduction stuck with me for the duration of the book. The only drawback is that it occasionally reads like a laundry list of names, especially around the middle, but even so, it serves its purpose of illustrating the legacy of female tattoo artists and enthusiasts.
gabstevi's review against another edition
5.0
Good book! Very interesting and I knocked it out in one two hour plane ride.
ampersammich's review against another edition
3.0
Great collection of stories and photos, but preachy
Loved learning the history of women and tattoos. Saw a lot of images is I'd never come across before. But wish the author has stuck to what her subjects were saying instead of constantly derailing the narrative by pointing out obvious feminist issues or editorializing off topic.
Loved learning the history of women and tattoos. Saw a lot of images is I'd never come across before. But wish the author has stuck to what her subjects were saying instead of constantly derailing the narrative by pointing out obvious feminist issues or editorializing off topic.
bowienerd_82's review against another edition
4.0
"In the never-ending project of women's self-transformation, tattoos are both an end and a beginning, a problem and a solution... Collectively, they form a secret history of women grappling with body politics from the Gilded Age to the present" - from the conclusion of the book.
This is a fascinating and gorgeous book, bursting with photos of tattoos of all sorts from the last hundred plus years, along with history, context, and critical analysis. Mifflin details the history of tattooing among western women, from the tattooed ladies of the circus, to the rise of tattooing post-second wave feminism, to the explosion of mainstream tattoos in the 90s.
This is a fascinating and gorgeous book, bursting with photos of tattoos of all sorts from the last hundred plus years, along with history, context, and critical analysis. Mifflin details the history of tattooing among western women, from the tattooed ladies of the circus, to the rise of tattooing post-second wave feminism, to the explosion of mainstream tattoos in the 90s.
daisymoon's review against another edition
4.0
A very good and interesting book about the history of women and tattoo. As a woman that fell in love with tattoos as a very young age when it was still a weird thing to love, I really appreciated that book.
clgibbons's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed this book. It filled in the lady shaped gaps in the history of American tattooing. A lot of the literature on tattooing portrays women with tattoos as sluts, lesbians, or both. I don't mean in the good way either. In regard to other books, I kept thinking, "Hey, author, you really couldn't find any women to interview who weren't maybe drunk and getting a rose tattoo on their boob?" Oh no, they couldn't because all of those ladies were busy getting interviewed by Mifflin.
So, thank you, Margot Mifflin for writing a history of female tattoo artists and collectors. This book is both fierce and intelligent. It also has really amazing photographs.
So, thank you, Margot Mifflin for writing a history of female tattoo artists and collectors. This book is both fierce and intelligent. It also has really amazing photographs.
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