Another one related to the New Zealand’s cutting-the-piercings-out case: ‘good response.’

An article inspired by the ‘Black Swan’ movie and the ‘Nutcracker’ article (linked to here): ‘body fascism and physical perfection.’ Also related to body and appearance is this one: ‘Omaha man says body art hurts his job chances.’ 

An interesting one from Canada: performance using human body in an art gallery. 

Body piercing: ‘gentlemen, dress up your package!’ and an interesting sense of wonder in ‘stretched ears, snakebites and septums.’ One could think that the mods listed are all new!

Modified charity: a Canadian ‘tattoo parlor overwhelmed by cancer tattoo promotion’ and a nice one from CA: ‘tattoo-a-thon for a children’s hospital.’