4 Nov, 08
Female Tattoos- Pretty in Ink or Just Pretty Inked Up?
The Suicide Girls are a group of tattoo girls that blow away the classic stigma of female tattoos. You won’t find these girls with just a few cute tiny tattoos on their ankles and wrists. No, these female tattoos are old school, Sailor Jerry girls all the way that are hardcore pretty inked up women.
The Suicide Girls, a web site that débuted in 2001, was co-created by Missy and Sean Suicide of Portland, OR. Since the debut, the Suicide Girls site has grown, and now boast a militia of 1,000 plus unconventional models - who all pay tribute to the classic art of pin-up girls with the idea of changing the image of tattoos and what makes women beautiful.
But are the Suicide Girls really changing the view of women with tattoos or adding truth to the age-old stigma of female tattoos?
And, don’t think for a second the Suicide Girls didn’t start a growing tattoo trend among women. That’s right these girls are not the only tattoo divas in town. A simple online search of “girl tattoos” will lead you straight to Burning Angels, Inky Girls, Deviant Nation, and Rock Star Pixies — all popular tattoo web sites exploiting tattoo skin of women and their lifestyles.
It seems the Suicide Girls and the others like them are giving off exactly the opposite message about female tattoos that many women with tattoos have been defending, or perhaps they are not.
Regardless of the growing number of women revealing tattoos, and the message the tattoos are giving off there is still a stigma about tattoos, especially female tattoos that continues to cause tattoo regret and tattoo removal for many women later in life.
