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Feminism, periods and the London Marathon

“It’s a radical notion realising that on a marathon course you don’t have to worry about how you look for others.”

Feminist Kiran Gandhi, (she’s also drummer for MIA and a Harvard graduate), got her period on the eve of the London Marathon 2015, and decided to ditch the tampons and towels and go with the flow while she ran it.

A marathon in itself is a centuries old symbolic act. Why not use it as a means to draw light to my sisters who don’t have access to tampons and, despite cramping and pain, hide it away like it doesn’t exist?

Said Kiran about her decision to bleed freely during her marathon…

 

  

You can read Kiran’s blog post about the experience here: A Modern Period Piece by Kiran Gandhi… In it she describes the decision-making process behind running and bleeding freely, and how she felt from mile one to 26.2.

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Celebrating Frida Kahlo at Haunted Tattoos, north London

Tattoo artist Araceli 4ever presents two tattoo flash days dedicated to Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo, on Friday 7 August and Saturday 8 August 2015, at Haunted Tattoos in north London. To celebrate the life of Frida, Araceli will be tattooing Frida Kahlo designs all day on both days from 12 until 7pm.

Araceli 4ever as Frida Kahlo for Things&Ink magazine, issue 12 due out in September. Photographed by Lola Swan. Styled by Olivia Snape. Make-up by Keely Reichardt. Hair by Nuriye Sonmez. Photo edited by Riccardo Raspa. Earrings by Gypsy East.
A selection of Frida designs by Araceli that will be available.

Two days dedicated to Frida Kahlo, with tattoos by Araceli 4ever

Where: Haunted Tattoos, 159 Holloway Road
N7 8LX London, United Kingdom

When: Friday 7 August and Saturday 8 August 2015, 12-7pm

Email araceli4evertattoos@gmail.com for more information… tattoo designs will be available on a first come, first served basis and booking is not required… simply head to Haunted for a special Frida walk-in.

Frida Kahlo tattoo by Araceli
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Liverpool’s First Tattoo Bar Opens

We’ve always been told that tattoos and alcohol don’t mix – and for very good reason…

For one thing, it thins your blood and can make tattooing pretty difficult and messy. Also have you seen the TV shows following drunk people getting tattooed in places like Magaluf, then waking up with their friend’s name or some other random tattoo, and regretting it? However, a new “tattoo bar” called Ink has just opened its doors in Liverpool, meaning you can mix cocktails with a new tattoo…

Ink is a brand new bar that has just opened in Liverpool. It offers not only an extensive cocktail menu, but also a chance to get tattooed on your night out. The bar will host an array of local tattooists in the ‘Tatts n Trims’ section, which will also home celebrity barber Cutthroatpete who can cut your hair for you. This means you can get a new tattoo or a haircut while sipping on a cocktail, genius idea? Or a recipe for disaster…

Check out the Ink Bar Facebook page, for photos from their launch weekend.

Would you get tattooed on a night out? Or have you already done it? We’d love to hear your stories!

 

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You’re never too old to get your first tattoo

You’re never too old to get your first tattoo and this bad-ass grandma proves it… 

79-year-old Sadie Sellers skipped her care home to join her granddaughter, Samantha at a tattoo studio in Londonderry, Ireland. The grandmother and granddaughter got matching small heart tattoos on their arms. It was a way for both of them to complete an item on their bucket lists: Mrs Sellers said: “You know, when you get to my age, you just have to live life to the full every day.”

The Belfast Telegraph reported that:

Afterwards when asked what her family would think of the tattoo, the grandmother of 11 reportedly left customers at the parlour shocked by retorting: “I don’t f****** care.”

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Offline Dating Film

‘Offline Dating’ is a short film created by Bafta-nominated filmmaker Samuel Abrahams, which shows actor Tom Greaves in Hackney, London, attempting to persuade women to go on a date with him. His advances receive a mixed response and the film shows how women respond differently to a unknown man approaching them in public.

 

The film acts a social experiment, showing how social media and online dating have affected how people interact in everyday “real” life. The differences between online personas and how we are in real life are highlighted as the film supports the idea that we edit how we chose to present ourselves in a world of social media.

Watch the film below, what do you think? Has the online world ruined real life interactions?