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• Political Nanny: Boobs for Obama and (Un)Covering the Body Politic

  The good news: this year's election -- and the Internet -- have attracted gobs of new voters and political supporters. The quirky news: selfsame election and Internet have spawned some rather unconventional (or maybe conventional, but never before so easily disseminated) ways of expressing enthusiasm for one candidate or another. Hence ...   Read More... Posted Jul 02 2008, 05:01 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: Slate, barack obama, body art, political nanny, John McCain, boobsforbarack, campaigns and the body politic, shine.yahoo

• Political Nanny: Obama Answers the Tattoo Question ... Finally!

  Guess we can't count on the alternative press to ask the candidates important questions either. Or can we? Portland's Willamette Week asked Democratic candidate Barack Obama, who's in Oregon campaigning hard for a must-win in that state's primary next week, what tattoo would he get, were he so inclined, and where would he get it?   Read More... Posted May 14 2008, 04:06 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: barack obama, michelle obama, tattoos, body art, political nanny, candidates, tattoo, alternative weeklies, willamette week, oregon primary, stupid questions

• Corsets: Newest Piercing Trend or Clever Way to Disguise Evidence of Childbirth?

  Having lived almost half of my life in the Bay Area, I thought I'd seen it all.  I've been to the Folsom Street Fair.  I've spent many a Gay Pride weekend in the Castro... I've seen enough tattoos, piercings, scars, dye jobs, sex toys and bizarre jewelry to last me a lifetime.  But I have never seen anything like this. Read More... Posted Aug 28 2007, 09:32 AM by Alisyn with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: piercing, bay area, teen trends, body art, corset piercing