Sublimate her body with the tattoo, mark her story and make it her own: this artist draws on the beads to make people “master of their body”. Testimonials from those who have the same approach.
The tattoo world has recently been rocked by revelations about sexism, grossophobia or the lack of empathy of some tattoo artists. Fortunately, some artists are respectful and offer tattoos that allow you to take power over your body. This is the case of the American artist Carrie Metz Caporusso. Discovered by aufeminin thanks to the twitta Carnet Lunaire, it tattoos the back bulges, a part of the body that can make some people complex, in a delicate and liberating way.
She explains her approach to the site Medisite : “I think getting a tattoo of something beautiful on your skin, whether it’s on a bead or not, can help you feel in control of your body. I hope that someday this type of tattoo will be as common as getting a tattoo on your ankle, and that being fat could be seen as something neutral, neither good nor bad. “
These works sublimate and celebrate parts of the body that we are often used to hiding: “These tattoos highlight something that society has decreed we should be ashamed of, they draw more attention to them, without disguising them.” Carrie continues, still in Medisite.
This is what the twitta tells us that introduced us to Carrie’s work: “At the time of my first tattoo (at 19) I had the feeling of regaining control of my body. Having the power to decide for yourself what to do with your body is a strong act in our society. (…) As each body is unique, and it has its own story, I find it incredible to see how the tattoo can adapt to a silhouette to play with our scars, our skin folds , our moles, our curves. It can have such a positive impact on our perception of ourselves! “
“It is to decide for ourselves where our body envelope goes”
Olga, 30, journalist and LGBTQI and anti-grossophobia activist told aufeminin on the subject: “The tattoo makes it possible to sublimate all the bodies in the first place because it is a chosen process that we do for ourselves, and nothing less, in a society full of injunctions to the bodies, omnipresent male gauze, sexual violence and medical violence is very powerful. “ Taking possession of your body through tattooing is illustrated on a daily basis: “Choose a drawing, a text, that we will see every day (or almost, on the back, it’s less easy) in the mirror and which will become as characteristic of us as what the genetic lottery has given us. es is deciding for ourselves where our body envelope goes, when and how. Getting a tattoo, in that sense, is (re) taking the reins of your body, ” continues Olga. For this, he advises to pay attention to who is entrusted with his tattoo project. He thus entrusts to make a point of honor to pass under the needles of women artists or LGBTQI, “which makes me feel more secure, and I’d rather ‘make them work’, clearly, rather than yet another misogynistic hipster!”
The tattoo is a resumption of contact with the body because it allows to celebrate it. Those of Olga, for example, allowed him to get rid of his internalized grossophobia and to mark his exit from a hetero violent relationship. He went from tattoos for their aesthetic appearance to tattoos elaborated hand in hand with his tattoo artist for their artistic aspect: “I had worked out the drawings for a long time in concert with my tattoo artist, Miss Swallow, (and) quickly came a pride in wearing an original and unique work, full of meaning … and love for my body, both visually, but also through this positive approach of “the embellish “. Getting a tattoo is one of the first acts of love I had for my body, hurt by years of grossophobia, eating disorders and sexual violence, even if it wasn’t initially not quite aware. ”
Getting a tattoo is one of the first acts of love I had for my body
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Today Olga has eclectic tattoos, which reflect who she is: both pieces “Demands on feminist, LGBTQI and body-related issues, and those empowering messages that never leave me give me strength.” But also pieces that he likes for their beauty, without any particular meaning, or humorous tattoos. “On my patchwork, there is everything!” he concludes. The tattoo, a militant act to be master of your body!
Mathilde Wattecamps
Missions: Mathilde is an expert in subjects related to women’s rights and health. Addicted to Instagram and Twitter, never stingy with a good …