Women & Tattoos
Articles and sites that deal with women and tattooing. Historical references, art shows and projects.
Annie Get Your Gun  [offsite link]
Web archive of an art show of eleven San Francisco women tattoo artists. Barbie and Body Art
A decade after the 1999 flop of the tattooed Barbie doll, Mattel has brought back Barbie with tattoos again. Is the world finally ready for a tribal tattoo Barbie doll? Books on Women and Tattooing
Here is a collection tattoo books that focus on women or were produced by women within the tattoo community. ELECTRIC TATTOOING BY WOMEN 1900-2003 [offsite link]
Contributors wanted for Madame Chinchilla´s upcoming book. This is an invitation for women tattoo artists to be included in Electric Tattoo History. Famous Tattooed Women
From tattooed sideshows to strippers to singers, learn more about some of the famous women who left their mark on tattooing in the 20th century. Gun Control: Women Tattoo Artists Talk About Skin and Ink [offsite link]
Gun Control: Women Tattoo Artists Talk About Skin and Ink By Silja J.A. Talvi. This is an academic essay about women and tattooing. Julia Gnuse, Most Tattooed Lady [offsite link]
This is the homepage of Julia Gnuse, who is tattooed all over her body as a way of dealing with the disease porphyria. Lydia The Tattooed Lady
In the 1939 Marx Bros movie AT THE CIRCUS, Groucho Marx sang the showstopping number �Lydia the Tattooed Lady.� Take a closer look at one of the most famous tattooed ladies in skin art history. Patricia Steur Photo Gallery [offsite link]
As the wife of tattoo artist Henk Schiffmaker (Amsterdam´s Hanky Panky), photgrapher Steur has had the chance to take picture of some of the world´s premier tattoos. This gallery is all traditional tribal works. Plus Size Ink 
Moe, the Large & Lovely editor, interviews Rae (Body Art editor) about considerations for body art when someone is plus-size. Tattooed Librarians Flash Their Ink (for a cause!)
Looking to raise funds for library restoration, the Texas Library Association has decided to show their true colors, or at least their tattoos. Spend 2010 with the Tattooed Ladies of TLA! Tattooed Women by Louise Chin [offsite link]
This small color gallery of photos by Louise Chin is stunning. Modern American style work, with tribal and color work primarily showcased. That site also includes other tattoo imagery from live freak shows and art events. The History of Modern Women and Body Art [offsite link]
The History of Modern Women and Body Art. This is a formal academic paper in which the author focuses on the trends and evolution in body art as relating to modern women. The Tattoo Baby Doll Project [offsite link]
Collaboration between artist Sherri Wood and various women tattoo artists. Wood finds cloth-bodied baby dolls and has women tattoo artists design body tattoos for them. Wood then further embroiders on top of the rendered doll tattoos. The Tattoo Pinup Girl 
Pinup girls have made the transition from photographs to skin art since the 1940s. Take a closer look at these inked ladies. Links marked with the [offsite link] designation point to websites not associated with BellaOnline.com. BellaOnline.com is not responsible for the material found there.
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