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“When women consciously reject beauty culture, it can be liberating. Women express that they are reclaiming their bodies and developing a heightened self-confidence. Becoming tattooed often makes women feel "closer in line with their own self-image.”

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Book:Covered in Ink: Tattoos, Women and the Politics of the Body

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