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Great article over on Deputy Dog a couple of weeks ago - the “Top 10 physically modified people”, including the person who struck me most, Kala Kaiwi:

I think that there is more to the post than merely being freaked-out/laughing at people who look very different. There are two points here for me personally.

The first is around the how - how exactly do these people accomplish some of their mods in the first place? There’s some serious surgery going on for some of these modifications, and some logistical/ergonomic issues surrounding the various spikes/piercings/hoops/tats etc.

The second is of course around the why - why exactly would you spend time (and money!) to achieve this kind of look? (a look that most people find pretty disturbing). Judging from the comments, a lot of people have some very strong (mainly negative) views about such drastic physical bodily modifications.

Personally, I think these people are GREAT. Granted, they may scare kids, and most probably the occasional adult too, but I think it’s fantastic that (a) we have the ability to perform such mods in the first place, and (b) that they’ve got the courage to be at the leading edge of such a practice (the leading edge of anywhere is a pretty exciting place to be dontchathink?).

May there someday be a time when we all look exactly how we want to look…

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