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Time stamps -
00:00 - intro
05:58 - a brief history of tattooing
10:52 - the uk tattoo industry
15:44 - social media's impact on the tattoo industry
25:04 - the pinterest effect
43:32 - tattoo removal - a shifting attitude
48:24 - tattooing and reality tv
57:44 - tattooing = a changing industry
59:16 - conclusion
Sources -
https://www.businessrescueexpert.co.uk/too-many-tattooists/ (Too Many Tattoos)
https://www.ibisworld.com/united-kingdom/industry/tattoo-artists/5105/ (Tattoo
Artists in the UK - Market Research Report (2014-2029))
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167268119302495 (Tat will
tell: Tattoos and time preferences by Bradley J. Ruffle and Anne E. Wilson)
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2021/09/behind-the-needle-professor-explores-the-
world-of-tattoo-artists/ (Behind the needle: Professor explores the world of tattoo
artists)
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/why-this-red-hot-tattoo-boom-is-bound-to-
end-with-regret-again (From counter-culture to mainstream: Why the red-hot tattoo
boom is bound to end by Joseph Brean)
https://www.londondaily.news/brexit-aftermath-uk-tattoo-studio-expansion-stalls/
(Brexit aftermath: UK Tattoo studio expansion stalls)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/oct/07/rise-tattoo-parlours-change-
britain-high-streets (How the rise of tattoo parlours shows changing face of Britain’s
high streets by Zoe Wood)
https://curiousadventure.substack.com/p/we-humans-have-a-long-relationship (We
Humans Have a Long Relationship with Tattoos by Katrina Paulson)
https://luke.substack.com/p/proprietors-hunched-in-shirtsleeves (Proprietors hunched
in shirtsleeves over buzzing machines by Luke O’Neil)
https://www.cloakanddaggerlondon.co.uk/slaves-royalty-a-brief-history-of-european-
tattoos/
https://www.businessinsider.com/dispute-about-tattoo-design-sketch-taken-over-
tiktok-2023-5
https://www.indy100.com/tiktok/tattoogate-tiktok-fox-tattoo-explained-2660280208
(TikTok’s viral ‘tattoogate’ drama blamed on ‘communication skills’ by Ellie Abraham)
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/lindsay-joseph-lucid-tattoos-tiktok-
tattoogate-b2339546.html (TikTok Tattoogate: How a tattoo artist sparked backlash for
‘absurd’ pricing and design changes by Meredith Clark)
https://tamarasantibanez.substack.com/p/the-excuse-of-artistic-genius (The Excuse
of Artistic Genius by Tamara Santibanez)
https://mustangnews.net/adornment-advice-how-to-not-steal-the-art-from-the-tattoo-
artists/ (Is Pinterest ruining creativity in the tattoo industry? by Madi Salvati)
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2018/oct/26/how-tattoos-went-from-
subculture-to-pop-culture (How tattoos went from subculture to pop culture by
Frances Perraudin)
https://alexlaughlin.substack.com/p/tattoos-are-bag-charms-for-your-body (Tattoos
are bag charms for your body?? by Alex Sujong Laughlin)
https://yourstylesucks.substack.com/p/is-pinterest-killing-your-creativity?
selection=2871c336-584a-468d-98aa-7f0d2f82c854 (Is Pinterest killing creativity? by
Bec Benwah)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/tattoo-industry-sexism-racism-uk/ (The Tattoo
Industry Is Facing ‘A Reckoning’ by Emma Garland)
https://lindacooganb.medium.com/women-tattoos-a-feminist-movement-in-
ink-30eb8c97b3aa (Women & Tattoos, a feminist movement in ink by Lina Coogan
Byrne)
https://canwediscuss.substack.com/p/kat-von-ds-radicalisation-is-complete (Kat Von
D's radicalisation is complete after her baptism)
https://casebycase.substack.com/p/-your-weekly-pitch-the-tattoo-removal (The tattoo
removal business is booming—but not because people regret tattoos)
https://www.themolehill.net/p/how-aesthetic-trend-cycles-influence (Why we regret
our tattoos by Viv Chen)
https://parisgitobu.substack.com/p/the-politics-of-tattoos?
utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web (The politics of tattoos by Paris Mwendwa)
https://upstreamjournal.org/tattoo/ (Sexism and racism in the tattoo industry)
https://stephaniessilva.substack.com/p/the-racial-politics-of-ink-master?
utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web (The racial politics of Ink Master)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-5931.2011.00814.x (Tattoo Therapy:
Storying the Self on Reality TV in Neoliberal Times by Louise Woodstock)
https://figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/thesis/
Marking_Exaggerated_Realities_Representation_and_Reception_of_Tattoo_Cultures_T
hrough_Reality_Television/25638735?file=45732477 (Marking Exaggerated Realities:
Representation and Reception of Tattoo Cultures Through Reality Television by Joshua
McLeod)
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