Researchers have shed fascinating new light on the unusual practice of permanent body modification during the Viking Age, which in some cases, may have been practiced as a "rite of initiation". It was ...

Toxii, a 31 year old body modification enthusiast, embarked on her transformation journey just four years ago. She has since undergone numerous procedures, some so radical that they required ...

Over drinks one night, a friend mentioned their purchase of the Skims faux nipple-piercing bra—the very one that caused a minor internet implosion. In her impassioned defence, she explained she loved ...

Farrah Abraham is letting her daughter become a fully-fledged goth princess. While many were up in arms over her daughter’s vibrant hair transformation and gothic makeup, many were shocked by Sophia’s ...

I am broadly interested in the variability in human behaviour: how cultures adapt to similar social problems with vastly different practices, or how cultures grow to have similar practices for ...