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PAINMAGAZINE 10 painfeature Steve Villines wants to make your business tiny. It’s not what it sounds like. In fact, in many ways, it’s just the opposite, but simultaneously, it couldn’t be more literal. OK, let’s explain. After four decades in high-end general contracting, Steve has switched to building tiny homes and he’s begun to see the concept’s potential in business applications, especially in such boutique genres as tattoo studios. He might be onto something. Once written off as a passing trend for millennials trying to ‘out-hipster’ each other, the tiny homes movement has become a lasting and impactful accent of the modern zeitgeist. Even for the clear majority of us who haven’t stepped up and scaled down, the mere introduction of the concept has inspired us to rethink our norms and culturally manufactured ideas of what we really need and how we consume. For many, the movement’s existence has created a notion of hope, an opportunity on the horizon for real freedom; freedom from debt, freedom from clutter, and ultimately, freedom from ‘the grid.’ For a brave few, it’s been a full actualization of that hope. But can all those warm fuzzies of neo-hippie ideals really transfer into the context of a functional business? Why would you even want to run your studio out of a space that’s roughly the size of your competition’s storage closet? continued on page 26 PAINMAGAZINE 12 “If you had told me when I first started tattooing twenty years ago that I would go to bed early, get up at 7am and listen to Dixieland jazz all day, I probably would have punched you in the throat.” There’s a chuckle in his voice as the words form, but for some reason, you’re inclined to believe him. You probably should. “Loki” Shane Defriece is a native-born son of Atlanta after all, and not the side of it you see on the WB. He’s from the other side, the eclectic smattering of urban neighborhoods full of hellbilly punk rockers with pickled livers and scarred-over nasal passages who are just as likely to be caught two-stepping to Merle Haggard as they are to be throwing down to Mastodon. continued on page 28 PAINMAGAZINE 14 Ask Elayne Angel An Interview of Sorts know this is way more personal than the questions you usually get, but it would really mean a lot to me if you would let me pick your brain. I feel like knowing your thoughts on these things might help me with some stuff I’m struggling with profes- Isionally and personally. Would you please answer the following? Eternally grateful, T. Q: Would you say that body modification This is especially true of cultural traditions (with the exceptions of empowers women? How/why? genital piercings: Latinas’ ear piercings, and Indian women’s “Many people do not find their private nostril piercings). Piercings in today’s A: Yes, definitely! The societal pressures on parts attractive or appealing…. When an Western world reflect elective choices, women to conform to a certain standard of individual makes a choice about the appear- whether they are done for aesthetics, func- beauty are extremely intense. So many of ance of his or her own genitals by piercing tion, or inspired by more serious motivations. the other actions women take in our quests and adorning them with jewelry, it can be to live up to that ideal such as nose jobs, highly liberating, and for many it inspires a As I put it in my book: breast augmentation, Botox injections, etc., harmony with their bodies that could not be “From the superficial to the profound, are conforming actions—to look and be like achieved through any other means.” there are a multitude of reasons for getting everyone else. Whereas in Western society, pierced. It might be about attracting atten- body art is meant to be individuating, rather For about six years now, I have special- tion, the sensation of metal through flesh, or than conforming. (Or at least it always used ized exclusively in erotic piercings (male and the opportunity to wear some extra “bling.” to be.) Getting body art is a choice a woman female nipple and genital piercings). I For others, piercing is a response to deep can make for herself that may relate more receive a great deal of positive feedback internal triggers.” deeply to who she really is, rather than how about how these embellishments help women well she can emulate the prevailing beauty feel more confident about themselves, their Q: What do you feel your role as a modified criteria. bodies, and their sexuality. woman in our culture is? This is how I put it in my book, I’ll never forget seeing an effusive client A: I love to show that modified women are The Piercing Bible: literally jumping up and down in my piercing strong, independent, and self-possessed. That “Piercing and other types of body modi- room after viewing her new genital piercing, although I’m visibly pierced (28 from the fication are methods of changing the actual while gleefully shouting, “I’m transformed!” neck up) and covered in tattoos (including physical form, which is empowering in a my hands, arms, entire lower body and way that may not be fully understood by Q: In what ways is women's body modifica- back), I’m a successful entrepreneur who is those who have never participated in it.