Feature Stories

Is She a Work of Art or Scarred for Life?

Triona Ryan - 20th April 2024 0

Let’s pretend I was 18 when I got my first tattoo. That’s still a considerable whack of years to have been inked. The word tattoo...

Feature Stories

Word Soups; Inking Oneself & the Larger Debate

Nic Gibson - 20th April 2024 0

I must confess from the get go that I don't have any tattoos. I flirted with the idea of getting song lyrics in my...

Fiction

The Mimics Turning Tattoos into Implants

Morgan Gallup Zhu - 20th April 2024 0

As Miranda's eyes fixated on the blinking red lights of the Level 5 Vernacular Lock, a surge of adrenaline coursed through her veins. The...

Feature Stories

But I have to be Beautiful (& don’t Care what You Look Like)

Frank Hossack - 19th April 2024 0

Showing off one’s self in the best possible light is a natural human attribute. But, just as with everything else, in China that concept...

Feature Stories

My Big Fat Kuaidi Wedding

Samuel Wilson - 26th March 2024 0

Chinese weddings are no meagre affair. Copious amounts of food, baijiu, the colour red filled the wedding venue; lest we forget the guests themselves....