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Sat, 18 May 2013 18:25:17 -0400

bloody-mary-queen: I’m obsessed with James Dean

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:05:35 -0400

bloody-mary-queen:

I’m obsessed with James Dean

vintagegal: Betty Broadbent was born on November 1, 1909 in...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:03:37 -0400

vintagegal:

Betty Broadbent was born on November 1, 1909 in Philadelphia.

Her interest in tattooing began at the early age of fourteen. It was then she met Jack Redcloud while working as a nanny in Atlantic City. Redcloud introduced her to his tattoo artist, Charlie Wagner. In 1927 Wagner, alongside several other tattoo artists, including: Tony Rhineagear, Joe Van Hart and Red Gibbons would tattoo a bodysuit of over 565 tattoos on Broadbent.

On May 3, of 1939 the New York Times would quote Broadbent stating, “It hurt something awful, but it was was worth it.” In the same year, Broadbent began exhibiting her art with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. While working in a side show in 1939, Broadbent challenged the traditional views of beauty for women during the 1930s by participating in a beauty pageant at the World’s Fair.

Alongside exhibiting her art, Broadbent tattooed others herself. She worked in shops across the country including spaces located in Montreal, San Francisco and New York. She also spent time working for independent circuses in both New Zealand and Australia. When she returned home to the United States, she continued performing and traveling in a side show until she retired in 1967.

Betty Broadbent is regarded as the most photographed tattooed lady of the 20th century. In 1981, Broadbent was the first person to be inducted into the Tattoo Hall of Fame.

Betty Broadbent died in Florida on March 28, 1983 (x)

reflexes: amazing, intricate illustrations by avery osajima...

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:13:47 -0400

reflexes:

amazing, intricate illustrations by avery osajima (her tumblr)

impfaust: Yeahhhh!!!

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:11:26 -0400

impfaust:

Yeahhhh!!!

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irisquintana: “I thought I understood it, that I could grasp...

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:56:14 -0400

irisquintana:

“I thought I understood it, that I could grasp it. But I didn’t, not really. Only the smudgeness of it; the pink-slippered, all-containered, semi-precious eagerness of it. I didn’t realize it would sometimes be more than whole, that the wholeness was a rather luxurious idea. Because it’s the halves that halve you in half. I didn’t know, don’t know, about the in-between bits, the gory bits of you, and the gory bits of me” (Like Crazy, 2011).

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"I love unmade beds. I love when people are drunk and crying and cannot be anything but honest in..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:49:20 -0400

“I love unmade beds. I love when people are drunk and crying and cannot be anything but honest in that moment. I love the look in people’s eyes when they realize they’re in love. I love the way people look when they first wake up and they’ve forgotten their surroundings. I love the gasp people take when their favorite character dies. I love when people close their eyes and drift to somewhere in the clouds. I fall in love with people and their honest moments all the time. I fall in love with their breakdowns and their smeared makeup and their daydreams. Honesty is just too beautiful to ever put into words.”

- (via paintmefiftyshadesofgreen)