To Marius Gustavson, it was business. To Britain’s Crown Court, Gustavson’s “gruesome and grisly” body manipulation enterprise was criminal. Gustavson, a 46-year-old Norwegian national, was sentenced ...

I remember the first time I heard the term “meat” applied to the human body. I was visiting another university, and had lunch with someone who referred disdainfully to his form as the “meat” that ...

Contemporary adolescent and young adult culture has embraced tattoing and body piercing, ostensibly as a form of self-expression. It seems that if not tattooed themselves, there are very few degrees ...