I've worked out why the young and beautiful self-mutilate with brutal piercings
Piercings were once confined to the earlobes. The late Queen Elizabeth II had hers pierced in 1951, so she could wear the Greville Chandelier earrings on a 33-day state visit to Canada. Throughout her reign, earrings dangled and glittered by her face, framing, lighting and enhancing it. Other women wore earrings for the same effects – although Queen Camilla has resisted piercings and wears clip-ons. Yet, for today’s young, piercings are not linked to enhancement. Have you ever seen a potentially beautiful young woman with a giant metal ring through her septum, and wondered, ‘Why on earth would anyone have that installed, let alone someone attractive?’ So have I. How does she blow her nose – or even pick it – when what is advertised to the human market as a ‘bullring’ is cluttering up the entry points? We also wonder, ‘Does she think she looks attractive with it?’ The...
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