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it’s worth it. but don’t let anyone tell you it doesn’t hurt; they’re lying. it sucks. i got my nipples pierced on a whim, winter break of my freshman year of college. just a random place with the studio’s name in papyrus font outside in the rain. the glow of another papyrus sign inside illuminated the desk i stood in front of, nervously shifting my weight. it smelt like weed to the point where i asked the piercer if he was high (he was not) after i asked him how many times he had done this (more times than he could count). my decision to get them pierced on that particular day was as competitive as it was impulsive. a frenemy who lived on the same dorm floor as me mentioned on her priv that she had a piercing date set. we had spoken about respectively piercing our nipples that year. i was not going to be the second person i knew to get my nipples pierced. the place i was going to go to first was in a mall, a fact i didn’t realize until i got in the car to go. picked papyrus studio at random. i was alone because that’s the best company in my hometown. i have a video of me getting my nipples pierced. i wish i could say i through to do it for security reasons, with this random man and a giant needle and my alone and my tits out. i just knew i wouldn’t be able to look at it while it was happening, and wanted a highlight reel for myself. if you’re piercing both, you will want to stop after the first one. the only thing that hurts more than getting your areola pinched within an inch of your life and the big cold needle that weaves in and out is putting in the jewelry. i almost passed out. i had a really bad bob and my eyebrows were way too dark, making my face seem bird-like in a way i found deeply unflattering. the rest of the day sucked. i spent it lying in bed, on my back, trying not to think about the pain. after even one night, it hardly hurt anymore. for the first time in years, i bought a bra to armor my new wounds. i cut pantyliners in half and stuck them on to catch whatever oozed or leaked out of it for the first few weeks. the first time you clean might be the weirdest physical sensation you ever feel. i hardly ever wear a bra now, and the only thing i love more than a white shirt is a lace one that actually lets the silver see sunlight (or moonlight). there is no better accessory at my disposal. and now fucking kim kardashian is stealing valor with that pierced bra. is nothing sacred??????? don’t pay however many hours of your paycheck for something that only makes you interesting when it’s clasped around you. i’m orthodox in this way. forsake the temptation of all the glory and none of the blood. get your nipples pierced.
May 25, 2025

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May 25, 2025
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my dad got his done. they look cool as fuck
May 25, 2025
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they’re a great way to express urself and if you’ve been putting a piercing off, here’s ur sign to just full send it u can pierce yourself (please be safe !!) u can have a friend pierce u (SAFELY !!) or u can go to a piercing shop !! (surely a trained professional can safely pierce u
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 they suck a hollow point piercing needle is ur best friend :-)
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I have 6 tattoos (plus one stick and poke I let a man do on me at a party when I was 18.) And of course- I want more. My first tattoo I got during my first month of freshman year of college freshly moved to New York- it’s on my rib cage- it says “goodnight nobody” which is pulled from the children’s book goodnight moon. 1. I was read that book as a kid. 2. I remember I rediscovered that book when I was high in the mall in high school and that blank page saying “goodnight nobody” felt poignant for all kinds of reasons. Just a call into the void in a children’s book? A rendition of a sculpture from Portia Munson’s installation ‘Bound Angel’ that I saw at PPOW a couple years ago- because the work just spoke to me and womanhood at large i have a fairy (way bigger than I intended) because fairies were a huge part of my girlhood hey arnold (helga’s locket of arnold) because my mom watched that show with me before I can even remember and 2. I like Helga was also a yearner in middle school A bunny because bunny And most recently two of my best friends and I got matching three-headed deer. I haven’t even known them for very long but a portrait of our love felt like a very beautiful and sentimental thing to do regardless of fate. The only one that hurt was the poorly done stick and poke done at the party right next to my vagina- but ofc I acted like wasn't that bad (it was pretty bad).
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I hate the tiny one u gotta keep in for like 3 months i need some better swag badly
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