News Tips Digital Daily Wisc. The flesh as canvas. It's catching on as more and more people turn their bodies into a body of art. Picture a person with a tattoo. But nowadays, mothers, sisters and even grandmas might have one.
Tattoos are no longer taboo.
Even Barbie has one. Pop culture professor Karal Ann Marling believes people choose tattoos to stand out in an increasingly bland world. And tattoos are getting real mainstream. Many business owners have seen the business change. The parlors are licensed, practices are safer and customers no longer do it on a dare.