The story: "The secrets behind Angelina's baby tattoos"
The analysis:
- Tattoos are not longer a big taboo in our society that has become a part of our culture today. They have become a new trend that has become very popularized. They were once considered bad, deviant, evil, criminal and deviant but now it's considered a new fashion. It is considered a new trend and experience by popular culture. Today we see tattoos in the mainstream media of advertisements, celebrities, TV shows, movies, music videos and so on. Tattoos are no longer seen as just a form of deviant behavior where people were viewed as criminals, gangsters, rebels, delinquents but a new artist form of fashion that is attractive and hip. Such celebrities like Angelina Jolie, who is one of the most photographed women in the world according to Clemmie Moodie from the Daily Mail TV and Showbiz; are sporting tattoos and making them very fashionable.
Angelina is now one of the most tattooed female celebrities with about a dozen tattoos that not reflect her personality but also have meaning to her life. The article "The Secrets behind Angelina's baby Tattoos", by Clemmie Moodie, reports that in Angelinas left arm is tattooed with a map that coordinates for the birthplace of her children. From the top down and form left to right is the longitudinal and latitudinal location of Cambodia where her oldest son, Maddox was born according to Moodie. Then the following line maps Ethiopia where her second oldest daughter, Zahara was born. The third line is mapped with the longitudinal points and Latitudinal points of Namibia , where she gave birth to her biological daughter, Shiloh. The fourth points are for her adopted son, Pax Thien who is Vietnamese by origin.
People today are getting tattoos for meaningful purposes, or identity, self-expression and self-identification to define ones self. What was once considered to be low class and dangerous symbols are now considered hip, trendy, fashionable and glamorous. America media today has given tattoos a new meaning. American has made tattoos favorable and has popularized them into the mainstream culture of pop culture. Such as Angelina Jolie who has given meaning to her tattoos people are putting meaning to their tattoos. Shows such as Miami Ink and LA Ink are shows that have popularized tattoos by not only tattooing to the public but to celebrities as well. They have challenged cultural stereotypes of tattoos.
They given tattoos a deeper meaning of art that seems to be valued more today than before.
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