Reading: Mifflin, Margot. Bodies of Subversion A Secret History of Women and Tattoo
In Bodies of Subversion, Margot Mifflin, a journalist and assistant professor of English at Lehman College, writes that “Examined against the shifting backdrop of Western culture in the last century and a half, tattoos are touchstones for women’s changing roles and evolving concerns during the most progressive era in women’s history. They serve as passkeys to the psyches of women who are rewriting accepted notions of feminine beauty and self-expression.” (Mifflin, 8) Within a 6-page paper you are to discuss Mifflin’s remarkable journey through the 20th century via the tattoo signs on women’s skin that appear to chart the way.
