Category: Issues
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Point 81: The GEP Conference
This past July, I had the honor of attending and teaching at the very first major educational conference in Brazil, the three-day GEP 2017 Conference (Grupos de Estudios de Piercing).… Continue reading "Point 81: The GEP Conference"
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Point 81: The Fifth Annual LBP Conference
When I got the message during the LBP asking if I wanted to write this article for The Point, I didn’t even consider no as an answer. I simply couldn’t.… Continue reading "Point 81: The Fifth Annual LBP Conference"
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Point 81: Profile of a Responsible Piercer
The following excerpt is from Responsible Body Piercing, the Gauntlet seminar training manual written by Michaela Grey and Jim Ward and first published in 1995. Reissued in 2016, copies of… Continue reading "Point 81: Profile of a Responsible Piercer"
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Point 81: For Profit Apprenticeships Considered
There are as many approaches to piercing apprenticeship as there are mentors. Those of us who have trained other piercers understand this, and I believe we tend to embrace it.… Continue reading "Point 81: For Profit Apprenticeships Considered"
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Point 81: WHAT HAS PIERCING TAUGHT YOU—AN INTROSPECTIVE
Collected by Kendra Jane B. Body piercing and suspension have taught me that I can maintain and find my center calm in stressful situations. I can work efficiently and effective… Continue reading "Point 81: WHAT HAS PIERCING TAUGHT YOU—AN INTROSPECTIVE"
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Point 81: LEARNING STYLES
Most of us have spent the greater portion of our life up to this point on the planet learning. It may have been in the structured classroom setting of a… Continue reading "Point 81: LEARNING STYLES"
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Point 81: Learning Outside of Conference
While Jesse Villemaire and Efix Roy focus primarily on health and safety courses (in both English and French) in Canada, my primary focus is on techniques and their application. I… Continue reading "Point 81: Learning Outside of Conference"
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Point 81: Camp APP, 2017
By Marina Pecorino, Photos by April Thomas On a warm week in October, in the woods of Georgia, piercer collected. It started as a slow trickle, with the camp organizers… Continue reading "Point 81: Camp APP, 2017"
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Point 81: Laments for Rick Frueh
It is with a heavy heart we acknowledge the passing of Rick Frueh. Our organization and industry have lost a long-term and dedicated volunteer and safe piercing advocate. In his… Continue reading "Point 81: Laments for Rick Frueh"
