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Tattoos have been a part of self-expression for centuries. Ranging from those emblazoned with tramp stamps, to the icon of Catherine The Great, and the infamous members of the Japanese mafia, the Yakuza. These thin lines of ink run between the layers of skin but also act as a link between cultures around the world

Chinese women in both the western and eastern cannon have been obscured, hidden, and forgotten. Feminine participation in art creation from the Xia dynasty (2100–1700 BCE)[1] to modern day, has been left out of the ‘annals of history’[2], resulting in them forcibly existing behind men artistically and academically; their works may feel limited and rare

The world of the arts and the artistic canon is historically masculine. No question. Gombrich, the “godfather of art history” wrote “The Story of Art” (a quasi-art history gospel) without mentioning one woman. Women, in art and society, are so often reduced to genius cursed by their gender like Tracey Emin, Frida Kahlo or Artemisia

Chefs are enigmatic beasts. No question. A single cog in a massive machine, paying their dues, perfecting their craft with a pair of tweezers painstakingly applying almond slivers onto a perfectly cooked cod and hand sorting micro herbs. The “idea” of a chef permeates the whole of media, in Bob’s Burgers, Bob, is an ‘Artist