What if women were to choose solidarity over exploitation, voice over silence, and visibility over shame, wearing their collective scars like tattoos in an act of defiance for all to see?

What if, instead of participating in a culture that rewards ownership over relationship, women and men were to confront ideas of profit embedded in relationship by wearing tattoos designed to disrupt the persistent commodification of women’s bodies?

What if tattoos displayed the harsh reality of a culture in denial, depicting the staggering numbers of women who are raped and battered each year?

   
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