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Cassie DeBord @cassietattoos.bsky.social · 6d

Real American Patriot Betty Boop at your service 🫡 #bettyboop #traditionaltattoos

A picture of a tattoo of Betty Boop. She is entirely comprised of bombs, swords, guns, pills and blood. All things the artist associates with America.

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · 8d

Im seeing it tomorrow. HUGE Tron fan, but yeah man- the Leto thing has me just hoping that it at least looks cool in 3D

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · 8d

I was a bar GM for a decade or so and can confirm. After a long shift of babysitting annoying drunks, we'd always relax with a couple five cocktails.

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · 11d

Updates: Despite covering the nudity, this got a nudity tag here on Bluesky, and the uncensored pic was flagged on patreon as pornography. I appealed there and won, since it's NOT pornography, but since Bluesky's CEO is starting to go "full Musk" I'll likely not win the appeal here.

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · 13d

This is the length (heh) I go to to not get banned on Instagram again. Leg tattoos by Raven

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A fully tattooed body with a banner blurring his penis reading NSFMeta

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Sep 10

Remind me to send you this video clip!!

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Sep 10

Underground queer tattoo shop, 1975. Ken Meyer (Florida) working on a homoerotic back tattoo. Screenshot from video.

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a red screen that reads UNDERGROUND, FLORIDA USA 1975

blurry screen shot of a man tattooing another man, 1970s

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Sep 2

I think he released a fourth!

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Aug 30

I reckon a nice charcuterie plate, maybe a Mai Tai, and non-stop laughing.

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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · Aug 24

On Aug 16th, I gave the first in a series of lectures on the under documented history of Queer Tattooing. We covered a basic primer on some of the early (1960s-80s) queer tat pioneers, then dug into cruising culture documentarian/tattooer John Dagion.

This book serves as a lecture companion...

Indelible Identities 01: John Dagion by Shawn Porter | Blurb Books

Find Indelible Identities 01: John Dagion by Shawn Porter at Blurb Books. Compiled as a companion to his August 2025 lecture at BMXNet in Berlin, Germany, this 8...

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Shawn Porter @thedocumentedbody.com · Aug 3

The finished tattoo.

A shunga inspired tattoo of a peach and a snake. Mostly.

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Aug 5

I travel with a little monster called "Sailor Beebo" which isn't a bear but does make me sleep better in hotels.

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Aug 2

Robert E. Roberts - Maddog Tattoo - 1990s.
Slide building is going well on the Indelible Identities lecture on Queer Tattoo History.

Screen shot of a lecture slide; a bearded man with a t-shirt that says MADDOG TATTOO is being interviewed by a possibly drunk woman in a leather hat

A letter from Robert Roberts to Shawn Porter, 1997.
The letter talks about their meeting at a tattoo convention, and a desire to talk via phone.

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Aug 1

Every time.

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Jul 24

it's something.

"featuring the mutual tattooed penis admiration society"

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Jul 23

I recently imported that whole video. It’s amazing. At least two underground queer tattoo shops were documented - think around 1974

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Old Tattooed Hippie ☮️✌️ @sauchellibot.bsky.social · Jul 23

Chicago Tattooist Cliff Raven And A Client 1972...Adults Only Photo Of Cliff And A Client...
#tattoo #tattooed #tattooing #cliffraven #tattooartist #adultsonly #nsfw

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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · Jul 23

Pleased as punch to be invited back to Berlin by the fine folks at BMXNet!

Graphic advertising two lectures in August 2025; BMXNet Shawn Porter
Indelible Identities 01- John Dagion and Evolution of a Subculture 03 Scar Wars

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Jul 22

Proof copy of our lecture guide arrived with a friend. PFIQ ceased publication with issue 50 but there was one last issue cued up. Jim Ward was finally able to complete the run. So exciting.

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Jul 22

Sure will. It’s more a companion to the lecture than a book proper- consider it a chapter in a larger project.

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Jul 19

I have some photos of Dr. Orr
with Lemmes and Preston. Such great suits.

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Jul 17

Our friend @savagesal.bsky.social was kind enough to reimagine a Cliff Raven design to add a little razzle dazzle to my latest book - a visual companion to the lecture I’ll be giving on #queertattoo history in less than a month!

Cover of a book titled INDELIBLE IDENTITIES A QUEER HISTORY OF TATTOOING 01: John Dagion by archivist Shawn Porter

The cover feature a traditional tattoo design of a swallow and heart with a banner reading QUEER, designed by Savage Sal.

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Jun 23

Along with Ed Hardy & Don Nolan, Cliff Raven was one of a handful of Western artists responsible for popularizing Japanese influenced large scale tattooing to America. He was also an out gay man. Screenshot from 50+ year old video at an underground queer tattoo shop.

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A smiling bearded man tattooing a naked friend.

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Jun 22

I feel like a one-trick pony lately. All of my archival energy is going towards the first lecture in the Indelible Identities series. This page is from the introduction essay on the history of Queer tattooing- the final image is from NYC's TRON - part of the future of queer representation in tattoo.

Page from INDELIBLE IDENTITIES 01: John Dagion

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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · Jun 18

Did you know that there were truck hawk conventions? I wonder if they gave out awards.

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