by Flux
Every week we ask the ladies and gentlemen of the social web to show us their finest ink in celebration of Tattoo Tuesday; our favorite submission from Twitter and Tumblr each wins a free 3 month membership to SuicideGirls.com.
Check this week’s winners below.
From Twitter:
@Nirojamic wins with his gorgeous, sweet tattoo in honor of his dad.
From Tumblr:
hannaheast wins with her Yellow Submarine!
If you haven’t won this week, don’t forget that you can enter each week until you do, so good luck next Tuesday, and happy inking!
A few things to remember:
- You have to be 18 to qualify.
- The tattoo has to be yours…that means permanently etched on your body.
- On Twitter we search for your entries by looking up the hashtag #TattooTuesday, so make sure you include it in your tweet!
Check out the Tattoo Tuesday winners of weeks past!
by Steven-Elliot Altman (SG Member: Steven_Altman)
Our Fiction Friday serialized novel, The Killswitch Review, is a futuristic murder mystery with killer sociopolitical commentary (and some of the best sex scenes we’ve ever read!). Written by bestselling sci-fi author Steven-Elliot Altman (with Diane DeKelb-Rittenhouse), it offers a terrifying postmodern vision in the tradition of Blade Runner and Brave New World…
By the year 2156, stem cell therapy has triumphed over aging and disease, extending the human lifespan indefinitely. But only for those who have achieved Conscientious Citizen Status. To combat overpopulation, the U.S. has sealed its borders, instituted compulsory contraception and a strict one child per couple policy for those who are permitted to breed, and made technology-assisted suicide readily available. But in a world where the old can remain vital forever, America’s youth have little hope of prosperity.
Jason Haggerty is an investigator for Black Buttons Inc, the government agency responsible for dispensing personal handheld Kevorkian devices, which afford the only legal form of suicide. An armed “Killswitch” monitors and records a citizen’s final moments — up to the point where they press a button and peacefully die. Post-press review agents — “button collectors” — are dispatched to review and judge these final recordings to rule out foul play.
When three teens stage an illegal public suicide, Haggerty suspects their deaths may have been murders. Now his race is on to uncover proof and prevent a nationwide epidemic of copycat suicides. Trouble is, for the first time in history, an entire generation might just decide they’re better off dead.
(Catch up with the previous installments of Killswitch – see parts ONE, TWO, and THREE – then continue reading after the jump…)
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by Daniel Robert Epstein
“I expected people to walk out.”
– Terry Gilliam
Will I date I myself if I use the phrase ’We’re not worthy?’ There is almost nothing to be said when introducing SuicideGirls to Terry Gilliam, because at this point if you dont know who he is, I wouldn’t cry if you killed yourself. But for those who dont have the guts to throw themselves off a bridge, Gilliam is the brilliant film auteur behind such classics as Time Bandits, Brazil, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. He is also a founding member of the best sketch comedy troupe ever, Monty Pythons Flying Circus. Gilliam’s latest film is the very heavy Tideland, the story of a young girl whose junkie parents die and leave her alone in an empty house only with her imagination.
I got a chance to interview Gilliam when he was in New York City. When we spoke of a possible Python live tour he seemed to imply that we could be seeing some new sketches.
Read our exclusive interview with Terry Gilliam on SuicideGirls.com.
Tovi Suicide in Gone Fishin’
- INTO: Contradictions, proper spelling and grammar, sarcasm, chivalry, gay rights, making inappropriate comments around conservative people, sexual innuendos.
- NOT INTO: Corrupt governments that don’t hold concern for their people, religion, eating flesh, unavoidable drama, close-minded people, discrimination.
- MAKES ME HAPPY: Day-naps, lingerie, spontaneity, kitchen appliances, corsets, finding new cuts and bruises on my body, weird (natural) ingredients, pugs.
- MAKES ME SAD: Sunburns, when my work schedule interferes with spontaneity, the USDA, poor spelling, animal cruelty, airline prices, being woken up, clocks.
- HOBBIES: Bakin’, cookin’, pistol-shootin’, bikin’, readin’, video game playin’, pug watchin’, volunteerin’, playin’ the ocarina.
- 5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Chapstick is definitely one of my living essentials, but everything else I could live without.
- VICES: Impatience.
- I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Lost in my own fantasies.
Get to know Tovi better over at SuicideGirls.com!
