Or was it 1974? By Laurie Gwen Shapiro One morning in the mid-1970s, a solemn announcement came over the intercom at Friends Seminary: “Noted person John Lennon is now in the meetinghouse.

In the issue’s feature article, Fashioning Tattooed Bodies: An Exploration of Japan’s Tattoo Stigma, John M. Skutlin explores the history of tattooing in Japan, its stigma, and how tattooees today ...

Speakers Quintana Heathman, Dr. John Skutlin, and Lane Wilcken delved into topics such as the tattoo stigma in contemporary Japan, the intersection of tattoos and art, and how today’s tattoo artists ...