The Body Politic Part I
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Who is Grace and what is her background in body modification?
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Hi Grace, welcome to Conan O'Brien Needs a Fan.
Hello there. Nice to be here. Thanks for watching. How are you, Grace? I'm very good. How are you?
Well, uh lovely to meet you. Um and you look fantastic. You really do. And uh I wanna there's so much to talk about here because it's uh it says on my little piece of paper here that you are in Bristol, England. Is that correct?
That is correct.
I was in London about a week and a half ago. So sorry I missed you.
I'm sorry you missed me too. She doesn't sound sorry at all. Yeah, you seem
You seem quite pleased that uh you dodged the serial international creep. Uh Now, I don't know much other than it says here that you are a body modification assistant. I know nothing about this topic. Talk to me about I see that you have tattoos, but what does body modification include?
So I'm actually a tattoo artist but when I was coming up in the industry I was a body piercer who then met a body modification artist and became their assistant. And Body modification in the realm that I'm talking about would be like um things like tongue splits, um scarification, subdermal implants, uh, the removal of certain things. Um, yeah, kind of just Coming up in like the alternative scene in Plymouth where I grew up.
Yes.
Um being into punk music and stuff like that, I was always seeing these like Heavily tattooed and pierced. uh like singers in bands and stuff like that and it very much inspired me and it got me kind of like wanting to learn more about it.
Mm-hmm.
And I was always fascinated by it and I was always wanting to get certain things done. Like I was dying to get my tongue split when since I was like probably fourteen, fifteen.
Well, talk to me about that. Let's start with tongue splitting, 'cause I don't know anything about that. I know that people can get a piercing on their tongue, but I didn't know about a tongue splitting. What's that?
Uh is this? Can I show you? Yeah. Yeah. Oh my god! Oh shit
Oh my
god!
That is
the one.
Yes.
I can't believe a thing you're saying. Uh Wha so that's for appearance, right? That doesn't it doesn't well actually w it would give your tongue more surface area. Mm. I think
So your tongue is two separate muscles, so that's why the split works so well. You can move them independently. Um but yeah, it makes for great life. I can pick food out of both sides of my mouth at the same time. Oh my god. Oh
And you could stick your tongue out at two separate people across the room. Yeah. Oh,
that's definitely. Good point.
What types of body modifications does Grace specialize in?
Yes. That's not cool. Yes, it is. It feels like it's not cool. That's actually really cool. It's not a cool use. You know
what? Many times I've wanted to stick my tongue out, but I have to choose which person to do it. And they're usually on either side of a room. Yes. Some distance from me. Then this is the procedure for
you. That's exactly why I got it done. Does it
Uh there must be some ways in which it's inconvenient. Like uh maybe not. If they're licking ice cream, how's it uh is it does it do you you must taste more ice
cream? No, because there's not taste buds in the inside of your tongue, right? You're not getting new taste buds, are you? Well, probably not. No,
I I taste exactly like my taste nothing was different apart from the fact that these two things in my mouth now move independently. But honestly, it felt very freeing to get my tongue split. Like as soon as it was done and I started moving it, I was like, Oh my god, it feels like my tongue has been in a vice this whole time. Did it
change your speech at all?
So I did have a slight lisp when I first got it done and I had to kind of train myself to not have one. But it wasn't like severe or anything like that. It's kind of all dependent on the person. Um but yeah it's it's uh It's it was something I'd always wanted done from a young age and then I got a piercing apprenticeship in London. And the woman who was my mentor, she was like this radical, you know, heavily modified Polish woman who was terrifying.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Grace and what is her background in body modification?
0:03–3:11
2
What types of body modifications does Grace specialize in?
3:11–6:13
3
How does a tongue split work and what are the effects?
6:13–9:07
4
What are the risks and after‑care tips for a tongue split?
9:07–12:04
5
Why did Grace remove her belly button and how is it done?
12:04–14:42
6
How are scleral (purple eye) tattoos performed and are they safe?
14:42–17:38
7
What does a penis split involve and what are the practical concerns?
17:38–20:39
8
How much do extreme body modifications cost and what should listeners consider?
20:39–22:16