{"id":1087,"date":"2025-11-08T21:40:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T21:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2025-11-08T21:40:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T21:40:21","slug":"rich-stremme-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/2025\/11\/08\/rich-stremme-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich Stremme Call"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Getting to hear Rich&#8217;s insight on the art of tattoos was surprisingly very interesting. The way the industry has changed over time, with the use of needles and machine types, is also insane. I can&#8217;t imagine the older or other cultures&#8217; practices. Also the inclusion of how activism and advocacy can be blended into tattooing is remarkable. How Patty wouldn&#8217;t let the guy who wanted a racist tattoo get it done by her was pretty iconic. He did include a heart wrencher with the guy, (Norman?) who was shot by the police for appearing to be dangerous and suspicious at a rally simply because of his tattooed appearance. The truth behind why tattoos are so looked down upon is a sad truth, and I love how Rich tries to change that stigma through his art and continued advocacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting to hear Rich&#8217;s insight on the art of tattoos was surprisingly very interesting. The way the industry has changed over time, with the use of needles and machine types, is also insane. I can&#8217;t imagine the older or other cultures&#8217; practices. Also the inclusion of how activism and advocacy can be blended into tattooing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1088,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions\/1088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}