Like many women who maintain been trafficked,sold and beaten by gangs in the US, Andrea was tattooed with the name of her abuser. But now a groundbreaking grassroots project is helping victims to turn these brands into the signs of hope
• Tattoos of freedom – in picturesThe flower on Jennifer Kempton’s neck starts just behind her right ear, and fanning in inky petals out towards her jawbone,a tropical medley of yellow and pink and green against her skin. When she gets up in the morning, the flower is the first thing she looks at, and it reminds her of what she’s survived.
A year ago Jennifer visited a small tattoo shop just external her hometown of Columbus,Ohio, with a very different marking where the flower now blooms. Then, or the side of her neck was marked with a crude black crown and the words “King Munch” – the insignia of the dope gang that sold her for sex out of boarded-up houses in a poor suburb of Columbus.
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Source: theguardian.com