2020 Throwback: EP 077 A life in the tattoo industry with Deb Yarian

Crude Conversations

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Society & Culture

5 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 93 minutes

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In this episode, Cody has a conversation with tattoo artist Deb Yarian. Deb started tattooing in New York in 1979. Back when tattoo culture was reserved for outsiders, or what Deb calls “carnival people.” The tattoo culture then was predominately male, and women usually found their way into the culture through a man, because men were the gatekeepers. More recently, those barriers have been broken down, making the culture more equitable. Today, Deb and her husband Don own and operate Eagle River Tattoo. Early in Deb’s career, her mom told her that she didn’t want Deb getting tattoos because she didn’t want people to judge her by the way she looked. Deb responded by saying, “If people are going to judge me by the way I look, then those aren’t the kind of people I want in my life.” Deb says that the difference between tattooers today and tattooers in the past is that their journey is different. When Deb entered the scene, there was a lot of inequality and even violence. Deb has a history with domestic violence. One that she tries to talk about as openly and honestly as possible. She talks about those seedier origins of the tattoo culture, the sanctity of the tattoo shop and how people with tattoos need to be responsible for their actions if they don’t want to be mislabeled.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this week's show.
0:12.0	In this one, I have a conversation with Tattoo Artist Deb Yarean.
0:16.5	Deb started tattooing in New York in 1979.
0:20.1	Back when Tattoo culture was reserved for outsiders or with Deb calls, carnival people.
0:25.7	The Tattoo culture then was predominantly male and women usually found their way into the
0:29.4	culture through a man because men were the gatekeepers.
0:32.8	More recently, those barriers have been broken down, making the culture more equitable.
0:37.4	Today, Deb and her husband Dawn own and operate Eagle River Tattoo.
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