In Psyche on the Skin: A History of Self-Harm, Sarah Cheney describes an incident from 1991 in which Richey Edwards, a member of the band Manic Street Preachers, was interviewed by a journalist from the New Musical Express and, after being challenged about his band's political sincerity, carved "4 Real" into his arm with a razor blade. Though the journalist condemned the gesture in the article, the NME nonetheless ran a photo of Edwards's bleeding arm.
Delicate cutters
Delicate cutters
Delicate cutters
In Psyche on the Skin: A History of Self-Harm, Sarah Cheney describes an incident from 1991 in which Richey Edwards, a member of the band Manic Street Preachers, was interviewed by a journalist from the New Musical Express and, after being challenged about his band's political sincerity, carved "4 Real" into his arm with a razor blade. Though the journalist condemned the gesture in the article, the NME nonetheless ran a photo of Edwards's bleeding arm.