Pasifika women have long occupied a hybrid space, openly navigating the tensions and opportunities of their Pasifika culture and Western society. In her mixed media piece, Walking the Wall (2014), audiovisual and performance artist Angela Tiatia highlighted how these tensions are brought into focus through the embodiment of culture on the female form. Sharing her own experiences as a model, Tiatia juxtaposed the sacred ceremonial attitudes towards the malu (traditional tattoo for Samoan women) with the ‘openness’ of the modelling profession. Tiatia shares how her choice to ‘show off’ her malu was ridiculed by men whose own cultural markings (the pe’a) were comparatively acceptably ‘exposed’ within public settings. Recent events in Brisbane, Australia have also highlighted how Pasifika women continue to feel the adverse effects of liminal attitudes towards cultural markings. Several women were refused entry into local venues for wearing facial tatau, their rejection validated by blanket policies that discredit the value of cultural markings. In an effort to interrogate and reframe these emergent tensions, this chapter gathers and showcases the narratives of Pasifika women whose embodied experiences of cultural tatau challenge patriarchal and colonial perspectives of cultural markings. In drawing inspiration from storytellers such as Tiatia, the chapter seeks to enhance public and academic understanding to build confidence and security among Pasifika women. Further, through the use of Pasifika methodologies, such as talanoa, the chapter employs ethical research practices that recognize and respect the sociocultural importance of Pasifika values and beliefs.