I dont care if you think it looks unclassy, trashy or whatever else you wanna call it, its on my body
I dont care if you think it looks unclassy, trashy or whatever else you wanna call it, its on my body
Even Ancient Cultures Thought Tattoos Were Cool If you have a tattoo today, chances are that someone told you that you were making a mistake putting the ink on your body forever. Tattoos can be seen as; a fashion trend, a commitment to an organized group (such as a military branch or a street gang), a symbolic act of remembrance, a rebellious act by a teenager trying to prove a point to their parents, etc. The lesser known fact behind tattooing however, is that is an art that has been practiced since the neolithic period. Tattoos can be found in nearly every culture across the globe, and many cultures have thousand-plus year histories with the art.…
There is a famous saying by unknown author that says, “sometimes the nicest people you meet are covered in tattoos and sometimes the most judgmental people you meet go to church on Sundays,” this quote helps to examine how looks doesn’t matter but action does. Having tattoos shouldn’t be considered against social norms and value because tattoo should be looked as freedom of speech or of expression. In Ronald P. White’s article “The Art, the First Amendment and the Courts” helps demonstrates how tattoos and the art of tattooing are forms of pure expression fully protected by the 1st Amendment which helps protects freedom of speech. People get tattoos to tell one’s story to the world through a visual representation of an important moment, person…
The common misconception is that people with tattoos have no morals and are trashy people; that is the furthest thing from the truth. Between the 1940’s and early 2000’s, the viewpoint of tattoos had remained the…
Harper Lee once said “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” This problem still happens today, everyone judges a person without evening knowing them. When someone judges someone with tattoos and piercings they automatically think he is a bad guy but that isn’t always true. Their point of view can be totally wrong but they would never know. They will never get to truly know the person because their point of view shows them as bad people.…
Dr. Lauren Dundes and Antonia Francis in the journal article, “Inking and Thinking: Honors Students and Tattoos” (2016), suggest that, for Honor students, tattoos are an act of defiance in reference to the expectations placed on them. Dundes and Francis support their claims by presenting evidence from a study the authors conducted. The author’s purpose is to explain why there is a substantial difference in the number of honors versus non-honors students who get tattoos in order to prove that honor students’ decisions to get tattoos are less likely to be based on outside influences. Although some Honors students get tattoos an act of defiance, they still contemplate getting tattoos for up to one year (Dundes and Francis 219).…
Tattoos and why they should not be considered deviant Humans have marked their bodies with tattoos for thousands of years. These permanent designs, sometimes plain, sometimes elaborate, always personal markings have served as amulets, status symbols, declarations of love, signs of religious beliefs, adornments and even forms of punishment. Prior to my research I had no idea where the tattoo even originated from? Which is ironic because neither does anyone else. The history of the tattoos are very hard to trace.…
I’m surrounded by tattered and abandoned houses. Also by people who may struggle to put food on the table everyday. I have tattoos that tell my story; my life. When I walk out of my one bedroom apartment people take one look at me and assume I hang out with the wrong people or do drugs. Parents move their children to the other side of the road when they see me.…
This kind of pisses me off. I didn't get my tattoos to impress anyone, therefore I don't give a damn what other people think. My tattoos represent something or someone VERY special TO ME. They are there as a permanent reminder to of things and/or people that I NEVER want to forget. That I want to carry with me every day for the rest of my life.…
The media tends to stereotype people with tattoos and piercings as an untrustworthy group of people. Media believes that a person should look clean and respectable. A person with tattoos and piercings gets criticized over not meeting the media’s standard way of looking. The media judges a person with any sort of body modification before the said person has a chance to prove their self. Media portrays people with tattoos and piercings as unprofessional, bad parents, and criminals.…
Tattoos are a huge problem in the world today. Everyone I know has tattoos. In the world today, specifically the job world, we do not accept tattoos. Tattoos do not and cannot get you a job because they look “unprofessional” to people. I have two tattoos of my own.…
You hold a certain amount of respect in the society and your ideas for tattoos should not, in any way, bestow an incorrect impression of…
The worst tattoos we’ve ever seen (-- removed HTML --) Tattoos are common, and people get them for various reasons. Sometimes they’re tattoos that are personal and hidden and just for the individual. Sometimes the tattoos are public, and they’re created so that they can be seen. There are some tattoos, however, that are just awful, and should never have been inked to begin with. Check out some of the worst tattoos that we’ve ever seen.…
When growing up, parents tell their children to not write on themselves for different reasons, such as, possible ink poisoning or presenting an undesirable appearance. So what makes tattoos different from what our parents said? Before someone gets a tattoo, many people do not think about the damage the ink will cause and how that person will feel about the tattoo later on. Along with that, why does someone need to memorialize someone or have a design that can be turned into a necklace or a bracelet that doesn’t harm your skin?…
It was his 19th birthday and our hero Scott wanted a tattoo. Not just any tattoo, however, he wanted a tattoo that was as different from other tattoos then he was different from other people. On the way to Skatler Ink on the South side of town, Scott still couldn’t think of a tattoo so perfectly original and different. It was a windy day and Scott’s loose grip on his cash inevitably ended up with the wind snatching up his money and running it down the street like a touchdown pass. He followed it down a dark alley that came to a sketchy, vandalized, brick-wall dead end.…
According to the research by Pew, 17% people have regrets after getting their tattoo, but there are about 29% of people who feel rebellious and sexy after getting a tattoo (Carlsen 2014). However there are many who consider tattoo as a form of art and personal expressions, using their body to tell a story like Johnny Depp, who said his body is his diary and his tattoos are his stories (2013). Even though tattoo’s been around for centuries, there are certain generation who are simply against tattooing and their reason is because of societies opinion; in other words, “what will people think”. Annie Singer from Forbes Magazine demonstrates in her article “Tattoos in the workplace” how tattoos are slowly being accepted in the workplace. Tattooing in modern society exists in a state of complexity, but by the recent increases in popularity, by its prevalence in the media and by the growing number of tattooed individuals suggests society’s acceptance of tattooing as a social norm.…