fuckyeahtattoos:

This is my fifth tattoo and it was done by Tony at Greg’s Tattooing in Wheeling, West Virginia.  It’s a quote from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (S05E22), a show that has inspired me since I was a kid and helped me through the good and bad times in my life.  Buffy said this to her sister before she saved the world and died, in the hopes that her sister would be able to keep living even through her death just months after their mother died.  It’s a reminder to always be strong, to always live, even when it feels like the world is ending.

fuckyeahtattoos:

This is my fifth tattoo and it was done by Tony at Greg’s Tattooing in Wheeling, West Virginia.  It’s a quote from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (S05E22), a show that has inspired me since I was a kid and helped me through the good and bad times in my life.  Buffy said this to her sister before she saved the world and died, in the hopes that her sister would be able to keep living even through her death just months after their mother died.  It’s a reminder to always be strong, to always live, even when it feels like the world is ending.

“First Poem for You,” Kim Addonizio (via clavicola)

(via cenizasyarena)

I like to touch your tattoos in complete
darkness, when I can’t see them. I’m sure of
where they are, know by heart the neat
lines of lightning pulsing just above
your nipple, can find, as if by instinct, the blue
swirls of water on your shoulder where a serpent
twists, facing a dragon. When I pull you

to me, taking you until we’re spent
and quiet on the sheets, I love to kiss
the pictures in your skin. They’ll last until
you’re seared to ashes; whatever persists
or turns to pain between us, they will still
be there. Such permanence is terrifying.
So I touch them in the dark; but touch them, trying.

wagesoffear:

St Marks Place


Fun City! An artist from their shop did my first tattoo! Though I’m pretty sure I was actually tatted at Daredevil. Sort of pathetic that I can’t remember.

wagesoffear:

St Marks Place

Fun City! An artist from their shop did my first tattoo! Though I’m pretty sure I was actually tatted at Daredevil. Sort of pathetic that I can’t remember.
curveappeal:

I am a photographer and a very curvy woman. My whole life I’ve been told to lose more weight. In high school I had an eating disorder and I got really thin and I remember my parents saying, “Just a little bit more and you’ll be at your perfect weight.” They didn’t know I was throwing up my food. Now, Im a photographer and sometimes I work with models - thin models and whilst most people would have thought that I would have become more insecure, it has actually made me more secure because I see how fake it all is. I rarely do fashion spreads, I am more of a documentary photographer because I like real people and real situations. I am still battling with my body image, every day but every day I get a little bit stronger. The older I get the more I realise that beauty means so much more than your body. Biggest lesson I have ever learned is to trust yourself and be kind to yourself. Nothing is sexier than believing in yourself. 
I was just told about curve appeal and I wanted to submit something straight away but I have never taken a photo of my full body myself, so I used the handy computer camera because  this website is too important to forget about or even to leave a submission for tomorrow. Thank you for giving women like me more courage. 
Own the body you have. 



File this under: Gorgeous humans I would love to know in real life.

curveappeal:

I am a photographer and a very curvy woman. My whole life I’ve been told to lose more weight. In high school I had an eating disorder and I got really thin and I remember my parents saying, “Just a little bit more and you’ll be at your perfect weight.” They didn’t know I was throwing up my food. Now, Im a photographer and sometimes I work with models - thin models and whilst most people would have thought that I would have become more insecure, it has actually made me more secure because I see how fake it all is. I rarely do fashion spreads, I am more of a documentary photographer because I like real people and real situations. I am still battling with my body image, every day but every day I get a little bit stronger. The older I get the more I realise that beauty means so much more than your body. Biggest lesson I have ever learned is to trust yourself and be kind to yourself. Nothing is sexier than believing in yourself. 

I was just told about curve appeal and I wanted to submit something straight away but I have never taken a photo of my full body myself, so I used the handy computer camera because  this website is too important to forget about or even to leave a submission for tomorrow. Thank you for giving women like me more courage. 

Own the body you have. 


File this under: Gorgeous humans I would love to know in real life.

Just another day in the life of a preschool teacher…

Today I found out that one of my students has been applying temporary tattoos on himself and his family because, “Cristina has tattoos!” Of all the ways to influence them.

hellogiggles:

ON BEING A MOM AND HAVING TATTOOSby Danielle Hampton



Read this before work and I’ve been thinking about it all day. This was a great piece.

hellogiggles:

ON BEING A MOM AND HAVING TATTOOS

by Danielle Hampton


Read this before work and I’ve been thinking about it all day. This was a great piece.
I’ve had a few people ask me how the tattoo was healing. 
“Uh…good, I guess.”
You guess?
“Well, it’s kind of hard to see.”
Can you take a picture?
“It’s on my spine.”
But can you take a picture?
“…”
…
“Not a good one, no.”
I recruited my little bro to help me out. I declare this tattoo nearly healed!

I’ve had a few people ask me how the tattoo was healing.

“Uh…good, I guess.”
You guess?
“Well, it’s kind of hard to see.”
Can you take a picture?
“It’s on my spine.”
But can you take a picture?
“…”

“Not a good one, no.”

I recruited my little bro to help me out. I declare this tattoo nearly healed!

notmyhairitisapalm:

aclutteredmind:

A Bane tattoo.  Seriously.  
More photos here.


Umm, I’m pretty sure Tom would love it. 



Look at how badass that work is! *bows down*

notmyhairitisapalm:

aclutteredmind:

A Bane tattoo.  Seriously.  

More photos here.

Umm, I’m pretty sure Tom would love it. 


Look at how badass that work is! *bows down*

New tattoo! Thank you so much, White Rabbit Tattoo.

Artist: Ryan Roi
Poem: Relax by Ellen Bass

citysleep:

Frances Bean Cobain is a very striking 18-year-old.
[Bust]



This whole shoot is stunning, but in an entirely unremarkable way…if that makes any sense. It my head, it does. She’s a beautiful creature.

citysleep:

Frances Bean Cobain is a very striking 18-year-old.

[Bust]


This whole shoot is stunning, but in an entirely unremarkable way…if that makes any sense. It my head, it does. She’s a beautiful creature.
Thinking about doing a similar placement for my next tattoo. The text would be smaller, but my main concern is that it’ll end up crooked.
What does Tumblr think? Anyone else have text on their forearm?

Thinking about doing a similar placement for my next tattoo. The text would be smaller, but my main concern is that it’ll end up crooked.

What does Tumblr think? Anyone else have text on their forearm?