Don’t be like Rihanna!
In today’s society, it’s common for most people to have tattoos. If you don’t have any, you’re the exception. However, what does your tattoos really say about you?
For some, tattoos are a form of self-expression. For others, they allow you to represent things that are important to you. We as a society have become fascinated by body art. We enjoy viewing photos of celebrity tattoos from our favorite figures.
However, what do you do when trying to be creative goes wrong? For instance, RiHanna’s latest tattoo supposed to say “Rebellious flower” but in French it should read “Flower Rebellious”. Remember when Brittany Spears wanted a tattoo that read “Mysterious” but ended up saying “Strange”. How tacky is it to be like Fantasia, who had a married man’s name tattooed on her chest? Ironically, she’s since had it covered.
Each day, I see people with more meaningless tattoos on their face and hands. How do you expect to be perceived when you’re looking like a walking graffiti board? More so, what are these tattoos going to mean to you when you’re 50+ walking around here with drawning all over?
Sure, it’s cute when RiHanna gets a new tattoo in an odd place. It’s adorable when Angelina Jolie gets a tattoo on her arms of her children’s names, birthplaces, and origins. Its gangster when rappers can cover their whole upper torso with tattoos representing where they’re from. Yet they portray themselves as being rebels and thugs without necessarily trying to.
It’s time that we as a generation of self-expression realize that body art isn’t always the best way to go. You can cut, fry, dye, and lock your hair but you can always chop it off and start all over again. You can buy silly, outrageous clothes that compliment the latest fad but throw those out and buy new ones. What you can’t do is get rid of all of these tattoos that lack definition.
What people don’t realize is the misconception that others have of those who embody this form of self-expression. To some, it represents a lack in class. To others, it illustrates a lack of education.
How many people of upper socioeconomic statuses do you see with visible tattoos in politics, education, or in the church? What if you saw a newscaster on TV with a tattoo of their husband’s name on their neck? What if the president of Microsoft had a tattoo of “Windows 7” on his hands?
Regardless to how artsy and creative it is for people to have these tattoos, they can misrepresent who a person truly is. As at
