Wedding Day Tattoos
I haven’t posted many personal stories on this blog, but I wanted to share this special day with my readers as well as to account for the lack of posts over the last few weeks. Two weeks ago, June 4th 2013, exactly three years after my first date with Heidi we became husband and wife. [...]
Inked-up politicians brand Air NZ’s tattoo policy as hypocritical
In the wake of my recent Tattoos and Employment post, there is a big story making the rounds about a woman who was denied employment by Air New Zealand because of a Ta Moko (traditional Maori tattoo) on her forearm which violates the company’s no visible tattoos policy. Air New Zealand stood by its policy [...]
Tattoos and Employment
Articles about tattoos in the workplace have been popping up everywhere and I have received a number of emails from engineering students who are questioning how tattoos might affect their chances of getting a job after graduation. Every time the topic of tattoos and employment is brought up I give the same answers, so I [...]
Misrepresentation of recent study about women with tattoos
I posted the article ‘Why are women with tattoos seen as promiscuous?’ a few days ago and wrote very briefly about it. This study, accurately summarized by the title of the article, claimed nothing about women with tattoos, but made conclusions about how they are perceived by men. Today I came across a couple of [...]
More Thoughts On Why People Get Tattoos
I read an article this morning that reminded me of a draft post which I have meant to finish for quite a long time now. It was titled ‘Roy Exum: No Need For Any Tattoos‘. The author spends much of the article describing his scars in great detail and recounting the experiences that lead to [...]
Google Search Tips
I do a lot of searching for tattoo related new stories and have learned a few tricks to help streamline my search process, resulting in a much more efficient use of my time. Since I am usually searching for current new stories I do a majority of my searching on Google News rather than a [...]