Why Put a Bumper Sticker on a Ferrari? »

By Lisa Khoury

…An elegant woman does not vandalize the temple she has been blessed with as her body. She appreciates it. She flaunts it. She’s not happy with it? She goes to the gym. She dresses it up in lavish, fun, trendy clothes, enjoying trips to the mall with her girlfriends. She accentuates her legs with high heels. She gets her nails done. She enjoys the finer things in life, all with the body she was blessed with. But marking it up with ink? That’s just not necessary.

Jezebel brought this article to my attention. I would like the author of the column Lisa Khoury to know that I love my 3 tattoos. I know some people may find the bat tattooed on my ankle to be ridiculous and a stupid mistake, but I don’t care. Every time I see that bat, I smile. I’ve had it for 5 or 6 years, and I still don’t regret it. I don’t like how Khoury says my body is a beautiful temple that can turn heads, and I shouldn’t desecrate it permanently with ink, thus making myself less classy. I write thank you notes, I say please and thank you, and I watch PBS — wouldn’t you say these are “classy” activities?

And if I had a Ferrari, it would have a bumper sticker on it — an Obama 2012 bumper sticker. And I’d still feel classy.

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