Change (feat. Tattoos)
My mom bought me my first tattoo. She has a few herself, but my dad was pretty against me having any at first. Despite this, my parents love Ink Master. I'm not sure when they decided they were qualified to critique tattoos, but I can hear them make their best educated guess on who should be eliminated. Bear with me when I tell you: my dad is very conservative. He is the type of old white man that agrees with Tea Party values. He does not believe humans have anything to do with climate change. He thinks BLM is a terrorist organization. He once argued with me (to tears, I was very angry) over my cousin's gender identity because I tried to explain I do not get to label someone else. I am a sociology/anthropology major who is very socially Democratic (he likes to say bleeding heart liberal/heathen), as a millennial minority is wont to do. Tonight as they were watching Ink Master: Angels , a Black person introduced themselves as an intersex transgender genderqueer femme. Normally,...