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portraits-of-america: “ “They’re cool mementos. I remember who I was with when I got every single one. I remember who did them and why I thought each one was cool at the time, even if I don’t like them anymore now. There’s a stigma on tattoos that...
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     “They’re cool mementos. I remember who I was with when I got every single one. I remember who did them and why I thought each one was cool at the time, even if I don’t like them anymore now. There’s a stigma on tattoos that eventually you’re going to regret them. There are tattoos that I wouldn’t get now—things I’m not interested anymore because my style or my life has changed. I have a lot of matching tattoos with people who were my friends, and maybe we’ve lost touch since then so they’re not important people in my life anymore. But at that point in time they were. Because I have those tattoos, they remind me of who I was then and why I liked them—which I think is great.” 

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was that your tattoos will never mean as much to you as in that precise moment you get them. So be ok with that!

Here’s the truth: friendships between women are often the deepest and most profound love stories, but they are often discussed as if they are ancillary, “bonus” relationships to the truly important ones. Women’s friendships outlast jobs, parents, husbands, boyfriends, lovers, and sometimes children…it’s possible to transcend the limits of your skin in a friendship…This kind of friendship is not a frivolous connection, a supplementary relationship to the ones we’re taught and told are primary – spouses, children, parents. It is love…Support, salvation, transformation, life: this is what women give to one another when they are true friends, soul friends
Emily Rapp   (via albinwonderland)

(Source: thefemcritique)

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