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Tattoo

I got my first tattoo when I was twenty. It was the year 2012 and I had just started my first semester at university in back home and I felt like I needed to step out of my comfort zone and do something, nobody expected me to go through with. My first tattoo was a tiny music note behind my ear. Rebellious, I know. But, it was not about being rebellious or showing everyone, that I did something in that matter. I got that particular tattoo, because I wanted it for myself. Music saved my life and the relationship I have with music is personal and I wanted to express that on myself, through my skin, but I did not necessarily wanted to share that with the world in an obvious matter.
My second tattoo I gave myself as a birthday present in 2015, for my twenty third birthday.  This time I got a tattoo in my forearm, a spot, where it can actually be seen. This time, I was trying to send a message to the world. I got a lipstick with the banner "war paint". That tattoo sends a feminist message, which is a very important cause to me, and anyone, who knows me a little, knows I am obsessed with lipstick (I own about seventy).
My tattoos both have meaning to me and are telling a story about me, without having to say a word.

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