Last night Anna D. Shapiro became the second woman in over 68 years to win a Tony Award for best direction of a play, "August: Osage County." While that's amazing and all, I especially love that she didn't cover up the rose tattoo on her right arm for an event that's notoriously conservative, to say the least. Obviously I don't know if she did this deliberately or if this was a choice driven by the forecast (its been unbearably hot in the city the past week), nevertheless I'm glad this taboo about women with visible ink seems to be dissipating. Clearly getting tattoos that are prominently displayed does not mean your professional life is doomed (which is, as ridiculous as it sounds, a fairly popular misconception still perpetuated). So, yeah, my plans for a half-sleeve are still intact...sorry, Mom!
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Chicks with ink.
Last night Anna D. Shapiro became the second woman in over 68 years to win a Tony Award for best direction of a play, "August: Osage County." While that's amazing and all, I especially love that she didn't cover up the rose tattoo on her right arm for an event that's notoriously conservative, to say the least. Obviously I don't know if she did this deliberately or if this was a choice driven by the forecast (its been unbearably hot in the city the past week), nevertheless I'm glad this taboo about women with visible ink seems to be dissipating. Clearly getting tattoos that are prominently displayed does not mean your professional life is doomed (which is, as ridiculous as it sounds, a fairly popular misconception still perpetuated). So, yeah, my plans for a half-sleeve are still intact...sorry, Mom!
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