I think this could have been a great piece. If it had been a piece about discovering that some tattoo parlors and artists don’t tattoo necks. And that if you’re considering getting a neck tattoo then it might be good to do research on parlors and artists and find someone that you’re comfortable with who’s willing and…

also A+ on letting this “author” go out and shame an artist doing their job and doxing him in the process. for a site that often decries the concept of online bullying, you’re doing exactly that.

Eh, a few people have brought that up and it’s kind of a non-comparison, though. A baker refusing to bake a wedding cake because it’s for a same-sex wedding is discrimination. The same baker refusing to decorate any cake with a specific message that offends his or her beliefs (no matter how narrow and stupid they are)…

Jane I love you and everything, but you’re the one in the wrong here.

Not to blow up a comment section, but I can’t stress enough that I find it disgusting that you played the misogyny card over what you felt was poor customer service. Feminism is for helping the oppressed, not for whiny middle-class college-educated white women to abuse when they don’t get what they want at a store. If…

Also, your neck tattoo of your daughter’s name is stupid and tacky, but that’s really not the point.

Plenty of artists will not tattoo you in a highly visible place unless you already have a lot of tattoos. It has nothing to do with you being a woman. I’m a man who was refused tattoos on my hands over 15 years ago at New York Adorned, and, at the time, I had large forearm tattoos and large-gauge ear plugs, as far as…

“I was still pretty upset, so I’m not sure if I told her about the advent of lasers or just thought it.”

You have the right to get a neck tattoo as much as we have the right to judge you for it. Dan didn’t want you going around telling people where you got your embarrassing neck tattoo from, that’s totally fair and seemingly a common policy among tattoo artists. He seems cool and talented, so I’m not sure what your…

I don’t know, I think I’m team Dan here. You’re paying for a service from an expert, and he gave you his expert opinion. This is a pretty common practice, and I’m not sure that it’s worth all of this outrage.

Team tattoo artist all the way here. You obviously didn’t do any research on this, didn’t understand that it is common policy not to do them at all, let alone to someone with very few tattoos, and then when he said he wouldn’t, you pressed him for an answer in a rude manner, as though you were entitled to his artistic…

First world problems, huh?

You really do come across as being petty, entitled, and all too eager to make something an issue of sex when there’s really no indication it is.

“I want this!”
“I’m not going to give you this”
“Is it cos I’m a woman?”
“No”
“Fuck you, it is. I'm gonna go on the internet and whine now and invite…

Oh, cool. Shaming an artist for practicing his craft according to his own moral principles... Tattoos are just recently being spread to the mainstream after being a cornerstone of several very underground subcultures for a long time. And, to people who fall into that subculture, it’s like having one of the few parts…

Nope. I’m behind the artist. it’s super common to have policies in place like this. a lot of artists will not do stuff like this. My tattoo artist, who is female, takes the same stance. It’s bratty and petulant and bullshit to go on a tirade and slam his work on here. grow up.

I have to say I was very grateful for my tattoo guy saying he wouldn’t put a tattoo where I wanted. I later saw someone who had a tattoo in the place I wanted mine and it looked horrible. We worked together and made a decision that we were both happy with. Go Team Tattoo Guy!

You are obviously ignorant to tattoo culture he was right to deny you that tattoo and it’s fucking rude of you to put him on blast for showing discretion and not tatting your neck. you really come off as a entitled aging hipster in this piece and congrats to your ex el p for moving on and being relevant

I am not convinced she quoted “Dan” without taking some liberties for the “art” of her story. I can imagine a number of reasons Dan wouldn’t do a neck tattoo and I could totally support him having a much stricter policy for women over men. Just reading this article made me believe she was not emotionally in a place to…

I was getting a tattoo done in a shop in Melbourne. A girl came in and wanted a barcode done on the back of her neck and the shop refused. Reasoning: barcodes tend to age REALLY badly. The lines blur and after a few years it can come out looking like a black blurry rectangle. The shop had had a few issues with people…

You have a right to get whatever you want tattooed anywhere on your body but the artist gets to decide if he’s willing to do it especially if he doesn’t know you. It’s an inconvenience to find a different artist for sure but I don’t see the situation as an attack on your judgment.

When I (a large white male) went to get my knuckles tattooed a decade ago in SF (I was well into my 20s) the artist asked me what other tattoos I had. I had sleeves, chest and torso. I understand the artist’s position. They do something that will last forever. They don’t wan to be part of someone’s mistake. Even if…