Environmental studies
Junior
“I think some of them are really cool, but then also some of them look really bad. Butt tattoos are cool, because they’re funny and no one can see them.”
Gaby Aleman — #TeamTatted
Public policy and Latin American studies
Sophomore
“I have a tattoo of a Sri Lankan moonstone. It’s an architectural piece found in Buddhist monasteries, they’re basically just these really big stone slabs you find on the floor. I took a gap year and I traveled throughout Asia, so I was in Sri Lanka, and it just really spoke to me in terms of like the meaning of it. It has to do with sort of getting through different trials throughout life, and I picked my feet because every time I ever looked down at one of these architectural pieces, like the moonstones, I was always looking down at my feet. I think it’d be cool to maybe have like a half-sleeve at some point in my life, but I don’t have anything concrete.”
Connor Goggin — Not Yatted
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Public policy and political science
Senior
“I’ve always wanted to get one, but like, it’s permanent. If I get it and I don’t like it, then I’m gonna be like, ‘Oh shit.’ I just feel like there’s so much out there, and then there’s all the basic tattoos that look cool, but would you really want that for the rest of your life? No. You may get it and you’ll look cool when you’re young, but you get older and it’s just gonna look like shit. My aunt actually got a tattoo — she’s like crazy — she got a love heart on her ass and now that she got fat it turned into a circle.”
Patricia Sahhar — #TeamSoonToBeTatted
Psychology
Junior
“I do plan on getting one in the next year. I haven’t decided yet, it’s in the works. I think I do want to get a chicken nugget on my butt. My parents did say that they would stop paying for college if I got a tattoo, so it’s gonna be on my butt so they’ll never see.”
Alex Neal — Not Yatted
Management and society
Senior
“I’m a very temporary person. I’ve always had ideas about getting a tattoo, but I’ve always ended up changing my mind because I just feel like later down the road I’m not gonna want it. So I don’t want to spend money on something and then not want it. I’ve never wanted one that was visible, to be honest. Whenever I’ve thought about getting a tattoo, it was more like certain spots on the body that I found like sexually appealing. I just wanted like a big lion on my chest. I wanted a big lion chest like growling and stuff, it was a really dope idea. Like I said, I might want it now, but like 40 years down the road, I don’t know.”
JP Zalaquett — Not Yatted
Biology and music
Junior
“My friend has an outline of the state of North Carolina on his butt, and I think it’s hilarious. I’m just worried about regretting them when I’m older. I don’t want to have saggy, wrinkly skin with a faded tattoo on it.”
Lydia Odom — #TeamSoonToBeTatted
Environmental studies
Junior
“I want to get one on my wrist. I’m not sure what I want to get yet, but that’s the location for sure. I just want to decide and be set on what I want for like a solid year.”
BONUS TEACHER ROUND:
Julia Wall #TeamHellaTatted
School of Media and Journalism Lecturer
Class of 2013 graduate
“I have a tattoo of a seahorse on my arm, I have some flowers tattooed on my ribs, and I have several tiny stick and poke tattoos, and one more on the back of my left leg, and another on the inside of my right leg. I have a lot of tattoos. I got my first tattoo the summer after I graduated from college. One of them is a friendship tattoo, like three of my really good girlfriends also have the same one, so probably that one (is my favorite). But I think style-wise my favorite one is the first one that I got, which is the seahorse. But in terms of sentimentality, I think the friendship one is my favorite.”
Long story short: UNC students love butt tattoos.
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