From my podcast, you can expect to learn about an event called Take Back the Night hosted by the club, Women Organizing Against Harassment, otherwise known as WOAH. While listening to the podcast you will see that I slowly get into the event name by introducing the listeners to a change that needs to be made, more specifically, a change that needs to be made in the way that women are treated. I then talk about my organization and the amazing event that they put on once a year.

“Women Organizing Against Harassment.” Rutgers Central Authentication Service (CAS)

rutgers.campuslab.com/engage/organization/WOAH

“You Must Be The Change You Want To See In The World”, M.K. Gandhi, May 21, 2013

Maria Lozano Marioloz.wordpress.com

Cara Smith The Scarlet Knights https://thescarletknights.car.blog

Erika Etkine erikaetkine.wordpress.com https://erikaetkine.wordpress.com

Jessica Plante-Campbell travellingfoodie.food.blog https://travellingfoodie.food.blog

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These memes relate to the topic of my website because clearly, they have everything to do with tattoos. The memes that I chose are funny ways to depict what almost every person who has tattoos thinks while getting or after getting a tattoo. The first meme that I chose is a funny representation about what the placement of your tattoo means. Obviously, this is just for fun and it shouldn’t be taken to seriously, but when you think about the placement of your tattoo, it is kind of accurate to what the meme is saying it means. The second meme that I chose is of an owl and the message says, “That initial feeling when the needle first touches the skin”. The owls eyes are super wide and it looks like its in pain. This is funny because in my experience, whenever I get a new tattoo I always kind of forget what the needle feels like so I’m always taken by surprise. This meme is an accurate representation of me when I get a tattoo. The last meme that I chose is talking about how not every tattoo needs meaning. This meme actually means a lot to me because I have a couple of tattoos that don’t have any meaning at all besides the fact that I liked to tattoo. A lot of people (mostly people who don’t have tattoos) are taken by surprise to hear that some of my tattoo do not have any meaning.

Here is the header image that I designed for my blog. Immediately after seeing my header, it is known that my site is going to have something to do with tattoos. I decided on going with a colorful background with black and white images to show a contrast. The reason I chose the background that I did was because its abstract and creative. Typically, people who get tattoo are pretty creative. A lot of the time people don’t get tattoos that have obvious reasoning behind it. This made me want to chose a background that is more abstract. As far as the two images of the art pieces, I really wanted to show something that expressed the “art” factor of tattoos. A lot of the time, people who are against tattoos forget that they are a form of art. And sometimes, people just want to express an art piece on their body. I found all three of my images using creative commons and then through google. I know that I am allowed to reuse them because I made sure to look at the copyright information underneath each image. The production process of making this header was actually quite difficult. Finally, after the fourth or fifth time of restarting, I got it right. The hardest part really was the layering of the images. Once I finally realized that all I had to do was copy and paste the images, the rest came pretty easy. One thing that I really took away from Manovich’s article was the use of sharpening images. I sharpened both of the images used because I feel  like it made the line-work of the tattoos stand out more. It really made a big difference from beginning to end. Especially since there is a lot going on in the background, I think sharpening both images made them stand out a lot more. In Davidson’s article about Microsoft paint, he explains that he can tell when am image it put together through copy and paste. ” The image is sparse and dominated by a default white background. The exact repetition by the seated figure implies the use of ‘copy’ and ‘paste'” (Davidson 10). Pixlr editor is so much more advanced than Microsoft paint and ‘copy’ and ‘paste’ is still such an important aspect. Some things just never change.

My name is Sarah, welcome to my blog! Every since I was little, I’ve always had a fascination with tattoos; probably because my entire family has tattoos. I always caught myself starring at stranger tattoos when they would walk by (I still do this). The rule in my family always was that we were allowed to get our first tattoo when we are 17 years old, just as long as we find something that we want and have our heart set on it for a full year. My parents never wanted us to get something that we would one day regret, so they figured a year was a good amount of time to think about something. For the year leading up to my 17th birthday, I created exactly what I wanted to be my first tattoo, and stared at the picture every single day. I could not wait until my 17th birthday. You always hear about the pain that comes with getting a tattoo, but that never scared me away from getting it. Ever since my first tattoo, I became even more fascinated. When I turned 18, I got more and more. You could say I got a little addicted. Some have a lot of meaning to them, and some don’t (but I don’t really believe all tattoos need a meaning). I believe that tattoos are a way to express yourself, as well as give yourself a little more individuality. They are also always a conversation starter. This blog is going to showcase my tattoos, my friends tattoos, and some tattoos that I’ve stumbled upon that I just really like. I will give a detailed description on the pain level of different areas of the body (from my experience) as well as the meaning behind certain tattoos. I hope you enjoy my blog!

http://www.inkedmag.com/tattooed-model-brieane-pace/

These photos were found using the google advanced search. “Fair use is more likely to be found when the copyrighted work is “transformed” into something new or of new utility or meaning…” (Fair Use).