This tattoo, which covers my upper right arm, was done by Joey Ortega at the Triple Crown Tattoo Parlor in Austin, TX
It is at once a nod to Greek mythology (particularly the strength, wisdom, fierceness and dedication to justice that the goddess Athena represents) and Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and serves a very loud “fuck you” to those who support/pass legislature that robs me of my bodily agency and restricts my reproductive rights.
“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.”
Don’t let the bastards grind you down.