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[...] why one person can have an “I am nobody” tattoo from Sylvia Plath and someone else can have an “I am I am I am” tattoo from Sylvia Plath–it shows how we all treat stories and writing [...]

By: brandi

brandi — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:50:09 +0000

Because that’s what matters, Hoss. I’m sure you’ve heard of an invention called sleeves, eh?

By: Jack L. Glenn

Jack L. Glenn — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 05:51:48 +0000

I like it.

She said bray first–referencing the sound and the onomatopoeiac verb, not the abstract verb brag.

Doesn’t it sound like the bray (i.e. of a donkey)?

Pretty self-reference here in ink.
–An English professor.

By: Mena

Mena — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:23:27 +0000

What is a “pissant”?

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 05:45:56 +0000

I LOVE IT!!! <3

By: Al

Al — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 03:29:44 +0000

plath was a self indulgent pissant

By: Elfi

Elfi — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:57:20 +0000

Why are people so mean about this tattoo? It’s cool and original and I dont see how it would prevent her from getting a good job.

By: hoss

hoss — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 10:00:06 +0000

rough translation : “Hi. I never want to make more than $35,000 a year.” Great job…

By: meelie

meelie — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:40:08 +0000

it depends on the edition!
early editions read as ‘bray’ but it was later thought to be ‘brag’, and so corrected.
some are more popular than the other in certain regions.
depends on your publication!
i’ve found more European copies refer to the word ‘bray’, but I have found a couple with ‘brag’.

i wonder if there’s any difinitive answer?
i’d avoid getting it thought if there was a dispute or uncertainty.
a nice concept still :)

By: lu

lu — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:37:31 +0000

about “brag” or “bray”: there are two versions of the quote depending on which copy of the book you have.

By: FAIL

FAIL — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:03:59 +0000

OH EMM GEE WAT A TOTALLY EMO TATOO

enjoy your lifelong memory of something stupid you did when you were younger, and supposedly “smarter.” once you grow up, you’ll probably wonder why in the name of all that is carbon did you do something so stupid.

roflocopters, even.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:24:58 +0000

I’m not dissing, I swear. I love this tattoo. But I just looked in the book, and my copy says brag.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:05:52 +0000

It actually is “brag”, not “bray”. I’m looking at it in print right now.

By: Prescott

Prescott — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:20:09 +0000

Alex please tell me you are trolling and don’t actually think that.

Gaman, I lold.

By: alex

alex — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:45:07 +0000

it’s “brag” not “bray”

By: Gaman

Gaman — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:55:51 +0000

cool tat. hope you don’t get to fall asleep in the oven though …

By: seriously

seriously — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:47:34 +0000

it is quoted correctly…besides the i part..

By: ohgod

ohgod — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:37:04 +0000

Seriously? You got a tattoo of a bunch of Sylvia Plath garbage, and you couldn’t even bother to quote her correctly? EPIC FAIL.

By: mb

mb — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:48:22 +0000

love it..is it a font the artist created itself or a pc font, i.e. can you tell me where to get it?

By: Autumn

Autumn — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:11:09 +0000

The only word I can come up with at the moment is awesome, but that is such a pitiful excuse for the internal feeling that the tattoo itsself manifested in me. How profoud…