It’s been a month since I took one of the biggest risks of my life: getting a tattoo. I had been planning it for a while. I’d scroll through Pinterest and romanticize the idea of ink permanently ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kenny Jary of the social media account Patriotic Kenny. It has been edited for length and clarity. Back in the day, I always said that I wanted a ...

Damn few human beings are blessed with a body as perfect as mine. So, I’m very choosy about how I decorate it. That’s why, when I decided to get the first ink on my septuagenarian hide, I asked my ...