Comments on: Kids' librarian literary sleeve tattoo

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:24:00 +0000

A lot of my classmates in library school had tattoos, although most of them didn’t have any literary significance. They were cool all the same. Tattoos aren’t for me, but I am always happy to see tattooed librarians; the sight alone makes people rethink their outdated ideas about librarians.

By: tat2x

tat2x — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:34:00 +0000

Nice work, let’s hear it for librarians!

By: Stolid

Stolid — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:51:00 +0000

This librarian is super awesome. Instant CRUSH.

By: Doobie Brothers

Doobie Brothers — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:58:00 +0000

Full measure dedication. Nice.

By: phuzz

phuzz — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:45:00 +0000

I met a bloke recently who had ‘Where the wild things are’ tattooed across the small of his back (ie, a picture of the characters, not the words).
It was really nice work, although he’d got the artist to miss out one of the monsters because it had scared him as a kid :)

By: Heather Warren

Heather Warren — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:12:00 +0000

Thanks again for visiting today, Cory, and for your interest in my tattoo! For the record, I *did* jump up and down and make squee-type noises at several points in the day — spot-on observation from a previous commenter. :)

For the admirers, the work isn’t totally done. It was Bird’s idea for the illustrations to appear torn out of the books, and each segment needs to be completed before it can all be tied together.

Ladyfingers- Thanks for the food for thought, but I’m pretty sure my tattoo doesn’t involve infantilism on my behalf. These aren’t cartoon characters or rainbows or fairies or anything (though I personally try very hard not to judge *anyone’s* body art) – they are iconic children’s book illustrations and, as long as I am lucky, my profession is as a children’s librarian. These illustrations and the stories that go along with them are not cutesy… they are all quite deep and have been chosen for many personal reasons, none of which involve weakening myself in the eyes of men. I also know many men who have tattoos featuring illustrations from some of the same books.

Thanks everyone for your comments!

Heather Warren
Children’s Librarian
Philadelphia, PA

By: Ladyfingers

Ladyfingers — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:56:00 +0000

http://julieklausner.tumblr.com/post/6331886267/dont-fear-the-dowager-a-valentine-to-maturity-an

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:38:00 +0000

I want to squeeze her and take her home and keep her.

By: ravenlunatick

ravenlunatick — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:34:00 +0000

Graciously allowed – I like that. It probably took all her willpower not to jump up and down, flap her hands, and squeal. :)

By: Felix Tannenbaum

Felix Tannenbaum — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:40:00 +0000

instant crush.

By: Stephanie B

Stephanie B — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:37:00 +0000

Tattooed librarians unite!

I’m betting most tattooed librarian have some sort of literary reference (I know mine does)

By: Jens Reuterberg

Jens Reuterberg — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:29:00 +0000

My husband, a librarian in a small school library outside of Gothenburg has a tattoo of the bumblebee from the Swedish kids story Dunderklumpen… perhaps librarians do this allot when they get tattooed?

By: digi_owl

digi_owl — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:11:00 +0000

The world needs more people like her.