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Sydney Kearns proudly displays her Medusa tattoo. The tattoo represents her survival of sexual assault.

Inspiring message behind the Medusa tattoo trend

Clara Wicinski, Reporter October 5, 2022

A recent Tik Tok trend shows individuals tattooing Medusa on their bodies to symbolize their survival of sexual assault. Medusa is a creature from Greek mythology who was thought to have snakes for...

Tattoos

The octopus on my arm: Making the choice to ink up

Payton Moore January 26, 2015

It’s a decision often hard to make, but permanently marking one’s body with tattoos does not seem to faze students.According to a study done by the Pew Research Center in 2013, 40 percent of young...