I spent some time this week trying to research my topic and realizing that it’s actually kind of difficult. I did some online research and came across some examples of song lyric tattoos with little explanations of their importance, but I’m not finding a lot of scholarly articles. I did sit down with some of the books on Reserve but wasn’t finding much. I did think it was cool, though, in the Atkinson reading on straightedge tattooing that the lyrics of a song called “Out of Step (With the World)” by Minor Threat sparked this whole culture of straightedge and certainly inspired tattoos to represent their values of “don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t fuck. At least I can fucking think,” which were both the song lyrics and the motto of this straightedge philosophy. I’m looking forward to doing more research on this specific topic and my project in general.