Tattooed Librarians

By Miss Cellania in Body Modifications on Aug 3, 2009 at 9:30 am

The Texas Library Association is selling a 2010 calendar called “The Tattooed Ladies of TLA.” Twenty-one librarians show off their tats over 18 months. The calendar is a fundraiser to assist libraries that are still recovering from damage caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

“It was just a fun thing to do,” said Gretchen Hoffmann, 42, who turned up the heat as Miss August 2010 by posing on a row boat, a purple boa strategically draped to highlight the starfish tattoo on her upper back. “I like the idea that the calendars are stereotype-busters. You don’t usually see [librarians] as tattooed and sexy. We’re not the little old ladies who walk around with buns.”

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  1. Kalel
    Aug 3rd, 2009 at 11:11 am

    Nothing like a bit of ink between the covers.

  2. Evan
    Aug 3rd, 2009 at 11:26 am

    What do you mean we don’t think of Librarians as sexy?!

    Every nerd’s fantasy!

  3. SenorMysterioso
    Aug 3rd, 2009 at 11:35 am

    I always think of librarians as sexy, sadly Ive yet to meet a one that lives up to the fantasy.

    Visions of a leggy bookworm letting her hair down in slow motion and flinging off her glasses

  4. John
    Aug 3rd, 2009 at 1:28 pm

    I’ve been trying to convince my co-workers that we should all get tattoos.

    @SenorMysterioso: the goods are odd but the odds are good with librarians.

  5. Kath
    Aug 22nd, 2009 at 10:35 pm

    I have three tattoos, two in highly visible spots. People are often surprised to hear I am a librarian.

    Eventually, I hope to have a LOT more ink.


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