First off I want to start by saying that this world is already screwed up enough without all the judging and slamming of others going on. People are entitled to their own opinions even when they disagree with yours. You don’t have to agree with everything everyone says and that’s ok.

For those of you who don’t know, Odyssey is a platform for people to write about whatever they want, a place for artistic expression if you will. These are students writing these articles, they come from all different walks of life, different backgrounds, different regions, the whole works. For you people to sit back and bash others behind a computer screen is ridiculous.

I’m usually not one to care about what other people think simply because we are all entitled to believe what we want, but on my last article alone, 10 Things You Should Stop Saying To Girls With Tattoos, there were a lot of comments that just triggered hate from readers. Don’t get me wrong there were a lot of nice comments also, but the hate ones are what I want to focus on.

What happened in your life that makes you think it is okay to completely talk shit about someone you don’t even know? These articles that I and other creators write are simply our opinion, our take on different experiences that have happened to US. With that being said, it may or may not have happened to you but discussing it respectfully is going to get me to listen to you more so than just spatting off words of hate.

So many of these comments on my past article were contradictory of themselves, it baffles me honestly. In one comment, a girl wrote how much my article annoyed her because none of these things were ever said to her.

Well, that’s because I wrote the article and they were said to me. Another girl wrote some things bashing me saying “some girl probably wrote this after getting one tiny tat” and then when someone called them out for it they responded with “Don’t act like you know me or how many tattoos I have.” I’m over here like... isn’t that the same thing you’re doing to me? And probably to others who have written articles, you don’t agree with. Don’t be a hypocrite.

The reason I love writing for Odyssey so much isn’t that I get paid because I don’t. It isn’t because it’s required for anything because it’s not. I am a Criminal Justice major and I just simply like writing. I like expressing myself, and I like sharing my experiences with others.

My articles are for my enjoyment, if you like them, awesome thank you for reading! But if you don’t, that’s fine to, but it doesn’t give you the right to bash or discredit anyone else because their opinions don’t fit your own.