Rebellious Art

The New York Times says tattoos are creeping above the collarbone in mainstream culture. Oooh. The placement of the tattoos on "normal" people might be kind of new, but I thought tattoos have been "regular" for a while. I forgot I had one until someone commented on it today in the office (it's a clover on my foot). Am I just so warped that I think tattoos are OK and they aren't, or are they really more acceptable in the work place?

Growing up, I feel like all of my friends got small, meaningless tattoos. But I forgot that people in the generation ahead of us still see it as a little rebellious. Thus why stodgy old newspapers keep doing "trend stories" about "new mainstream art" like tattoos...

(Or maybe I am rebellious and I lost my frame of reference?)