Taylor Paige Courtenay, a 27-year-old from South Devon, England, is pushing back against critics—especially from the older generation—who say she’ll regret her extensive tattoos when she’s older. Covered in ink from her neck to her legs, Courtenay embraces her body art as personal expression and says it makes her happy, despite judgment from strangers online.

In TikTok posts, she admits she’s not “the girl men take home to their parents,” but says she’s content being herself. Responding to comments like “your tattoos won’t look good at 60,” she claps back: “Bold of you to assume you even look good at 60.”