U.S. Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC), the first woman to graduate from The Citadel, obtained nine tattoos earlier this year including a Virginia Woolf quote and launched a YouTube talk show titled 'Get Maced'. She has described the tattoos as representing pain and a means to reclaim her identity following alleged sexual trauma and family difficulties. Coverage of these events appears primarily in right-leaning outlets with no independent corroboration reported for the underlying allegations.