body hair

A woman with grown out armpit hair
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No, body hair is not unhygienic

Michelle Young February 21, 2024

“Eww, you have more hair than me,” said multiple teenage boys during my high school years. While looking back, such an opinion is probably the least of my worries, but the reactions of disgust toward my body hair have been burned into my psyche for years. It was always something — the arm hair, the peach fuzz, the “unibrow.” This isn’t an uncommon experience for many women, who have reported “bushy unibrows, thick leg hair, upper lip fuzz and coarse locks made them feel othered — and ugly — when they were 12.”  An article by NBC News explained that…

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My Version of Feminine

EIC January 29, 2017

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he last time I shaved my legs was on July 11, 2012. I can't pinpoint exactly why I stopped. I just didn't feel like doing it anymore. One week passed, then two, and before I knew it, months were going…

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