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Daily Archives: June 3, 2013

Shave ’em Dry: Making Your Privates More Public

03 Monday Jun 2013

Posted by reyes in Body Image, Gender

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body hair, Body Image, conformity, emer o'toole, feminism, hair, large labia project, legs, razor, shave, shave pubes, Shaving, smooth legs, whiteness

We all shave. Or, we all have shaved, or we will shave. Maybe we’re waxing our legs before we go out; maybe we’re shaving our beards in the morning. Maybe twice a week, or twice a month, or once a day.

But we do it.

We shave for ourselves. We might shave for our lovers. And maybe, we might shave to avoid ridicule, judgment, and uncomfortable looks. We shave to showcase our gender presentation. Hair holds our pride, our cultural identity, and signifies our stress level. We shave to fit in, and we shave to bust out. And spoiler: I believe that shaving, or not shaving, can be a great tool for self-expression (both gendered and ungendered). And I wanted to talk about why I shave, why I don’t always shave, and why it’s a choice.

Obviously, because I’m writing this, there’s some explicit language, and I’m gonna talk about nether often-soft-as-a-feather parts. And speaking of, this is going to be a two-part-er.

Here we go.

Into darkness. Continue reading →

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