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Some good news in dire times: Apparently, women will no longer be expected to buff their pubic region to the smooth, hairless sheen favored by porn stars, plastic dolls, and pre-pubescent girls.
In an article in Salon, Lisa Germinsky puns her way to the point (Bush is back! But not in the White House!) that many women are no longer willing to pay strangers lots of money to pour hot wax onto their genitals:
It should probably come as no surprise that the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression would inspire a little fuzz. Conspicuous spending is out, after all. And maintaining a stripper-worthy wax job ain't cheap.
"It's back to shaving in the shower for me," says Catlin, a brand manager for a Los Angeles fashion label."
"It's a fortune to keep a trim bush," bemoans Meredith, a healthcare marketing executive."
"But it isn't just hard times driving this trend. After seeing the shaved beav of nearly every pop tart, after years of porn going mainstream, isn't the thrill of the bare vage getting a little stale? If not, you know, creepy?"
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"I first took a lady Schick to my bikini line sometime during the second term of the Reagan administration. The process guaranteed unpleasantries: razor burn and in-grown hairs, not to mention the constant and necessary repetition. But in time, with increased skill, the invention of the gazillion-blade razor and ladies-only shave gel, I gave the task little thought. Until I moved to New York City, of course, where highlights from a New Jersey mall and a "natural" brow were the sartorial equivalents of hate crime. Eventually, seduced by the city's indulgent carelessness, I let Sonya and her thick imported Brazilian wax have their way with me. My lady garden -- once lush -- now lay nearly bare. And for years, that's how it stayed: a tiny patch of hair, not dissimilar to Hitler's mustache.
But in recent months, I've longed for the fuller landscape of yesteryear. While I've become accustomed to some benefits of the Brazilian -- it does clear a nice path for action -- I'm aching for change. The act itself is invasive. I'm feeling a little rebellious. And, hey, money is tight.
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