The film’s director and photographer, Ashley Armitage, who also directed Project Body Hair, echoes these feelings. “In our film we wanted to normalize pubic hair because it’s exactly that—normal,” she says. “Body hair grows on people of all genders and it doesn’t suddenly become ‘gross’ or ‘unhygienic’ when it is on a woman, trans woman,…
Let’s get one thing straight: There’s no right or wrong way to wear your pubic hair. How much you have down there is a purely personal choice (there are benefits to having it, FYI). But if you prefer to rely on shaving and trimming—with the occasional bikini wax thrown in for good measure—know that taking…
Beauty standards about pubic hair have come a long way in the last few years. Once viewed as taboo, having anything other than a Brazilian is finally losing its stigma. (To wit: Just last month, a razor brand debuted ads that actually show female body hair in them, a first for the industry.) Its normalization…
Just as hair trends make their way in and out of pop culture, our habits with the hair we have down there are constantly in flux. Yeah, we’re talking about pubic hair. Maybe it’s because everything’s under wraps, but exactly what everyone else is doing with their pubes has always held a special grill-your-closest-friends-about-it fascination.…