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    clevernamehere: God I hate Jezebel posts about pubic hair. It is inevitable that someone will post "So, whose going to bring up pedophilia?" before anyone actually do... more »
    Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Who here epilates? more »
    lowkeylo: I think we've become way too phobic about body hair. I was utterly and completely smitten with my last boyfriend, and let me tell you, he was hairy! ... more »
    Jeremy: I had a girlfriend wax my chest once (10 years ago). After two hours of ripping with small strips, she left me alone-a bleeding, shivering mess on th... more »
    Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Okay, seriously. What is with Miss "I'm polishing something that's tarnished"??? more »
    nessalicious: You know what? I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE ELSE DOES TO THEIR PUBES. They're theirs! And I don't care to know. I don't care to be asked at a bake-off "So... more »
    KetchupFiend: OK ladies, here is my question. I would like to wax/shave my bikini line, but I am a runner and every time I do, I get horrible ingrown hairs due to t... more »
    KetchupFiend: Most awkward waxing conversation ever: whilst pouring hot wax onto my labia the aesthetician asks me, "So, what religion are you?" more »
    Gweedle: I used to get brazilians on the regular, and it really didn't hurt that bad AT ALL. It hurt bad when I would go to the cheap nail salons - and I had ... more »
    SisterRay73: Some of my utterly patriarchy-consumed sorority sisters shave EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DAY. I think the rationale they generally give has to do with with ... more »
    Hana Maru: It is not your vagina, it is your vulva that grows pubic hair. The vagina is lined with hairless mucous membrane. Vulva is external, vagina is interna... more »
    Diziet_Sma: I do it because it feels nice after. If you get a good waxer and go regulaly, it doesn't even hurt that much - you get used to it. more »
    mbot says Spock yeah!: I'd been vaguely considering getting some kind of professional waxing for awhile, but this video really settles it for me. I'll keep my muff and spen... more »
    MrPipeline: Gillette Fusion Power razor ladies! Never wax again! It's amazing! Something about the vibrating head makes it so you don't get ingrowns; you can even... more »
    ginseng_you_sing: The few Brazilians that I've had, the only really painful part was the waxing above the clitoris. The labia, ass, everything else was smooth sailing f... more »
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    Slap! Ooorgh! Pow! Kaboom! Rrrrip! Film Explores Pubic Waxing

    The best thing about this excerpt from Why We Wax, Kimberly M. Wetherell and Amy Axelson's 19-minute documentary about pubic hair removal, has to be the onomatopoeia the interview subjects use to describe the sensations of a Brazilian. More »
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    Brazilian Waxes: The Trend That Never Really Existed

    There's a page-view-baiting essay in Salon today about how, because of the recession and widely acknowledged creepiness, women are going retrobush and shunning Brazilian waxes. But!