How to Be Pretty in Iran
Mehrnoush Shafiei's grandmother Hamdam Farahani was the youngest of five daughters growing up in what is now part of…
No, Shaving Will Not Make Your Bush Grow Back Bushier Than Ever
Around the time you reached adolescence, someone likely introduced you to the idea that shaving unwelcome body hair…
Chinese Women Take Selfies to Show Off Their Armpit Hair
Women in China are bombarding social media with pictures of their unshaven armpits.
Fifty Shades' Real Problem: Jamie Dornan Is Hotter Than Christian Grey
The Fifty Shades of Grey trailer is upon us, and while it doesn't reveal much from the Red Room of Pain, it does…
Why Do You Really Shave Your Legs?
This video asks an age-old question that I'm sure lots of us have asked ourselves every time we nick our skin on…
Meet the Woman Who Straight-Up Rocks a Beard
Harnaam Kaur is a 23-year-old teaching assistant from the U.K. And it so happens that she proudly sports a beard. "It's…
You Must Read This Passionate Manifesto on Women's Butt Hair
I keep saying I'm done writing or reading or thinking about the politics of body hair. I don't think the conversation…
Pubic Hair Grooming Injuries Have Increased Fivefold
In our time, uncertainty over What Should Be Done With Our Pubes has launched one thousand feminist think pieces (and,…
Nobody Took Movember as Seriously as This Dude Took Movember
He wins, right? Unless you can show me something more amazing than a full cat portrait, this dude is taking home the…
Some Men Shave Their Legs but We Are All Going to Be Okay
Grab your exorcism kits, fellow women: some sort of terrible deamon has found its way into the heart of at least five…
Body Hair: You're Doing It Wrong
If there are two things I know about body hair, they're that 1) it's hair and it grows out of your body; and 2) no…
This Is What We Talk About When We Talk About Pubes
We'll probably be discussing pubic hair until there's a nuclear apocalypse and all the hair burns off our bodies. And…
Shiny Legs, Shared Makeup, and Public Ogling: My Day With Gillette
Body hair removal is a waste of time and money. Shaving is a Sisyphean task. (Is that too hyperbolic? I get really…
Are Your Pubes Like a Topiary? Here's the Pinterest for You
Schick Quattro for Women (tagline: "Trim Style") hopes women will use its razors to shave their pubes into pretty…
All The Cool Kids Are Getting Mustache Implants
A mustache is a man's best friend, at least according to the ironic novelty holiday gift table at Urban Outfitters…
In His Cockshot, Weiner Votes For Hairlessness
Can a congressman survive once people on the Internet have seen his apparently waxed balls? It's a whole new level of…
1870s DIY Depilatory Creams Featured Lye And Arsenic
Household almanac Youman's Dictionary of Every-day Wants: Containing Twenty Thousand Receipts in Nearly Every…
The Only Mustaches Women Can Have Are Milk Mustaches
The issue here, for us, is not that the woman has a stache; it's that she has a weird, manicured Mr. Belvedere stache.…
Learning To Shave Like A Man
My wife recently bought me an electric razor. After years of shaving my feminine legs with Gillette Venus disposables,…
Leg Work: Body Hair Is Not Always A Statement
Apropos of Mo'Nique's legs and Amanda Palmer's pits, the Times has written a piece on what it means for women to be…