If I lived my life according to the imperatives of women’s magazines—and their frequent exhortations on brow upkeep—I would find myself guilty of gross neglect. I’ve never had my eyebrows shaped, plucked, threaded, waxed, filled in, tinted, drawn on, or otherwise groomed. And I’m OK with that. More than OK—I’m downright happy with it. It’s other […]
I realize that my answers to these questions could shape my daughter’s entire attitude toward her own body and self-image because I am, essentially, her living role model. I knew the day would come. The dreaded moment when my daughter would question the things I do in the bathroom, in front of the mirror, or […]
I’ll take “interesting” over “pretty” any day. Warm weather is finally here, which also means wedding season is upon us. With it, there is a special burden on the appearance of women and gender non-conforming folks. The biggest question for me is always: Will I shave my leg hair this time? People have mostly gotten […]
Women spend more than $10,000 on hair removal over their life; 95% of women under 30 remove some to all of their pubic hair. Why? Every year pubic hair is declared “back”—from the Daily Magazine in 2012, to the Telegraph in 2013, to Women’s Health Magazine in 2014, to Alternet in 2015. But is it really? How does pubic hair […]
There, half-naked on the table, I heard my esthetician’s muffled voice coming from somewhere below my waist to ask, “You don’t remember me, do you?” Back when I was having sex on a fairly regular basis, I decided to get adventurous and change up my normal grooming regimen of letting things down there lie fallow […]
