you look her in the eye and watch her cry

[cimorene]

i can't possibly be growing new hair as fast as i'm losing it.

there appears to be live acoustic music on the quad outside my window. this just annoys me. oh no, wait, maybe it's gone now? yeah. good, good. i sorted all my laundry to do it--off day, you know, and discovered i only have 75 cents, when it takes a dollar for a load. i also have plenty of time to walk to the bank today (and deposit the checks), but nooooo, it's closed. hm. oh, well.

ok, now, shaved legs. is it just me, or does this make no sense whatsoever? i do it, sure. i'm a slave to culture. but. it's a pain; it hurts, occasionally; and the end result is... legs without hair? ok. who decided lack of hair is preferable for women in all cases except the top of our heads and when? i've heard it was gillette in america in wwii, because they needed someone to buy their razors. of course, that's also when nylon was being rationed and women started using dark fake tanner to look like panty hose and drawing seams down the backs of their legs with eyeliner (wtf???). ok, so. then, the leg hair is good in the winter: it's warm. in the summer, i'd think not getting cut or getting nasty ingrown hairs'd be enough motivation. leg hair is not actually empirically ugly (take off your tinted cultural goggles for a moment), unless it's been shaved and is growing back in a petulant and bristly manner.

Comments

[hollsh.livejournal.com]

*throws down her razor in disgust*

LONG LIVE THE HAIRY BUSHWOMAN!!!!

[loreleif.livejournal.com]

Can you go rant at my mother for me, please? -g- In almost every other respect of my life, she is perfectly able and willing to realise I'm an adult, but you would be amazed at the unliberated, culturally dependent whining I get about not shaving my legs! Sheesh.

For the record, I have no idea who decided shaved legs are good. But I say we all refuse to do it, and just set a new standard of beauty. :P

</end quasi-feminist rant>

[ex-shadowleo520.livejournal.com]

I honestly agree with you. It's the evil patriarchy at work, screwing us over. As usual. T_T However, culture presses in on me, and I shave too... And every flipping time, I cut myself. On accident. It gets really annoying.

*Really* quickly.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree that it's not a "turn-off" for women to have hair on their legs, but at the same time, it's a "turn-on" for me to feel her smooth leg. However, this is just one humble man's opinion.

Steve

[cimness.livejournal.com]

yeah... i like the way it feels too. but maybe i've just been brainwashed! =-O