In this episode, hosts Parthvi & Anya get candid about...yes, you guessed it! ...SHAVING!

Where did this societal shame of hair on women’s bodies come from? If you guessed CAPITALISM you guessed right.

When they think back to when they started becoming more aware of our body hair, they realized the media had a lot to do with it.

The way the media portrayed hairless women as being free, happy and desired only after having shaved their legs with a single swipe in a TV commercial...Seriously? How could one not have a complex about body hair at 13 years old?

As we progress with time though, we’re seeing female body hair represented a lot more in Media. Particularly on Instagram with famous models and actresses speaking out against body hair shamers and accepting the fuzz. But, let's be real here, their fuzz and our fuzz are different types of fuzz. We're not sure if we posted a photo of our hairy pits on IG that we would get the same response. But to be fair, we have seen more and more WOC embracing their body hair and making it cool. And we love that for them.

So, why in this day and age of the feminist, do we still feel pressured by ourselves to whip out our razors when things get too hairy? Are we being “bad feminists” by not fighting against the patriarchy?

The truth is that body hair is a very personal thing and we need to get over judging each other for what we choose to do with it. That, in itself, is fighting the patriarchy.

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