Bye bye, Brazilian: Backlash to the bare bikini line has begun

[Ideologue]

How the hell's that a rant?

It's a rant for the reason I already explained.  Nobody is forcing her to do shit.  Quit blubbering about being oppressed.

Ok, I read it despite her fat acceptance bullshit (a fad that I declare Over, because it is harmful to everyone).  It's not a rant.  She doesn't talk about oppression.  She's just discussing how fashion is shitty and for shitty people.

[Admiral Yi]

Ok, I read it despite her fat acceptance bullshit (a fad that I declare Over, because it is harmful to everyone).  It's not a rant.  She doesn't talk about oppression.  She's just discussing how fashion is shitty and for shitty people.

It strikes me that telling a woman exactly what she should do with her vaginal bush is about as contrary to the spirit of feminism as bidding for pictures of Lena Dunham's un-Photoshopped body (hello, feminist website Jezebel). If a woman wants to get waxed before going on a beach holiday, that hardly seems worth a war crimes trial, and ditto if she doesn't. To say that the only way a mons pubis can be sexy is if it is hairless is both gross and untrue; to say that it must be fully haired up in order to be properly womanly is similarly unhelpfully absolutist. Feminism is about giving women choice, and surely there is no choice more central to the cause than what she does with her vagina. I hope bikini waxes are over in the fashion sense so that women no longer feel they have to get them to appear trendy, but it seems fair enough for them still to exist. So, yes, I declare them Over. But they will always be an option.

What do you call this?

[Capetan Mihali]

I liked it. 

[Sheilbh]

Ok, I read it despite her fat acceptance bullshit (a fad that I declare Over, because it is harmful to everyone).  It's not a rant.  She doesn't talk about oppression.  She's just discussing how fashion is shitty and for shitty people.

And the tone is light-hearted and funny. Plus it's agony aunt-ish. Asked if it's over the answer is yes, but you want to get waxed then go wild.

[Ideologue]

Ok, I read it despite her fat acceptance bullshit (a fad that I declare Over, because it is harmful to everyone).  It's not a rant.  She doesn't talk about oppression.  She's just discussing how fashion is shitty and for shitty people.

It strikes me that telling a woman exactly what she should do with her vaginal bush is about as contrary to the spirit of feminism as bidding for pictures of Lena Dunham's un-Photoshopped body (hello, feminist website Jezebel). If a woman wants to get waxed before going on a beach holiday, that hardly seems worth a war crimes trial, and ditto if she doesn't. To say that the only way a mons pubis can be sexy is if it is hairless is both gross and untrue; to say that it must be fully haired up in order to be properly womanly is similarly unhelpfully absolutist. Feminism is about giving women choice, and surely there is no choice more central to the cause than what she does with her vagina. I hope bikini waxes are over in the fashion sense so that women no longer feel they have to get them to appear trendy, but it seems fair enough for them still to exist. So, yes, I declare them Over. But they will always be an option.

What do you call this?

Explaining why pubes-as-fashion-statement is intrusive and stupid.  Did I miss the part where she said Feminazis were putting shaved women in camps?

I do take one thing back, it is a rant; but it's not a deadly serious issue, and does not treat it as such.

[DontSayBanana]

i didn't like pressing my face against pubic hair when i tried it. it was a huge turnoff. shaved is much, much superior

You know, it is possible for a girl to shave the important parts and still leave a bush.  Not even trimming I'm gonna put down as personal failing, as Ide put it.  The gardener's gotta tend the garden if they want someone to pick the fruit.

[merithyn]

So you're going to start shaving your berries then, DSB?

[Valmy]

So you're going to start shaving your berries then, DSB?

I only shave to get ready for speedo season.

[DontSayBanana]

So you're going to start shaving your berries then, DSB?

Already have.  Before you all start crying "TMI," she asked directly.

[The Brain]

:worthless:

[Jacob]

How the hell's that a rant?

It wasn't. It's just that languish is about on par with reddit when it comes to discussion about women or anything relating to women.

[derspiess]

[Jacob]

Sassy.

[derspiess]

Very.

[Valmy]

How the hell's that a rant?

It wasn't. It's just that languish is about on par with reddit when it comes to discussion about women or anything relating to women.

Um ok whatever.  We have a few trolls but that is bullshit.  I have had some good discussions on here about women's issues over the years.