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once you stop shaving, it becomes so deeply dystopian to step outdoors (especially in the summer time) and realise that you are the only female with hairy legs

you can pass by hundreds of young girls and women in shorts and skirts, with freshly shaven legs

you wonder how long they have to spend on a daily basis shaving their legs, how physically and mentally taxing it must be, how expensive it must get, how bad for the skin it must be, and more

and, then you start to recognise that this was you not so long ago too

you feel grateful for your own emancipation

however, there’s a dark side to it too

once you decondition yourself to become comfortable in your own perfectly fine, female body, it’s an agony to see so many girls and women still trapped inside these misogynistic, pedophilic and capitalistic beauty standards

for anyone on the fence about deciding whether to stop shaving: your visible hairy legs make it easier and more permissible for other girls and women to stop shaving too

i have personally never had anyone outright comment on my leg hair to me, and not shaving was nowhere near as daunting as i thought it would be

it feels so good to be free from this prison, even if it still saddens me to see so many other innocent girls and women groomed into this prison

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Sidney Sheldon, "The Other Side of Midnight"

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Yi Lei, tr. by Tracy K. Smith, from My Name Will Grow Wild Like a Tree: Selected Poems; “Nightmare”

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— Clarice Lispector, from The Complete Stories: 'Brasilia' (tr. Katrina Dodson) (via lunamonchtuna)

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not a Jenny Schecter defender nor apologist. I am a Jenny Schecter PROPAGANDIST. if Jenny has a million fans, then I am one of them. if Jenny has ten fans, then I am one of them. if Jenny has only one fan then that is me. if Jenny has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. if the world is against Jenny, then I am against the world.

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Laura palmer is the patron saint of female victims, I carry her with me everywhere. Nobody will understand her like we do.

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kate bush featured on top pop (tv), march 1978 ꩜

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— Aphrodite is iridescence, like the shimmer of pearls and seashells, like glittering jewels in the sea

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some of my favorite woven tapestries, by Cecilia Blomberg:

Point Defiance Steps

Mates

Rising Tides

Vashon Steps

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stamps ✉️

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flowery tea ♡