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flying_wahini

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2. I can say this cuz I'm kind of an old lady..(65 this week)

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 02:16 AM

Jan 2020

LOVE IT! About damn time women stopped trying to be somebody’s idea of perfection.
I am a big believer in lip gloss and mascara but really loving the rise of being authentic.

Be who you are, warts (or hairy legs) and all.

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Advertisers are showing womanhood in all its bloody, hairy glory [View all] Demovictory9 Jan 2020 OP

I like that ad lunatica Jan 2020 #1

I can say this cuz I'm kind of an old lady..(65 this week) flying_wahini Jan 2020 #2

Happy bday Demovictory9 Jan 2020 #3

Wow! Love it! JoeOtterbein Jan 2020 #4

Until early 20thcentury only prostitutes shaved legs etc bobbieinok Jan 2020 #5

The practice of sex workers removing leg and pubic hair may have to do with hygiene. TexasProgresive Jan 2020 #7

But it removes some protection against STDs. LisaL Jan 2020 #11

In90s in Venice was stunned to see cleaning women with super long underarm hair bobbieinok Jan 2020 #6

I don't know... myohmy2 Jan 2020 #8

they should stop having women wearing white in tampon ads milestogo Jan 2020 #9

Actually, FEWER millenial women are shaving their legs. GoCubsGo Jan 2020 #10