by Marta | Jan 3, 2024 | Article, Body Connection, Marta, Vulva
Pubic hair, much like sex, is a conversation often reserved for moments of deep trust and vulnerability. And it is strange that since I remember we have never spoken about it at home, although I thought we could talk about everything with my mum (well, everything...
by Lakota | Jan 3, 2024 | Article, Body Connection, Lakota Fredette, Pregnancy & Motherhood, Vulva
I hadn’t realized that I’d been hoping that my daughter would just grow pubic hair, love it, and never want to do anything with it independently until about a week ago. I sat at my computer reading through emails when I heard my daughter say from the bathroom, “Hey,...
by Lakota | Jan 3, 2024 | Article, Body Connection, Lakota Fredette, Vulva
Sitting on the toilet, looking at the newly found dark curly hair between my legs, I feel horrified, and disgusted. I didn’t ask for these hairs, these weren’t supposed to happen until I was a grown adult, what are they doing here on my 9 year old body!? Not only is...
by Eszter Pallagi | Jan 3, 2024 | Article, Body Connection, Eszter Pallagi, Vulva
I don’t know how and when it happened that hair started growing on my vulva, it never bothered me, it was part of it. I remember how it was naked, and then all of a sudden it was covered with thick, soft brown fur. The memory of hair growing on other parts of my...
by Tosh Patterson | Jan 3, 2024 | Article, Body Connection, Tosh Patterson, Vulva
I’ve always been perplexed by the fact that my body is covered in hair, but to be considered a desirable and feminine woman I should not have any hair on my face, armpits, legs, or vulva. And to top it off, I shouldn’t have hair on my butt either now that I live in a...
by Lisa Kan | Jan 3, 2024 | Article, Body Connection, Lisa Kan, Pregnancy & Motherhood, Vulva
There is no dignity in childbirth. My dream of a homebirth got unceremoniously trashed the moment my baby was discovered to be in breech position with her head under my ribcage instead of down toward my pelvis, ready to be born. They scheduled me for a planned...
