Apparently, the bush is back.
The pendulum has swung in the opposite direction, usurping the reign of the bare, no hair trend.
The first time we really see the bush come back in full force is in the 1960s and 70s, a time of political turbulence, second wave feminism, and protest. Fast forward to now and it's a similar moment rife with political turbulence, protest and, she argues, a new brand of feminism emerging.
"So you have a lot of women who want to identify with that forward thinking mentality, that wanna say, 'Here's a bush. I don't care.' But then at the same time, we've received so much messaging over the years that pubic hair is in some way unclean or unfeminine and so it's kind of hard to abandon that regime."
Carrie also says that despite increasing visibility of the bush, there's still pressure to completely wax, especially among the generation that grew up with the internet and the hair-free trend as the norm
Is the bush back?: An investigation - Home | Out in the Open with Piya Chattopadhyay | CBC Radio
The pendulum has swung in the opposite direction, usurping the reign of the bare, no hair trend.
The first time we really see the bush come back in full force is in the 1960s and 70s, a time of political turbulence, second wave feminism, and protest. Fast forward to now and it's a similar moment rife with political turbulence, protest and, she argues, a new brand of feminism emerging.
"So you have a lot of women who want to identify with that forward thinking mentality, that wanna say, 'Here's a bush. I don't care.' But then at the same time, we've received so much messaging over the years that pubic hair is in some way unclean or unfeminine and so it's kind of hard to abandon that regime."
Carrie also says that despite increasing visibility of the bush, there's still pressure to completely wax, especially among the generation that grew up with the internet and the hair-free trend as the norm
Is the bush back?: An investigation - Home | Out in the Open with Piya Chattopadhyay | CBC Radio
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