Pit Boss
Whenever I see images like this, I think…good for you.
Good for you for rejecting all socially-imposed forms of beauty standards. Good for you for not buying into culturally-induced body shame and self-loathing. Good for you for throwing off the shackles of the patriarchy, and striking a blow for feminism.
No, I’m fucking with you. Get a razor, hippie.
June 13, 2011 at 10:29 am
Lady Gag Gag
June 13, 2011 at 10:38 am
I have created a user account JUST so I can vote you up. You have made my friggn’ Monday sir or lady or ladysir.
June 13, 2011 at 11:32 am
You know, if she wants to live her life that way I have no problem with it. That said, as a MAN, if I had that much armpit hair, I’d make an effort to thin it down a little, much less as a woman.
June 13, 2011 at 11:51 am
Could be worse. Could be dreadlocks.
June 13, 2011 at 12:53 pm
My last two boyfriends have shaved their pits, its a great way for active people to avoid smelling like a gym locker.
June 13, 2011 at 9:15 pm
I just avoid being active. It saves effort.
June 13, 2011 at 11:36 am
Lady, indeed! She just needs to weave an elegant craftsy dress out of it.
June 13, 2011 at 1:28 pm
Or at least crochet a doily. It would look so nice with the gum ones.
June 13, 2011 at 1:44 pm
Ugh. A hair-encrusted chewing gum doily. Reminds me of the underside of every school desk, library table, and park bench I’ve ever seen.
June 13, 2011 at 6:55 pm
And how many park bench underneaths have you seen maam (or sir, or ladysir)?
June 13, 2011 at 2:08 pm
I fully expect to see a flounce about the rights of the hairy armpitted
June 13, 2011 at 5:08 pm
we can only hope! it has been too long since we’ve had a good flounce
June 13, 2011 at 10:30 am
Okay, so not only am I eating, but I’m dealing with morning sickness too. THIS IS NOT FAIR.
June 13, 2011 at 10:32 am
I’m with you, starstuff. Blech.
June 13, 2011 at 11:01 am
I just had my baby, a girl, so I should be past the morning sickness stage. This still made me incredibly nauseous. Add in my sudden fear for her future life choices, and my day is fucked.
Congratulations, by the way
June 13, 2011 at 12:21 pm
You just had a baby? Then I wish your bajingo a speedy recovery.
June 13, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Thanks, but that’s not necessary. She came out the side door.
June 13, 2011 at 4:27 pm
lol
Side door. I’m going to have to remember that one.
June 13, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Thank you, and a speedy recovery to your tummy area. After the horror that was giving birth the first time, I would almost prefer a C-section. At least I could see the stitches. *shudder*
June 13, 2011 at 5:55 pm
Both options seem better than the back door. Or the attic!
Or even the gazebo! I don’t even KNOW where the body’s gazebo is
June 13, 2011 at 11:31 am
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June 13, 2011 at 12:57 pm
haha aww I feel so bad for you, I luckily just finished eating when I opened this.
Congrats from me as well
June 13, 2011 at 10:30 am
My eyeballs almost popped out of my skull when I saw this. How can you say you’re selling the skirt when I can see is a filthy hippie with bad hair (all kinds of it)?!?!
June 13, 2011 at 10:32 am
And once you force yourself to look away from the hair (if you can), you’re still staring at that eye-wounding shirt.
June 13, 2011 at 10:33 am
Exactly! I had to re-read the listing because I thought s/he was selling the shirt. Which is awesome, by the way.
NOT.
June 13, 2011 at 11:03 am
Wayne’s World refernce FTW.
June 13, 2011 at 1:01 pm
I had to read these comments before I realized she was selling the skirt. I was thinking it was a bad ad because the (head) hair distracts from the shirt, but the hair and shirt distract from the skirt, which isn’t even entirely in the picture.
As a fat, jealous loser, I don’t really care what you’re selling, but please feature whatever it is in the promo photo.
June 13, 2011 at 1:05 pm
My bad. I clicked through and it looks like HK cropped the picture. The whole skirt is visible in the store picture. Still the (head) hair and the shirt overpower it.
June 13, 2011 at 10:36 am
maybe because when you’re looking from top to bottom, by the time you get to the skirt it looks pretty good?
June 13, 2011 at 10:37 am
As a hippie – the eat local, organic and use the same – NOT the I don’t shave, bathe or use deodorant – I am embarrassed. This is how we get a bad name. Grab a fucking razor and SHAVE.
June 13, 2011 at 10:52 am
Thank you for being a clean hippie, hippiejo! I am sure everyone within smelling distance appreciates your commitment to hygiene. I wish other hippies would do the same! I have super hippie friends who don’t shave, so I kind of take a “to each her own” approach to that, but they also don’t feel the need to wave their pit hair around on etsy like a banner proclaiming their freedom from the razor of conformity.
June 13, 2011 at 12:52 pm
I don’t shave unless I feel like it. That said, if I was trying to sell my stuff on Etsy, and modeling it myself, I would definitely shave.
What really gets me about this picture is that she’s modeling the SKIRT. There’s no reason to expose her underarms.
June 13, 2011 at 11:15 am
a razor AND a mirror…
June 13, 2011 at 11:42 am
I think the hippie hair growing line is crossed when your arm pits become a Guns and Roses song.
Then again on Etsy, you could probably shave it and sell it for other dirty hippies to buy.
June 13, 2011 at 12:11 pm
I would not call Molly Soda a hippie. I mean, look at her hair (on her head). She’s not trying to be all natural. Look at her Tumblr blog. She makes no effort to eat local or organic. And I highly doubt she smells – she’s not the kind to go without deodorant or perfume.
Some people just prefer body hair and don’t think they should have to hide it. Really. People all over the world do this.
June 13, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Wow, you can tell what she smells like from her tumblr?
Something stinks here, and it’s not her pits.
June 13, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Thank you for this comment!
I don’t shave my arm pits because I don’t feel the need to waste time giving myself itchy underarms when I’ve found no personal benefit to doing so. I’m not smelly or a hippie. I don’t take etsy pics of myself, but it doesn’t mean I don’t ever raise my arms when I’m swimming or wearing a sleeveless dress.
Want to pin me down and shave me, HK?
June 13, 2011 at 12:28 pm
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June 13, 2011 at 12:54 pm
WHAT
June 13, 2011 at 1:23 pm
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June 13, 2011 at 12:12 pm
Wait, what? It’s the skirt they’re actually selling? That was the part that made me say, “And on top of looking and smelling nasty, for some reason she stole her grandmother’s skirt too.”
June 13, 2011 at 10:31 am
I hear ya. It’s all fun and feminist until someone sees your un-shaved pits.
June 13, 2011 at 11:04 am
May I use this? I have some holier/hippier-than-thou friends I’d like to piss off.
June 13, 2011 at 12:26 pm
I worked with a gal for whatever reason didn’t shave her legs–to each her own, right? But she always wore skirts and sandals at a job that was dirty and manual and it just made more sense to wear pants. I got the feeling she was just waiting for someone to mention it so she could go all crazy on them. No one ever did to my knowledge.
June 13, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Really? Thumbs down for insinuating that people do this kind of thing for shock value? The nerve of me!
June 13, 2011 at 12:56 pm
I don’t keep my legs hairy for shock value. I do it because it just doesn’t make sense to spend all that money on razorblades just to keep from offending one person’s delicate sensibilities.
That said, the money I DO spend on razors goes into keeping the pits smooth for odor control. Sue me.
June 13, 2011 at 3:21 pm
But *some people* do it for shock value, is the point. Like Paula Cole, before her 15 minutes ran out- always wearing something that showed her pits, and waving her arms in the air. Then complaining about people’s comments.
June 13, 2011 at 3:21 pm
The girl I worked with didn’t offend anyone–not me, certainly. But she had that vibe that she wasn’t comfortable with herself and was just daring anyone to make a comment. She was trying to make a point, but no one took the bait as far as I know.
Shave, don’t shave, I don’t give a crap. What irks me when people do these things to shove in people’s faces how unique they are, how free they are of our repressive social norms. It’s the difference between: “No bacon for me, thanks, I’m vegetarian” and “I don’t eat FLESH and I don’t know how you put that POISON in your body!”
June 13, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Some people are totally in it to start shit. I went to a school that had a commune and an abundance of, pardon the oxymoron, militant hippies. Like…the sort of hippies who demonstrate in the cafeteria and lecture you on why you shouldn’t eat meat and why your own life choices are terrible and theirs are better.
Anyway, said militant hippies would constantly be wearing tank tops or shorts or something to reveal their unshaven pits and legs…even in the snow. They were all just waiting for someone to say something…and once in awhile when someone was unfortunate enough to make a comment then BAM! You could expect a tirade.
Then when the weather warmed up…uuuugggghhhhhh, the nastiness. People used to tease me about not being “the hugging sort.” But I ask you, who in the fuck wants to be the hugging sort when confronted with moist, hairy, unwashed hippie pits?
June 13, 2011 at 8:11 pm
I went to High School with a girl who, due to her particular sect of religion, wasn’t allowed to shave anything, nor cut her hair (amongst other things) and mandated the wearing of skirts or dresses exclusively. She was Pentecostal Epistolic (or however you spell it) and they believe that for a women to shave or cut their hair was a mark of vanity and only Jezebels did it, therefore it was sinful and wrong. Men could do as they pleased, however, in regards to their hair.
June 13, 2011 at 10:31 am
Goddamn hippies.
June 13, 2011 at 11:45 am
I keep thinking of Grandpa Simpson’s final wishes in the euthenasia episode: “I wanna see policemen beating up hippies to the soundtrack of Glenn Miller!”
June 13, 2011 at 6:03 pm
@Randy Lahey, Sunnyvale FTW! What are your thoughts on cheeseburgers?
June 14, 2011 at 1:10 am
Cheeseburgers? I fucking love those greasy cocksuckers!
June 13, 2011 at 10:31 am
Couldn’t she just let the Betty colored hair and brazenly bold nose ring make the statement? Thank little baby Jesus we don’t have to see her legs or her in a bathing suit.
June 13, 2011 at 10:32 am
Shit. Viewed the second picture.
June 13, 2011 at 10:36 am
Hairy pits, hairy legs. Surprised?
June 13, 2011 at 10:39 am
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June 13, 2011 at 10:42 am
At least we didn’t have to see her FEET! xD
June 13, 2011 at 11:03 am
Nitebyrd, I’ll take your word for it. Don’t want to click over just to see the train wreck that is she. Nope, won’t do it.
Thanks for taking one for the team!
June 13, 2011 at 5:58 pm
You’re welcome. I remember this trend from the ’60′s, it wasn’t anymore attractive then.
June 13, 2011 at 11:25 am
I am lazy about my leg hair, and even MY LEGS are not that bad….maybe because I’m a natural blond??
The pits though – that’s hygiene/de-stinking your pits….men smell more than women because they don’t shave their pits….convinced my hubby to see if it works, and he’s now much better about de-thatching his pits/nether regions…
June 13, 2011 at 11:29 am
I hear you, I hate shaving my legs. I’ll let it go as long as I can get away with long pants.
Armpits take 15 seconds, though.
June 13, 2011 at 12:56 pm
My hippie sister-in-law told me that the purpose of pit hair was naturally to reduce the amount of odor-causing bacteria, and wikipedia kinda backed her up. Not that I don’t agree with you. Deodorant seems to work much better on the shaven.
June 13, 2011 at 4:58 pm
Back in the college days,a friend and I decided to “let it grow” one winter out of curiosity. Despite bathing daily and using a good deodorant, hairy pits hold in the smell. I ended up tossing an otherwise good wool turtleneck because I could never get all the smell out of the pit area. And the hair made me itch.
Do what you want, but I’m keeping my razor.
June 13, 2011 at 10:31 am
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June 13, 2011 at 10:33 am
How did this get by Bronc’s banhammer?
June 13, 2011 at 10:48 am
It didn’t. He crossed it out.
June 13, 2011 at 10:31 am
“Mommy, why is the man with funny hair wearing a skirt?”
June 13, 2011 at 10:31 am
Man, I was too distracted by that tie-dye top to realize she had armpit hair.
Or that she was trying to sell a skirt.
June 13, 2011 at 10:33 am
Yeah, I like how the thing they’re actually trying to sell is barely in the picture.
June 13, 2011 at 10:31 am
Fine, whatever, don’t shave your armpits. But if the wind blows and I get an armpit pube in my eye, I’m going to be pissed.
June 13, 2011 at 5:38 pm
“Armpit pube…” That made me laugh. Not just in my head either. Out LOUD.
June 13, 2011 at 10:31 am
I’m guessing the carpet doesn’t match the drapes.
At least I hope not.
June 13, 2011 at 10:55 am
I’m surprised she didn’t dye her underarm hair to match her head. THAT would have been impressive. Odd and still repulsive, but impressive.
June 13, 2011 at 12:58 pm
oh! I’m getting itchy just thinking about waiting for that to set
June 13, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Or if she dyed her pit-hair orange, so when she lifts her arms she’s got FLAMES OF FOUL GLORY!
June 13, 2011 at 3:31 pm
The valance doesn’t even match the drapes…
June 13, 2011 at 10:32 am
So do the curtains match the rug..and the throw pillows
June 13, 2011 at 11:43 am
Hi, I’ll help. Found this that she hast artified.
June 13, 2011 at 11:55 am
Win!
June 13, 2011 at 10:32 am
She looks terrified!
June 13, 2011 at 11:51 am
…and splattered with blood & clay! But still SUPERHOT compared to how she looked in that neon tie-dye tanktop!
June 13, 2011 at 10:32 am
I’m not fussed by armpit hair, really. I am fussed by that terrible dye-job, though.
Oh, and the top. And the skirt.
June 13, 2011 at 10:54 am
yeah, the fact that she doesn’t (or people in general don’t) shave doesn’t bother me. What I find amusing is the obvious flaunting of the shockingly hairy parts. She wants you to see that she doesn’t shave, even though it has nothing to do with the vintage clothing.
June 13, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Well, of course she wants you to see it, she wants the world to have to confront her hairy pits. What is the point of donning the whole non-conformist uniform if people don’t see it?
June 13, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Just another member of the don’t-fucking-look-at-me crowd that April talked about last week.
Also, thanks for not moving your dirty rodent cage out of the hairy leg picture, Ms. Bad Dyejob Hippy.
June 13, 2011 at 9:26 pm
Don’t get the not shaving the pits and legs, like she is being all natural. Then her hair has been dyed and it took some nasty chemicals to do that.
June 13, 2011 at 12:37 pm
DING! we have a winner. 2
internetsinternet for you.June 13, 2011 at 1:13 pm
I really don’t mind the armpit hair. Why should women have to prentend to be hairless anyway??
But the skirt is awful. And she looks as if she agrees with me.
June 13, 2011 at 2:55 pm
I have no problem with the armpit hair, either. The dye job on top, though, is horrible. And the makeup. And the clothes. But the armpit hair is fine.
June 13, 2011 at 10:32 am
So they’re not selling the tie-dye tank? Dammit! That’s just what I needed to complete my outfit!
June 13, 2011 at 10:33 am
Tie-dye … floral … pit hair …
If she wasn’t blind when she got dressed, she is now. And so am I.
June 13, 2011 at 10:33 am
One pit is nappy and the other one is straight. Now THAT is what’s really bothering me.
June 13, 2011 at 10:35 am
I had to scroll back up, and now I can’t unsee it. I hate you.
June 13, 2011 at 10:56 am
and in the 2nd pic, one leg appears more hairy than the other… weird!
June 13, 2011 at 11:03 am
I second that I hate you. Some things cannot be unseen .
June 13, 2011 at 12:50 pm
That was one of the first things I noticed, too! Like one pit got a perm or something.
June 13, 2011 at 7:10 pm
I was wondering when someone was going to mention that. o.O I thought it might have been a weird camera angle but then decided there’s no frickin angle to make that happen.
June 13, 2011 at 10:34 am
So, is this for sale as a four piece ensemble?
June 13, 2011 at 1:32 pm
Don’t you mean a fur piece ensemble?
June 13, 2011 at 10:34 am
What amazes me is that someone would take so much time on their hair and makeup (as opposed to not doing them at all) and then do nothing about the underarm. Dye it and trim it, at the very least! Or some braids!!
June 13, 2011 at 10:35 am
Some braids would be AWESOME.
June 13, 2011 at 10:37 am
with beads in them!
June 13, 2011 at 11:11 am
She could get feathers. Or wait… that might be too trendy.
June 13, 2011 at 11:05 am
Reminds me of this commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT89qfDx3yM
June 13, 2011 at 1:50 pm
It reminds me of the Garbage Pail Kids card, “Armpit Brit.”
June 13, 2011 at 10:34 am
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June 13, 2011 at 10:37 am
What is unclean about armpit hair? If you don’t like the way it looks, that’s one thing, but it’s not dirty. Do you think men with armpit hair are dirty?
June 13, 2011 at 10:41 am
I know it’s easy to assume I was talking about just the armpit hair but I mean the picture as a whole. Dirty looking hair, smudgy makeup, clothes that don’t look ironed, and a dead-eye expression.
This looks dirty to me.
You can have long arm pity hair, furry legs, a hairy back but at least look showered!
June 13, 2011 at 10:47 am
Actually, I do think armpit hair is gross, no matter who has it. But overall, I think all hair is gross. (FWIW my boyfriend shaves under his arms periodically.) The biggest issue I have with it is that if you are not rigorous about making sure deodorant is properly applied, the hair traps the smell. Honestly, I don’t care if this model wants to shave or not. But if I am buying a skirt on the internet, I don’t know I have to be subject to her hair-choices.
June 13, 2011 at 11:19 am
I never understood the people who are like “I HATE ALL HAIR EW GROSS.” You know you’re a mammal, right?
June 13, 2011 at 11:29 am
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June 13, 2011 at 12:48 pm
Another body hair hater here! I find it unsanitary looking and I love the feel of smooth skin.
June 13, 2011 at 1:05 pm
@ thesynnove: I know lots of people like that, and as someone who has had long hair most of her life, I never understood it either.
On the other hand, I just find armpits in general gross.
June 13, 2011 at 11:51 am
‘Do you think men with armpit hair are dirty?’
Yes, I do.
June 13, 2011 at 7:17 pm
Actually I do find hairy armpit hair on men to be dirty. Why? Because it SMELLS DIRTY. If armpits didnt have odor super powers and armpit hair didnt love to saturate itself with the smell, then there would be no problem.
June 13, 2011 at 10:34 am
Why is it that one armpit looks like it has straight hair, and the other looks curly… im very confused right now
June 13, 2011 at 10:34 am
OH SNAP! Someone bought it up. =/
June 13, 2011 at 10:36 am
But there’s a “vintage” polo shirt still for sale! Free gift of armpit musk included. You cannot change the size of the smell.
June 13, 2011 at 10:40 am
that is just what i was going to comment on. you know, i see a lot of crazy shit sell on etsy. that off the wall type of shit, which i almost understand because it is so fricking bonkers. but a bad skirt that you could find at a consignment store for $2? that is what confuses me.
June 13, 2011 at 11:52 am
No problem — there are plenty of other ‘vintage means used, right?’ skirts on sad-looking models to be found all over Etsy!
June 13, 2011 at 10:35 am
We made a drink at work for this sort of grossness. It’s called the Fuzzy Armpit:
1 part Jeppson’s Malort (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%B6rt)
2 parts Orange Juice
It literally tastes like sweat and vomit exploded in your mouth. This photo makes me recall that flavor…
June 13, 2011 at 10:58 am
That sounds like something I need to make for my nephew’s upcoming 21st birthday! I also plan to make him drink a cement mixer. (bailey’s and lime juice, for those unfamiliar)
June 13, 2011 at 11:31 am
Why in the hell would you drink that??
Though, I should stfu – we actually bought that Jones Soda holiday meal gift pack and dared each other to do a shot of each flavor. Let’s just say that gravy and stuffing and brussels sprouts do NOT belong in fizzy, slightly sweetened form.
June 13, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Those were awesome! My whole family gathered ’round to each have a teaspoonful of the worst ones. We all almost puked. Holiday memories!
June 13, 2011 at 10:35 am
So, 90s clothes are now vintage?
June 13, 2011 at 11:25 am
Yeah, and “Roseanne” is on Nick at Nite. You’re old now. Suck it up.
June 14, 2011 at 11:17 am
I heard Guns and Roses on a classic rock station this morning and I seriously considered buying a hoverround because now I’m old as fuck.
June 13, 2011 at 11:54 am
Just 1990 and part of 1991, and that’s only by Etsy ‘vintage’ standards. The overwhelming majority of venues and dealers put the mark between 25 and 30 years.
June 13, 2011 at 1:02 pm
I dunno, is she wearing 8-eye cherry Docs with that skirt?
June 13, 2011 at 10:35 am
I can look past the fact that the chick has pit hair. Razors are expensive, I get it. What I can’t get past is that anything from the Gap can be considered vintage. That really chaps my ass.
June 13, 2011 at 10:35 am
I’ve got heart burn, now. O.<
June 13, 2011 at 10:35 am
June 13, 2011 at 10:46 am
somehow this reminds me of a really old Don Martin cartoon (MAD Magazine) of the guy climbing up Rapunzel’s hair, and she was in the same pose.
This is not Don Martin, but it’s pretty much what I remember.
June 13, 2011 at 11:35 am
Hah yes I know just the one you mean!
June 13, 2011 at 2:57 pm
My favorite part of Don Martin comics is the sounds.
June 13, 2011 at 2:29 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTZ1znQAO8o
I like this one too.
The blue link thingy probably won’t pop up since I am html stupid. Just right click
June 13, 2011 at 2:30 pm
oh wait it worked! weee!
June 13, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Lies. Foul BACHELOR frog doesn’t have a girlfriend.
June 13, 2011 at 3:31 pm
But foul bachelorette frog sometimes stops by for hookups.
June 13, 2011 at 10:36 am
You know those brain teaser puzzles where you read the word but say the color. Like RED, but the color of the type is green so you think GREEN in your head all crazy-like?
The description says skirt, but my brain still said Hair/Wig/Eyebrows/Nosering/Badlipstick/tiedyeshirt/mup-pits/tribbles before it got to skirt.
I won’t even comment on the free-leaning brick fireplace facade.
June 13, 2011 at 11:03 am
My brain didn’t even get to skirt before it shut down to protect itself…
June 13, 2011 at 10:37 am
I can get over the hairy armpits; if looking disgusting is what makes you happy then hooray for you. What kills me is that the post is titled “Vintage Gap skirt”…uh yeah, an ugly ass skirt from the ’90′s is most certainly *NOT* vintage; especially if it came from the gap. It’s a cleaning rag, donate it to Goodwill ya moron, no one will buy that tragedy a 2nd time around.
June 13, 2011 at 11:01 am
Oh, it sold. A few days ago.
June 13, 2011 at 11:33 am
According to Etsy’s rules, though, isn’t 20 years or older considered vintage?? Sadly, 1991 is 20 years ago…..ugh….my prom dress is ALMOST vintage….shoot me….
June 13, 2011 at 11:56 am
I’d like to see proof that the skirt is definitely no more recent than that. Even if I’d bought that thing myself back in April of 1991, it’s so absolutely borderline there’s no way in hell I’d even consider listing it.
June 13, 2011 at 12:40 pm
It’s depressing – I think I had a dress in that fabric…..wtf were we thinking in the 90′s???
June 13, 2011 at 1:22 pm
@ angelbuttons77: I know I had something in that fabric. I want to say dress but I think it was more of a jumpsuit deal, with very wide legs in flowy fabric that LOOKED like a skirt. I may have even worn one of those cropped denim vests over it. Before 1993 for sure.
June 13, 2011 at 11:35 am
Hello, child of the 80′s here, I never thought anyone would buy those hideous fashions ever again. Boy, was I wrong.
June 13, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Since we’re on the subject of the skirt itself, try to imagine the demographic for this skirt. 20y/o Mormon needs it for her volunteer work at the library, or a very petite 40y/o management type pairs it with a pale tank for the employee BBQ… certainly the exact dempgraphic who would NOT be drawn in by the comic-book-damsel hair & face, ravey top and anarchic pithair philosophies. It’s just STUPID from an advertising point of view. Dress like that to sell wrist cuffs or pot pipes, sure, but not a demure skirt!
June 13, 2011 at 10:37 am
Roseanne Rosannadanna would be ashamed.
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June 13, 2011 at 10:38 am
I have a very good friend who, similar to this girl, no longer shaves. However, she’s freaking gorgeous and manages to pull the look off perfectly, to the point where you don’t even question it. For her, it’s natural, it’s earthy, it’s fitting.
But this yellow-haired train-wreck is a damn train-wreck.
June 13, 2011 at 10:42 am
most likely she doesn’t walk around with her arms raised, waiving her pits at unsuspecting viewers…yes?
June 13, 2011 at 10:49 am
Very true. And she doesn’t dress like she dug her clothes out of an orphanage dumpster. Or the hair…or the makeup…*shudders*
June 13, 2011 at 3:12 pm
I have an aunt who has super-sensitive skin in her pits and doesn’t shave very often as a result…but she doesn’t wander around proudly showing off the fact to passers-by either.
June 13, 2011 at 10:38 am
Leaving aside her questionable taste in fashion, who the hell sells a product by barely including it in the picture at all?
June 13, 2011 at 11:26 am
Etsy hipsters.
June 13, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Or by styling the shoot to attract a completely DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC than the one who’d like the product. This is poor bad advertising.
June 13, 2011 at 10:40 am
Seriously, i wouldn’t know she was trying to sell the skirt if it wasn’t because it says so on the title.
The upper half is WAY too distracting to notice the skirt.
June 13, 2011 at 10:40 am
Okay, so she has pit hair. So she’s making a point to show it off. Annoying, but whatever. So her hair is blinding and her shirt is dumb. I can deal. BUT SINCE WHEN IS THE GAP “VINTAGE????” Blow me, hippie.
June 13, 2011 at 11:01 am
20 year rule, apparently, which is why I’m overhearing hair bands on the oldies stations these days. What the fuck, over.
June 13, 2011 at 11:57 am
Almost every venue/dealer I’ve ever encountered puts the minimum at 25 years, not 20. I think most Etsy staffers just have trouble imagining the long, long ago time of two decades past.
June 13, 2011 at 1:07 pm
Only if it has that old-school roundy-letter logo.
June 13, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Oi! A wave of nostalgia, and I’m suddenly back at the mall in 1989.
June 13, 2011 at 5:08 pm
Fall into The Gap, indeed.
June 13, 2011 at 10:40 am
how gross…tie-dye doesn’t go with floral..eww.
June 13, 2011 at 11:05 am
I know, right? What WAS she thinking?
June 13, 2011 at 6:39 pm
If she had a sassy gay friend this all could have been avoided.
(I don’t know why your comment made me think of that.)
June 14, 2011 at 2:03 am
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June 13, 2011 at 10:40 am
Is she licking a rat in her profile picture?
June 13, 2011 at 10:45 am
Aye, look at the photo of her legs… ‘something’ has been eating the woodwork ’round that fireplace… =[
June 13, 2011 at 12:04 pm
OMG, that perfectly encapsulates the image this post gave us of her… at least she’s consistent… that’s a sign of sincerity.
June 13, 2011 at 10:41 am
I get having arm pit hairs. You don’t want to shave, don’t shave. It’s a free country and all that. But really – you have to display them while modeling? Really, who would think this would help a sale?
(evidently it did for whoever bought whatever they thought they were buying)….
June 13, 2011 at 10:53 am
That was going to be my point, exactly. Why do you have to sell a crummy skirt that “fits like a medium” or whatever – with your pits in our faces? And why can’t they just say it’s a medium or a specific size. She could take Armenian Grandma’s chewing gum doilies to the pits and rip the hair out though, if she decides razors leave unsightly burn.
June 13, 2011 at 11:37 am
To be fair – sometimes a 20 year old skirt either has a faded tag or the tag is missing altogether. Plus, sizing was different 20 years ago. I JUST got rid of some crap from high school and the sizes, when compared to current items of the same size, are way the fuck off – I posted the size, and the measurements, since I wanted to be sure people knew it wasn’t what’s considered a 12 now….
June 13, 2011 at 11:59 am
Sizing isn’t that far off — it’s not like we’re talking a 1940s size 12 versus a 1970s 12 — and the least she could do would be to include complete measurements.
June 13, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Well, I’m just going by the crap I had – and we’re talking 2 inch differences in waist sizes….now, that could also be that whole bullshit crap of the store-to-store differences mixed on in there…
June 13, 2011 at 12:08 pm
I assume she’s gone to the Michelle Traub school of Etsy Writing, and is simply expressing her love for coleslaw and zydeco music through photography. A picture is worth a thousand tears words, right?
June 13, 2011 at 10:41 am
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June 13, 2011 at 10:42 am
I follow this girl on tumblr. I don’t think she’s trying to make a statement, I think she’s just lazy.
June 13, 2011 at 10:44 am
Then again, I don’t understand why she would dye her hair, put on makeup, and go out her way to care for a piercing, so I’m going to go ahead and stop projecting now.
June 13, 2011 at 12:16 pm
She obviously spends a good deal of time in front of a mirror – hair/makeup/piercings/etc, how is an extra 3 minutes with the razor going to slow her down? And really it’s the legs that get me – I feel all itchy just thinking about it. Oh well, my body-centric, male indoctrinated ideals of beauty aren’t for everyone.
My 12yo DD said it best after visiting an Amish greenhouse “Shaving and plucking is a pain, but I’m really glad I get to CHOOSE do it or not.”
June 13, 2011 at 10:42 am
“used” is the new “vintage.”
June 13, 2011 at 11:59 am
‘New’ is also the new ‘vintage’, at least in Etsyland.
June 13, 2011 at 10:46 am
This is exactly how I imagine a 20-something Lisa Simpson.
June 13, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Anyone else remember the Simpsons episode where Lisa meets the Seven Sisters, and Vassar raises her arms revealing copious amounts of pit-hair?
June 13, 2011 at 10:48 am
First of all, one of my friends is of the “leave all body hair exactly how it is” school, and I just don’t even know how to open that conversation with her. I struggle with it every time I see her. But what I don’t understand – and never will, really – is those goddamned hippies who won’t shave/wax their pits/legs/bush because it’s not “natural” and then have the audacity to dye their hair! Don’t feed me that bullshit about “shunning societal norms” either, because I won’t swallow. Note that she’s still wearing makeup and desperately seeking someone’s approval with the nose ring. So what the holy FUCK is wrong with getting rid of the nasty, stanky armpit fur? PRIORITIES, people!
June 13, 2011 at 11:16 am
You struggle with her every time you see her? Wow.
Do you get this uptight about your male friends who choose to have beards?
Also, armpit hair is not stanky if you shower and use deodorant. I’m not saying she does, I don’t know. I’m just saying, hair has nothing to do with stank.
June 13, 2011 at 12:01 pm
When was the words ‘stink’/'stinky’ replaced with ‘stank’/'stanky’? Where the fuck was I, in the shower? Because I did not vote for that bullshit.
June 13, 2011 at 12:01 pm
*were, not was; that’s what I get for adding the noun along with the adjective.
June 13, 2011 at 11:18 am
I’ll get downvoted for this, but anytime I see someone with one of these types of nose piercings, I have the impulse to string something through the loop and lead them around.
June 14, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Me, too. I always think of a bull’s nasty, drooly nose.
June 13, 2011 at 12:24 pm
Why would you think this girl doesn’t shave because she thinks it’s not natural? She DOES dye her hair. Don’t think you’re the only one who would notice this disparity. Some people just don’t shave. Some people like their body hair. I simply find it soft, and much more comfortable than stubbly red rash. It’s not for shock value. It’s not to spit in the face of societal norms. It doesn’t smell at all. It’s just the way I like it, and it shouldn’t make you uncomfortable.
June 13, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Amen to this. People are too squeamish.
June 13, 2011 at 1:07 pm
Yes, especially so when it’s something that wasn’t their business to begin with.
June 13, 2011 at 4:22 pm
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June 13, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Perhaps you shouldn’t tell me what should make me uncomfortable, or how to feel at all.
June 13, 2011 at 10:48 am
If the title had said “Guess what I’m selling”…I would have been fucked.
June 13, 2011 at 11:03 am
What a great idea for a regular feature!
June 13, 2011 at 11:07 am
Oh dear lord.
June 13, 2011 at 11:45 am
Following in the footsteps of “Etsy or Anthropologie?” we have “Guess what I’m selling…” This sounds like an awesome game.
June 13, 2011 at 11:56 am
Yay, something else for me to fail at!
June 13, 2011 at 10:48 am
“Fits like a medium.” How does she know what those of us who communicate with the dead fit like?
June 13, 2011 at 11:08 am
Don’t you stretch, like ectoplasm? ‘Cause if you don’t, I’m going to have to exchange some birthday gifts ASAP.
June 13, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Deep thoughts. I suppose the whole point of mediums is that they fit like you’re not wearing anything at all. But you won’t get to keep one, STRICTLY rental! So I guess we’ll see this back up for sale by the buyer soon.
June 13, 2011 at 10:50 am
Honestly, the armpit hair is the least of this gal’s worries.
June 13, 2011 at 10:52 am
Someone please tell me why you must raise your hairy armpits to the sky to sell a SKIRT?? Was this in Dynamic Sales 1.0 and I missed that day? Was it taught in an Etsy conference?? Are they just stupid??? WHAT IS IT?!?!?!
June 13, 2011 at 10:53 am
Soooo I’m really hoping she hasn’t rejected the societal norm of underwear, because judging from the pits, the carpet is most certainly a shag. I’d hate to be on the receiving end of this lady’s commando-day skirt.
June 13, 2011 at 10:54 am
I think the model is pretty, but I am not yet prepared to consider a skirt from the 90s – from the Gap, no less – vintage.
June 13, 2011 at 10:56 am
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June 13, 2011 at 11:01 am
But, should I care?
June 13, 2011 at 11:02 am
I don’t really care who she is… the bitch ruined my lunch.
June 13, 2011 at 11:04 am
I don’t think anyone cares about the pit hair, really – but…while selling a skirt?
June 13, 2011 at 11:05 am
(Far too) often imitated, never duplicated.
June 13, 2011 at 11:07 am
Gosh, you really expect anyone here to give half of a shit that she’s famous on the Internet?
June 13, 2011 at 11:40 am
But she makes all kinds of internet dollars!!!!
June 13, 2011 at 11:21 am
Oh wow guys, she’s internet famous! That changes everything! Look at all the fucks I give!
June 13, 2011 at 11:39 am
I cared enough to look her up, and found her tumblr. Really special stuff. Now that I’ve seen her dildo and a picture of TLC that she liked, I’m more inclined to overlook this unnecessary view of her hairy pits in a skirt listing.
Pits or GTFO.
June 13, 2011 at 12:24 pm
Whatever you do, avoid the youtube account at all costs. It’s gonna take me forever to get this brain matter out of my carpet. Holy youtube poop, Batman.
June 13, 2011 at 11:53 am
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June 13, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Ooh, INTERNET-famous? Well, that’s a proven ticket to lasting relevancy and impact to be sure!
June 13, 2011 at 1:10 pm
…and?
June 13, 2011 at 1:18 pm
must not be that famous, none of us seem to have heard of her.
It’s not so much that she doesn’t shave her pits, it’s the fact that she’s selling a pretty floral skirt and chose to pose in that way while modeling it with a shirt that does not match it in anyway. her look does not match what she is selling, that’s bad merchandising, plain and simple.
June 13, 2011 at 4:25 pm
if she’s so super-famous, maybe she should have included that factoid in her ad instead of her pits.
June 13, 2011 at 6:22 pm
i dont care who the fuck she is. she’s stupid.
June 13, 2011 at 11:01 am
I’m struck by how many Etsyians don’t understand the point of having someone model or demonstrate the product. If people are noticing the clotheshanger (human or otherwise) and not the clothes, you’ve failed. I suppose the logic is that you’re supporting the colorful handcrafter, not buying an object he or she made, but if that’s the case, I’d rather just go to Kickstarter.
I swear, Etsy is like the LiveJournal of online sellers.
June 13, 2011 at 11:05 am
Hey now. Better than the Xanga.
June 13, 2011 at 11:16 am
You know how reading a word too many times in a row will make it look weird? Well, now imagine doing that with a non-word like Xanga.
I’m now hearing it in a Jan Brady voice: Xanga, Xanga, Xanga!
June 13, 2011 at 11:20 am
Damn you for this. Damn you to hell.
June 13, 2011 at 11:50 am
*INSERT EVIL CACKLE HERE*
June 13, 2011 at 11:02 am
A friend of mine shows a picture of her hairy armpits in her personal ad, I guess the point being, “I have hairy armpits. like it or leave it”. I can respect that. But here, I’m hoping that the armpit hair doesn’t actually come with the package, so showing it is totally gratuitous.
June 13, 2011 at 12:07 pm
I don’t get this at all honestly. You could accuse her of showing off her armpits purposely (which she does on her tumblr blog, of course), but if there were a picture of a woman with shaved armpits with her arm flung up over her head, no one would question it. She is in a common pose. This isn’t an armpit closeup.
June 13, 2011 at 1:05 pm
Sorry, I’m throwing the bullshit flag here.
She may be in a “common pose” but it takes about 30 seconds on Google to realize that this person does nothing without wanting attention. This is “look at my pits, they’re up in your face.” I have nothing against the hair, the piercings, the dye job (the clothes are horrific), but they are all (on some level) done to get people to look at you. On a common, garden-variety hippy, that may not be the case…but this girl (youtube, flikr, last.fm, vimeo, twitter, etc…) wants you to look at her with every fiber of her being. This is intentional armpit-hairing!
I did not…mean for this to be this long.
June 13, 2011 at 3:35 pm
You’re right – I’ve been following her Tumblr for a long time. I realize what I wrote really didn’t make my point clear.
What I mean is, if you take this photo – assuming you know nothing of Molly Soda – and the girl had shaved armpits, it would have not been an issue, which really is confusing to me.
When a girl poses topless online, with piercings, tattoos, dyed hair, obscene gestures, she may or may not be accused of doing it for attention, but usually it’s passed over as much as any other of the mess of photos we see online everyday; but when she does all these things with hairy armpits, it suddenly becomes a huge controversy. I’ve seen this again and again in her and others Tumblr posts up the Bajingo. Armpit hair is one of those things that everybody has, but if you dare to bare your pits with it, and you’re female, you’re assumed to be doing it on purpose to shock people. . . or assumed to be a dirty hippie with poor hygiene.
June 13, 2011 at 4:27 pm
No matter if she has arm pit hair hanging out or was as bald as a baby, this is just not a natural pose for selling a skirt! Which is her JOB in this photo…not to shock or show herself. She is modeling a skirt to sell. On Etsy.
June 13, 2011 at 4:38 pm
But we would not be having this discussion if she were shaved.
Full body shots showing a whole outfit when just selling one piece are actually extremely common on etsy.
June 13, 2011 at 10:27 pm
Perhaps, but it isn’t a full body shot. The photo only shows the top half of the skirt! If it showed her from head to toe wearing the skirt, top, pit hair and all, then I could think perhaps she was not just trying to flash her pit hair.
June 13, 2011 at 11:02 am
Really, it’s not the armpit hair that’s bothering me; it’s the armpit hair trying to sell a skirt from the GAP. Oh, and the photoshopped hair and tie dye. Put down the saturation bar and walk away slowly.
June 13, 2011 at 9:19 pm
her hair actually isn’t photoshopped, one of my friends *idolizes* this girl on tumblr and has met her a couple times. i bet it feels like straw, though. and it’s a piss-ugly color.
June 13, 2011 at 11:06 am
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June 13, 2011 at 11:09 am
i am not saying i shave all the time (i know i should, its just laziness), but at least i don’t post pictures showing it off on the internet…
June 13, 2011 at 9:38 pm
i’m like you, i don’t always shave due to laziness…over slept/about to run out of hot water/don’t wanna miss dateline….but i’m a redhead, so my body hair grows in really light and unless you get right up next to me no one can tell, i’m guess lucky like that…
June 13, 2011 at 11:11 am
at least be cool about it!
June 13, 2011 at 11:13 am
WTF that is sooo disgusting. and cool in the same time.
June 13, 2011 at 11:17 am
I can’t unsee the scabs or whatever that is on his arm. Ugh.
June 13, 2011 at 11:39 am
They’re clogged/infected pores. They’re probably a result of an allergy to whatever soap or deodorant he uses.
I know because my husband gets them from time to time. True love is cleaning pus out of an infected armpit and saying “It’s not THAT bad.” It is that bad. Poetic, right?
June 13, 2011 at 12:12 pm
OK, but the FUN answer is:
That’s rape injuries from when one of his frat bros “liked the look of” those net-stockinged legs.
June 13, 2011 at 12:22 pm
It rubs the lotion on its skin or it gets the car lighter again.
June 13, 2011 at 11:23 am
He looks to have a bad case of ringworm.
June 13, 2011 at 3:43 pm
I’ve seen this on ugliesttattoos.com. And this douche is definitely not cool.
June 13, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Man nothing makes my knees weak like a man with a hairy pussy in his armpit.
June 13, 2011 at 11:18 am
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June 13, 2011 at 6:43 pm
How dare you insult gerbils!
June 14, 2011 at 12:06 am
I meant no insult to gerbils. I feel so bad now. My daughter’s classroom has two pet gerbils, and I don’t think I’ll be able to look them in the eye tomorrow.
Also, I’m very excited to get my first thumbs down. Now I feel like I really belong!
June 14, 2011 at 4:27 pm
Haha, I was actually being sarcastic.
I honestly don’t know why you were given the thumbs down and figured it may of had something to do with peoples choice in house pets.
June 13, 2011 at 11:21 am
This is as much the photographers fault as the model. Why the hell would somebody even take that photo? Everything is wrong with it.
I’m not grossed out by the pit-hair – just kind of surprised that somebody would feature it in a photograph. How ignorant do you have to be in order to think that showcasing something which horrifies many people is going to help you sell an item?
I’m not even sure she’s a hippy, she looks like one of the local homeless kids to me.
June 13, 2011 at 11:24 am
Look guys, I’m such a rebel because I don’t shave under my arms! Never mind the fact that I don’t actually do anything productive to affect social change! Now I’m going to go drink my *vegan* Earl Grey and boycott Urban Outfitters!
June 13, 2011 at 11:25 am
This is another one of those situations where they just INSIST THAT YOU KNOW. The pits weren’t necessary to establish the desireability of the product. They’re gratuitous, because she grew out that mess of armpit hair and god damn it, you internet people are going to know about it. If she just kept her arms down, you wouldn’t know, and then what would be the point? What is the point of shirking the norms if you don’t cram it down every stranger’s throat, no matter how much they erroneously protest that they simply don’t care?
They DO care, and they MUST know. Buy the skirt, look at the pits and shut up.
June 13, 2011 at 11:30 am
Ok. I get that she is making this decision not to shave her pits because blah blah blah.
But do I have to look at it? I’m not really fond of any kinds of armpits, male or female, unshaved or shaved. I’m fine with them being there and everything, but I never really want to spend any time looking at them. Having hair there and striking that pose just draws the eye to them (and away from the product) and grosses most people out.
June 13, 2011 at 11:32 am
She doesn’t shave per pits because it’s not “natural”. Hair bleach is totally natural though. Good for you too!
June 13, 2011 at 11:33 am
*her pits
Oi.
June 13, 2011 at 11:39 am
Hi, straight guy here.
I sometimes talk to kids like this just to make sure they are stupid.
I’ll save you the trouble.
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June 13, 2011 at 11:41 am
I admire your statement, but I still want to kick you in the ass for bothering to determine whether they really are stupid. Go with your gut! Don’t second guess yourself!
June 13, 2011 at 11:40 am
Honestly, I didn’t even see the pits the first time because I’m pretty sure I had that skirt and I’m asking myself some difficult questions. It’s not going well.
June 13, 2011 at 11:41 am
She did have to raise her arms so that we can have a better look at the skirt she’s selling.
June 13, 2011 at 11:42 am
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June 13, 2011 at 11:42 am
Added bonus: Each pit can be upcycled to create your own fashionable mustache!
June 13, 2011 at 11:44 am
Why did Big Bird have to die for her hair color?
June 13, 2011 at 11:46 am
Shave and a haircut, two bits.
June 13, 2011 at 11:47 am
This is the Amanda Palmer version of a feminist statement. Grow out that pit hair. . .but make sure your body, face, hair and makeup all conform to modern standards of beauty! Because when you look like a reject from Suicide Girls with underarm topiary, that’s ~*~sticking it to The Man~*~.
June 13, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Don’t forget to show off your body at ALL TIMES. Do not wear pants. Do not dress casually ever.
June 13, 2011 at 10:34 pm
Ahem…she’s not a suicide girls reject. http://suicidegirls.com/girls/mollysoda/
June 13, 2011 at 11:49 am
Seems like she accomplished her goal of offending the squares, while, and at the same time, selling off a 1990s piece of incredibly boring clothing. She’ll be selling minivans next–wait and see!
June 13, 2011 at 11:50 am
Have fun getting to sleep tonight <3
June 13, 2011 at 11:59 am
still better than lotus boob. ::shiver::
June 13, 2011 at 12:03 pm
ugh why did you even type “lotus boob”!
June 13, 2011 at 12:42 pm
cause it made me think of it…and I wanted someone else to get that shiver up the spine. I’m a giver. bygones.
June 13, 2011 at 11:59 am
What did we ever do to you to deserve this?
June 13, 2011 at 12:15 pm
I feel like this belongs in an Aphex Twin video.
June 13, 2011 at 12:30 pm
I have no idea what an Aphex Twin video is…makes me think of aphids…and I’m so not going to Google it, not even in a “hmmm, maybe it won’t be that horrible and it won’t hurt to try it” mood. I’ve so many regrets from acting when I’m in such a mood.
June 13, 2011 at 2:33 pm
He’s a musician; good music but videos to make you have nightmares.
June 13, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Aphex Twin is best known for his videos which feature females/children wearing realistic masks that look like a warped grinning version of himself. (“Window Licker” and “Come To Daddy”)
June 13, 2011 at 3:49 pm
Unfortunately I love Nannou
Now as for the album art of Window Licker – I do not
June 13, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Oh this made me laugh out loud and almost wake the little man I have struggled to get down to nap for the last hour.
June 13, 2011 at 11:50 am
I’m happy that it’s just the skirt she’s selling.
June 13, 2011 at 11:52 am
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June 13, 2011 at 11:53 am
Annnnnnnd I lose all credibility because of spelling fail.
June 13, 2011 at 11:59 am
This is true because changes to your underarms (like shaving, not shaving when you usually do, switching deodorant, not wearing deodorant) causes over production of scent by your glands. If you just let it grow for a time it doesn’t actually smell any worse.
June 13, 2011 at 12:17 pm
‘If you just let it grow for a time it doesn’t actually smell any worse.’
Tell that to my husband! He was puzzled as to why I didn’t reek of sweat like he did after a long day out and came to the conclusion that body hair (I lack a lot of it naturally) might have something to do with it. He picked up my razor in the shower and went for it. Now he says he’ll never go back, plus he likes the smoothness (and so do I!).
June 13, 2011 at 12:31 pm
Win-Win!
June 13, 2011 at 12:37 pm
I do not shave, and I have no issue with body odor. I may be the lucky few, but I think we all know men produce a lot more STINK than women.
June 13, 2011 at 12:54 pm
Well, my hubby has way less stinky feet than I do, and yet his pits stank more than mine – till he started man-scaping….I think it depends on the person, honestly….
June 13, 2011 at 12:56 pm
And I think it totally depends on the person. I guess I’m squicked out because when I didn’t shave (as in, pre-pubescent times) I smelled more….started to shave, not as much smell. During pregnancy, I would get lazy, and weeks would go by, and then I’d be like, wtf is that smell – oh yeah, off to shave. I honestly think it must depend, since apparently not everyone stinks as much as me…..I knew I was grody….:(
June 13, 2011 at 5:12 pm
The “molecules” you speak of are actually bacteria. They create body odor when they process the sugars in sweat. If you stink really badly despite using deodorant, you might want to have yourself checked for diabetes, or some other endochrine disorder.
http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/men/sweating-odor/bacteria-cause-body-odor.htm
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June 13, 2011 at 3:52 pm
No wonder we have issues as a society, many of those looked like normal stubble taken when these people were out being well, normal.
June 13, 2011 at 5:05 pm
I totally agree with you, with one exception: I hope the picture of Madonna’s daughter was Photoshopped.
June 13, 2011 at 11:59 am
I will avoid going on and on with a raving feminist rant by saying simply this – I do not shave my armpits (or legs).
Before anyone asks, it doesn’t bother my boyfriend one bit, and I differ from this model by not wearing make-up or dying my hair blonde, making my brand of feminism a bit more genuine!
June 13, 2011 at 12:02 pm
I don’t dye my hair or do makeup, but for the love of god i can NOT stand any hair below my eyebrows….
June 13, 2011 at 12:09 pm
I’ve found getting comfortable with it is quite good, though, because it saves time and you’re no longer uncomfortable with yourself
It took me a long time to pluck up the courage to go out wearing short sleeves in public, but now that I’m comfortable doing it I feel much more confident, oddly.
June 13, 2011 at 12:19 pm
The only ‘uncomfortable’ I have is that the feeling of hair brushing against skin freaks me the fuck out. Like nails on a chalkboard or a vat full of clowns, people. I hate this fake idea espoused by unshavers that the only reason people shave is because they’re conditioned by society to hate themselves.
June 13, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Well, I wouldn’t so far as to say that that’s the only reason at all, but it’s possible the reason you don’t like hair brushing against skin is simply because you’re not used to it! I’m not telling you off for that, though, and it’s obviously totally your choice if you don’t want to desensitise yourself to it – it’s like anything that freaks you out – you want to avoid it!
June 13, 2011 at 2:35 pm
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June 13, 2011 at 2:20 pm
” but for the love of god i can NOT stand any hair below my eyebrows…”
Eyelashes don’t do it for ya?
June 13, 2011 at 12:06 pm
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June 13, 2011 at 12:11 pm
Actually, it doesn’t smell any more than shaven armpits do, I find. I wash regularly enough for it not to make a difference. But everybody’s bodies are different, so it may just not work out that way for everyone, which is fair enough.
June 13, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Yup – I hate shaving, but I’ve found that I smell less if I keep the pits, and the coochie area, shorter or shorn….
June 13, 2011 at 12:56 pm
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June 13, 2011 at 2:01 pm
I don’t shave, I shower often and I use the rock crystal deodorant. I smell great, I am hygienic and I am aluminum free. Pit hair does not necessarily mean stinkiness, sorry.
June 13, 2011 at 4:21 pm
The rock crystal deodorants are awesome. They’re the only ones that my body doesn’t get used to. Before them, I’d have to have five or six different brands, because each one would stop working after only a month or so.
June 13, 2011 at 12:17 pm
I probably would have ended up shaving my legs if I wasn’t allergic to shaving cream. Nair smells too damn bad to bother with…I don’t hate my hair enough to wax. My mom didn’t shave her legs, (she does shower and use deoderant) so I never really learned to think it was gross or wrong to have body hair. I’m not a pariah, either. In fact, a friend of mine once told me she wished that she was brave enough to not shave, because it’s such a waste of time and money. And I have a boyfriend, who likes me the way I am. But i don’t go around flashing my pits unecessarily. It’s a ‘look at me’ move whether your pits are shaved or not.
June 13, 2011 at 12:23 pm
Yes you’re right, she is just showing off, especially given that the rest of her look isn’t exactly backing up her “statement”. But I also think it’s wrong to perpetuate this belief that something which is perfectly natural and normal is ugly or something to be ashamed of.
June 13, 2011 at 3:51 pm
What? I’ve never used shaving cream. Body wash lathers up just fine on the shower.
June 13, 2011 at 1:17 pm
I dye my hair and shave my pits, but I stopped plucking the brows and shaving the legs long ago, and I can’t stand wearing makeup. At the end of the day, I’ll take care of hygiene for everyone else’s pleasure, but ‘hygiene’ and ‘beautification’ seem to run the same blurry line for women.
June 13, 2011 at 11:00 pm
a raving feminist rant
my brand of feminism
When the hell did “campaign for equal rights for women” turn into “don’t shave/wear make-up/dye your hair”? Do it, don’t do it, whatever, but don’t turn it into some ideological bullshit, like you’re somehow the “better” feminist than a woman who does do those things.
June 14, 2011 at 3:46 am
It’s a small part of feminism – the right not to shave or wear make-up, because while this obviously isn’t part of law, it is something that is almost enforced socially. The point is the choice aspect – and the not shooting others down for not shaving aspect. But as I said, it’s a choice, and people should make that choice. But with the model, she’s trying to make a statement by showing her pits off so boldly, but the rest of her look doesn’t back it up – she’s still happy to follow the other social conventions so her statement falls flat.
June 13, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Oh my god…her pit hair is so gross….
No…it’s just hair. I don’t shave because I wasn’t raised to think it was disgusting. I don’t shave because shaving cream gives me eczema, and I don’t have the money to shop around for some organic/natural kind. I think a few hairs are more appealing than inflamed, peeling, oozing skin. That’s probably not the case with her, but all this ‘ew hair’ is kind of immature. Go ahead, downvote me.
June 13, 2011 at 12:50 pm
Nah, as long as you bathe regularly I’ll hang with you.
Well, that and you don’t pose for all the pics we take together with your pit hair waving….
June 13, 2011 at 12:05 pm
What I find odd about the pic is that she’s got three styles going on at once – Goth on top, Hippie in the middle, and Church Lady on the bottom. What gives?
June 13, 2011 at 12:17 pm
YES. The skirt is supposed to be the star of the photo shoot, right? But NOTHING in the picture seems to be within miles of matching the skirt!
June 13, 2011 at 12:11 pm
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June 13, 2011 at 12:17 pm
For many Western men — and women, for that matter — it is beyond unacceptable for a woman to have hairy legs or armpits: it is inconceivable. The perception that ‘normal’ women should be virtually hair-free is a young one: it began in the 1920s when the struggling Wilkinson Sword Company decided to boost its sales by targeting women, with an advertising campaign that claimed female underarm hair was unfeminine and unhygienic. (Of course, if the latter were true it would have equally applied to both genders, but then again advertising campaigns are notorious for preying on women’s insecurities.) This kind of attitude in advertising and the media is pretty one-sided: the target is almost exclusively women who are effectively told they are too ugly unless they buy into certain products or services, ranging from hair removal to diets to tanning creams and so on.
A hairy proposition.
June 13, 2011 at 12:17 pm
^^^This was from Dollmag.ca by the way
June 13, 2011 at 12:21 pm
Oh, I LOVE this misconception! Please, tell the Romans that no one started shaving, depilating or otherwise removing body hair until the 1920s. Go on; I’ll wait.
June 13, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Some Egyptians plucked all their body long before too. They are referring to western cultures, and specifically when and why hairless bodies in women became the norm in American culture. Cultures all throughout history have shaved, but it’s still fascinating to know why your particular culture started.
June 13, 2011 at 12:38 pm
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June 13, 2011 at 12:47 pm
There were bath houses devoted to debilitation in the Roman Empire and most of the Middle East. Read any account of the things people saw on the Crusades and you’ll hear about places women went to de-hair….
Mona Lisa had her eyebrows threaded – which derives from India, and is a hell of a lot older than 90 years old.
The hair-free thing has been going on since we figured out how to make blades. Men removed facial hair to be cooler in the summer, and other parts were shaved for visual stimulation, as well as perceived hygiene. If you’re not bathing daily, you’d want the least amount of hair possible on the sexy parts of your harem ladies…
June 13, 2011 at 12:47 pm
GAH – depilitation, not debilitation. Damn auto-correct.
June 13, 2011 at 2:36 pm
Roman culture isn’t Western culture now? Well, you really do learn something new every day!
June 13, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Sure, people did it. But the distinction here is that not doing it was also acceptable and normal in most cultures throughout history (probably not all, though).
June 13, 2011 at 12:48 pm
Well, do you go by the sheer numbers of population, or do you go by the only truly clearly reported historical societies, which would be Europe and the USA…..he who wins the war writes the history, and all that…
June 13, 2011 at 12:59 pm
Of course our view of history is skewed, but we do know that an AWFUL lot of cultures did not have the same attitude as us – in fact, many other cultures right NOW don’t have the same attitude.
June 13, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Isn’t it just part of the primal thing where women try to look young, because that’s what straight men like?
THIS IS A GENERALIZATION- no butthurt intended.
June 13, 2011 at 2:14 pm
Funny thing about the Romans is that the majority of MEN engaged in hair removal (everywhere, not just beards). Clearly, this is not a trend that has remained intact today.
She was not suggesting that hair removal began in the 1920s, but rather that’s when advertising began to create and tap into women’s hair insecurity.
June 13, 2011 at 12:45 pm
Didn’t ancient Egyptians shave their heads for sanitary reasons as well?
June 13, 2011 at 12:47 pm
Well, crap. You beat me to it, everminding
June 13, 2011 at 12:22 pm
OK, here’s the thing. She IS givinginto societal norms and whatever, because the shirt is made to show off her belly. And those lovely pits. Her hair has quite the mustard dye job. And the clashing skirt is being advertised as “VINTAGE GAP” …. no sorry “vintage gap”. (Maybe if you spell it with a lowercase “g” it’s not from “The Gap”? As one who regularly fails to shave the legs, I can recall my sister asking me derisively “God, when are you going to shave? I can’t see the forest for the TREES” when I was a teen. I honestly don’t care who shaves what when. But, seriously? I don’t wanna SEE, you know?
June 13, 2011 at 12:23 pm
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June 13, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Here’s my story, from the ferry ride out to Vancouver Island, a very leftist area. I saw a middleaged butch lady obviously overseeing some junior high “granola” girls, likely going on a campout or to some other extremely earth-loving activity. The chaperone had a no-product mohawk, tied back in a ponytail, of COURSE no makeup, modest sensible attire, including a multi-hued, obviously hand-knit sweater. It was obvious what sort of people they were- obsessed with “good”; very representative of The Island. Their presence in the lobby as we waited to board on foot was a vaguely cheery thing not consciously registered. Then I saw it. Her hairy chin-mole, with about four 6inch strands of multi-hued yarn braided into the 3inch face-pubes that grew from her chin blemish. Well, obviously she refuses to see it as a blemish, but rather celebrates it, and decorates it to match her outfit. Being a role-model to kids is a good thing to take seriously, but I think: Pick your battles.
June 13, 2011 at 1:13 pm
That’s worse than people who pierce their third nipple.
June 13, 2011 at 1:42 pm
Uh oh, I see some new Etsy products: mole hair extensions (from the seller’s cat or dog), tees emblazoned with “Love your Mole Hair” & “Don’t Loath Your Mole,” and, of course, a large-holed Swarovski crystal to thread the mole hairs through. All reasonably priced at $49.37 + 17.99 S&H.
June 13, 2011 at 1:51 pm
Oh my god, I’m dying! I HAVE SEEN HER ON THE FERRY! And I nearly screamed. And then turned purple from trying not to fall down laughing where she could see me. And nearly peed my pants.
My parents live on an island just off Vancouver Island, and it’s replete with people like that. Have only seen the one with the chin mole dreadlock, though.
June 13, 2011 at 3:04 pm
Pictures we need pictures.
June 13, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Y’know I kind of respect women who don’t shave. If they feel more comfortable with hair and are a strong enough person to deal with stares, comments, etc. then I’m all for them. That said, I don’t want to see anyone’s pits displayed like this. Shaved, hairy, men’s, women’s, etc.
June 13, 2011 at 1:22 pm
This picture is the equivalent of people who wear teeny tiny shorts and force everyone else around them to notice the state of their pubic hair.
June 13, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Exactly. Much like the camel toe, the arm pit is not an aesthetically pleasing part of the body.
June 13, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Particularly when it has nothing to do with her allegedly vintage skirt. If someone was holding a gun on her & saying “hands up,” I get it. Otherwise just stand like a normal person and not like someone that the police are going to frisk.
June 13, 2011 at 2:56 pm
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June 13, 2011 at 7:23 pm
I haven’t shaved my underarms for 4 years now (I experimented between the two for a while and personally found that shaving made me slightly more sweaty and was more uncomfortable). I don’t show it off, but I’m sure I raise my arms sometimes when I’m at the beach or wearing sleeveless dresses in summer.
I have never had a single negative response to it from friends/strangers/guys I sleep with, occasionally someone has said “yeah, that’s cool” to me about it. It’s a total non-issue. It just seems to be a massively big deal on the internet?
June 13, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Maybe she was taking a picture for the hairy pits club and realized she wanted to sell the skirt, thus killing two birds with one stone by using the photo for both that cause and selling the skirt?
June 13, 2011 at 1:13 pm
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June 13, 2011 at 1:05 pm
Damn, I can’t decide which is worse- the yellow(and black) hair, the orange lipstick, the bullring through her nose, or the fact that one of her armpits appears to have straight hair while the other has curly.
I’m upset now…
June 13, 2011 at 1:10 pm
Whenever I see someone sporting hair in unnatural colors I am reminded of a show that used to be on years ago where all the characters’ hair looked like it was fashioned from neon playdoh.
June 13, 2011 at 1:15 pm
If I had a choice of any colour in the world to dye my hair, that virulent yellow would be at the absolute bottom of the list.
The tank top looks like a swimsuit top for a four-year-old.
June 13, 2011 at 1:19 pm
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June 14, 2011 at 5:56 am
this is the first time I truly wish I had not clicked “click here to see.”
June 13, 2011 at 1:24 pm
I wish that instead of feminists encouraging women not to shave, we could say men SHOULD shave. I had a FWB recently who shaved everything. It was so nice. And he always smelled good.
June 13, 2011 at 2:47 pm
My motto for men is, (AT MINIMUM!) “just say no to neck-beard.”
Come to think of it, I know a few women who should take that advice. A ‘stache is one thing. Braiding your throat-whiskers? .
June 13, 2011 at 2:47 pm
…*shiver*…
June 13, 2011 at 1:47 pm
The cynical bitch (not that) deep inside me can’t help wondering if this picture originally accompanied a thank-you letter to the clueless elderly female relative who sent it to her as a birthday gift. Or perhaps it was posted to her MySpace with the caption “this is what my grandma sent me for Xmess. If I’d known what she was thinking when she asked what size I am and what my favourite colour is, I’d have asked for money. FML!”
June 13, 2011 at 1:50 pm
My legs looked like that for 2 years. I’m not a hippie or a feminist, just was really fucking manly for a while there. Also, lazy as shit.
June 13, 2011 at 2:03 pm
As a non-armpit-and-leg-shaver, I do have to say that y’all shouldnt knock it till you try it. Not only does my boyfriend still somehow amazingly find me attractive, but I dont smell any worse than I did as a shaver and I still manage to have a job and be a functioning member of society.
If men dont have to shave, why the hell should I? I am never itchy or scratchy or get cuts. Also, I take quicker showers, never have to plan my shaving schedule around travel, and dont have to spend any money on shaving cream or razors.
That being said, I would never expect to be selected to model clothes on Etsy nor would I do so with my arms in the air as a way to show off. What I do is for me, not for anyone else as a way to appear “crunchier” or “more free.”
June 13, 2011 at 4:46 pm
Hair holds onto pheromones. Pheromones are sexy. Just sayin’.
June 13, 2011 at 2:16 pm
Another one where I wouldn’t think anything of her just walking around like that, but SHOWING IT OFF in order to ADVERTISE a product is just plain stupid.
June 13, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Wow, just wow. If you’re going to sell a sedate, but ugly, skirt, why pair it with electric yellow hair and a tie dye shirt?
I understand from browsing the thread she’s a bit of an attention whore, but if you’re trying to sell the shit your mom gave you from the back of her closet, you might actually want to put it on someone who will sell it. or at least photograph the damn skirt better.
June 13, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Pits, whatever. I can’t get past that horrible orangey-red lipstick she’s wearing.
June 13, 2011 at 3:40 pm
She has put a lot of effort into looking as bad as she can. She’s done really well.
June 13, 2011 at 4:15 pm
In my six month campaign of not shaving ANYTHING, just to see what it’s like (well, my fiance being deployed is another reason not to give a fuck about body hair too), I discovered that my leg hair is DARK, and THICK and WILD. It’s really amazing, considering I’ve had baby fine blonde body hair all of my life. And they say shaving doesn’t cause that….LIES!
But really, you can’t say that she’s in a natural pose because unless you live in a country where it isn’t common for women to shave their pits, the first fucking thing you notice is pit hair! And I don’t dislike it because it stinks, it looks grody or whatever. If you don’t like shaving, don’t do it. I stopped and the only issue I have is my leg hair, which takes a lot of willpower NOT to shave right now.
June 13, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Since everyone is sharing their pro/anti shaving stories, I just want to chime in and add that since I’m a Chinese woman lucky enough to get the no-body-hair gene, I shave my legs maybe once every…six months? And no one can tell. I wear shorts without having shaved for months and my friend gets angry at me for having legs smoother than her freshly-waxed ones. I do shave my armpits though, but my mother has never done it in her life and she thinks I’m weird for doing so.
And now, more on topic: I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PICTURE. Everyone has mentioned the bad dye-job and the inexplicable tie-dye crop top–I also would like to know why there is a fake fireplace??? What is it FOR???
June 13, 2011 at 9:21 pm
so she can be ~*~*~*~*~unique, duh
June 13, 2011 at 4:42 pm
I am a woman who does not shave. I also don’t wear sleeveless shirts and pose with my arms over my head. I also wear only long skirts and pants, and makeup & haircolor that actually compliments my natural coloring.
I am an old, well-seasoned hippy, and I’d like to have a nice, long talk with this ignorant child.
June 13, 2011 at 5:30 pm
If she likes hair in her pits, fine, but why do we need armpit exposure for this picture anyway? It’s not like we couldn’t see the skirt if her arms were down…however, if she showed her boobs, then we’re on to something.
June 13, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Oh if there were boobs that skirt so would be mine!
June 13, 2011 at 5:41 pm
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June 13, 2011 at 5:44 pm
Oh, there are going to be some flounces up in here. I can see it building already. Excellent post choice, Killer.
June 13, 2011 at 5:54 pm
Jeez, I wasn’t quite as disturbed by a sweaty kudzu as I was by a floral skirt craftily combined with the rainbow magic top. Talk about major clash! I always think, what, they DO NOT want to sell the actual item? Because it sure as heck looks like they’ve tried everything possible to distract from it and to overpower it on this pic.
June 13, 2011 at 7:16 pm
Compared to the rest of her, that skirt looks awesome.
June 13, 2011 at 9:20 pm
why the hot holy fuck would you sell something on etsy you got FROM THE FUCKING GAP?
god, i hate people.
June 13, 2011 at 9:56 pm
What bothers me the most is the lack of focus on the item she’s actually selling. I thought it was for the top.
I don’t particularly like shaving/waxing/nair-ing but I do do it on occasion. (Lazy for the most part) It makes me feel all excited, clean and smooth when I’m inclined tho. Plus, pulling on jeans without hair friction is a fab feeling. <3
June 13, 2011 at 10:33 pm
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June 14, 2011 at 2:08 am
Wow, a lot of hate. I think her hair and her clothing are stupid, but I have never understood why we have the idea as a society that women shouldn’t have body hair, and it pisses me off when people try to defend random bullshit as objective fact.
I rarely shave my armpits. I did recently because I was going to wear a dress in the city, but I just don’t shave in the mountains. My exgirlfriend shaved everything but her armpits, just because she liked it that way. My boyfriend, for whatever reason, trims all hair down to almost nothing, because he likes it that way.
Deal with it. *sunglasses on*
June 14, 2011 at 4:34 pm
I’m glad there are people like Raptor here.
I’m genuinely astounded that so many commenters seem to seriously think that having armpit hair is “dirty”. Maybe if you rely on shaving your armpits to keep them clean instead of actually washing regularly, I can see where you might get that idea from… Nah, it’s still stoopid.
Don’t get me wrong: I agree it’s a bizarre way to sell a skirt, and that’s funny. But the way some people on here react to the simple fact that she doesn’t shave her pits (and there really isn’t any good reason apart from fashion to do so) kind of disgusts me. And, as you can see from my poetry, I have a high disgust threshold.
Peace out.
June 16, 2011 at 12:39 pm
I wear dresses in the city with unshaved legs, and nobody notices. Seriously.
June 14, 2011 at 2:10 am
The nose ring and the yellow hair with black roots worry me much more than a little hair under the arms.
June 14, 2011 at 9:29 am
I love Amanda Palmer and her hairy pits.
So I don’t know why I’m so bothered by this.
Maybe I don’t understand why you need to raise your arms over your head to sell a skirt unless you’re trying to show off the hair :\ ??
June 14, 2011 at 9:54 am
I’ll just leave this here.
June 14, 2011 at 11:14 am
You know, I don’t shave my anything, and that’s my choice and shit. But that doesn’t mean I want to look at anyone else’s pit hair. If that makes me not a sister or whatever, fine, but seriously, is the pit hair a selling point? If her arms were down or the picture was just of the skirt, would it seem lackluster without the hair?
June 14, 2011 at 11:28 am
I can understand being low maintenance and not shaving, but if you care enough to do a bunch of other shit to your appearance, including keeping your hair a color that needs constant attention, it seems like you could at least trim the forest under your arm so it doesnt smack the people behind you when you wave.
June 14, 2011 at 8:11 pm
I’m not into the whole shave your whole body ’til you look like a peeled egg, but this is gross. If you’re gonna have hairy pits, fine, that’s your biz, but don’t go to such great lengths to display them to the world. “SEE, I HAVE HAIRY PITS; I AM SOOOOO AVANT-GARDE AND OUTRE!!” Bleh and
meh(sorry, Bronc).June 15, 2011 at 12:02 am
ARE YOU ALL INSANE!? Grow some hair!! Are you really SO hung up that you have to go out of your precious ways to comment on someone else’s choice over their under arm hair? Are you all to busy getting off on nubile, hairless stick insects to appreciate a real woman? EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO CHOICE!! wtf wtf wtf. This makes me so angry. For generations who are supposed to be progressive, you lot are so fucking old fashioned. Go trims your hedges and polish your bibles/nazi memorabilia/arse holes. You’re all animals.
June 15, 2011 at 1:58 am
Heh.
So EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO CHOICE of grooming habits, but anyone who chooses differently than what you endorse is…
a Bible-thumping Nazi?
You’re silly.
June 15, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Are people really being voted thumbs up for getting butthurt over armpit hair?
June 15, 2011 at 8:25 pm
What a bunch of narrow-minded drones. Beauty comes in all forms. Just because she doesn’t look like the robots you see on the cover of beauty magazines doesn’t mean she’s not beautiful. It doesn’t mean she’s a bad person or a dirty hippy, or a dirty person in general. So she doesn’t shave her pits, who really gives? So she’s wearing tye-dye and floral and has yellow hair, what does it matter to all of you?
Stop spreading hate and try to be a little more accepting of things that are different from what you are used to. It won’t kill you.
June 15, 2011 at 8:38 pm
You don’t know what we all look like, or what we consider to be beautiful. You’re throwing out silly straw man arguments and phony comparisons. Many of us have tattoos, piercings, and funny-colored hair. That doesn’t mean we have to dig armpit hair. Is all body hair beautiful? What about back hair? It’s natural, right? Must be beautiful!
June 16, 2011 at 8:48 am
No one’s saying you have to like armpit hair – or if they are they’re stupid. But it’s just as stupid to assume that everyone should dislike it.
What’s really depressing about the comments on this page is the assumption that armpit hair (or indeed back hair) is somehow inherently bad or (even worse) “dirty”. Believe it or not, some people like it, and some people find it sexy. Ain’t the world a crazy place?
Sure, showing off your armpits (hairy or not) is a bizarre way to sell a skirt. If that was the point of this post, or the point of the comments, that would be fine. Or if the all the commenters (as some are) were clear that they, as it happens, just don’t to like armpit hair. No problem there. Everyone’s entitled to their tastes. But the way so many here act as if armpit hair is self-evidently offensive is crazy and rather depressing.
June 16, 2011 at 4:46 pm
At no point do we say everyone should groom themselves according to our preference. We happen to have a preference. Many here feel the same way. Some do not. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. We never said they were not allowed to like it; why would we try to enforce such a thing?
We all have aesthetic preferences, yes? If that’s so, you can’t ask for openmindedness on our parts but then condemn us for making a different choice than the one you like. You just said that’s wrong.
We all have our own opinions. Why are you so willing to ignore all the individual opinions that you don’t like? Does that motto only work when it’s endorsing pit hair? Isn’t the decision to shave just as valid as deciding to let it grow?
June 16, 2011 at 12:36 pm
I see an entire spectrum of opinions on body hair in the comments. What we are making fun of is the fact that she thinks waving her armpits in faces is going to sell a skirt.
June 17, 2011 at 8:09 am
“At no point do we say everyone should groom themselves according to our preference.”
No, and I don’t say you do.
“you can’t ask for openmindedness on our parts but then condemn us for making a different choice than the one you like.”
No, and I don’t.
“Isn’t the decision to shave just as valid as deciding to let it grow?”
Yes, and I don’t say it isn’t.
My complaint – as I thought I’d stated clearly -is about the implication (not, as I acknowledge, made by all commenters) that armpit hair is either inherently “dirty” or self-evidently bad. Both these claims are false, and I think deserving of challenge. They are also distinct from personal preference and taste. To make an analogy: I have no problem with people who admit that they happen not to like Chinese food. But I would have a big problem with people who justified that taste by strongly implying there was something wrong with Chinese food, and calling it dirty.
June 17, 2011 at 8:20 am
Of course, maybe people on this page are just kidding when they say things like “‘Do you think men with armpit hair are dirty?’ Yes I do.” Or use the phrase “dirty hippy”. In which case I apologise for my sense-of-humour failure! It does go fail sometimes.
And if they’re not joking… well, of course they’re entitled to their opinions. But opinions aren’t tastes: disputing tastes is pointless and silly; opinions can be challenged, and if they’re based on false claims, they should be.
June 17, 2011 at 8:29 am
And no, I don’t know what “go fail” means either…
June 18, 2011 at 12:55 am
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June 18, 2011 at 12:56 am
Er, I mean axillary. It’s 4 in the morning here and the Norco just kicked in.
June 18, 2011 at 2:03 pm
“Her skin is so pasty white (and her hair so dark) that a few quick sessions of laser would permanently remove all the hair from those pits.”
This is kind of what I’m talking about when I say posters seem to find armpit hair self-evidently bad.
The funny thing about this Etsy listing is that this is a really weird way to sell a skirt. As Trickster says, it’s a gratuitous display – and I think it’s fair to laugh at that. And to make it funnier, this gratuitous armpit display distracts from what she’s trying to sell.
But Trickster’s comment doesn’t start with that. It starts from the assumption that underarm hair is a problem to be remedied. I appreciate the following “If she wanted to, that is”, but the comment seems to me to be heavy with the implication that not wanting to is weird.
But that’s weird in itself. There’s really no more good reason to shave your armpits than to shave your head, except that fashion promotes the first more than the second.
June 21, 2011 at 10:18 pm
Is it just me that sees the disparity between hippie and “The Gap”. Isn’t the Gap something most hippies view as anathema because of well, its the freaking Gap?
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January 26, 2012 at 10:34 am
I am extremely late for commenting, however I had to sign up for an account just to say this…
I’m really glad to see Becky Conner has found work. We really miss her in Lanford, but at least she’s doing something with her life.