![]() I grew up hating & hiding a part of my body that now people were LITERALLY worshiping. Modeling was something I’d wanted to do since I was a child but when I started maturing I noticed even after shaving how prominent my leg hair was so I literally just didn’t bother before. Which only grew stronger when I was starting to be approached about modeling & making adult content. That decision was probably one of the best I’ve ever made regarding my relationship with my body. And from that point on I made the decision to NEVER alter my body to appease someone else. I was told by my current boyfriend he would never take me anywhere nice with facial, armpit or leg hair so in order to please him I shaved everything so we could “have a nice date”. The last day I shaved was actually Valentine’s Day. It was a deep self hatred reinforced through bullying & overall beauty standards. To the point where I had developed anxiety around hair & didn’t want to even be around people who had a lot of it too. It’s something I’ve run from my entire life until about 3 years ago. Since this image has started to be shared I’ve gotten a lot of questions around the journey of my body hair. “It’s incredibly validating to see this image Alex took of me shared with the intention to create a conversation how we see hair and femininity. I could grow, and be just the way I am and be loved for it. Because that's how it should be, right? Because that's what they said, that's what they like. I couldn't have them calling me a cactus. Because I couldn't look like that when I was going out, could I? I associated myself with something untidy, unpleasant, and loving myself turned into this tedious task because I couldn't. If I was too lazy to do it, I just wouldn't go out. And if I couldn't wax it off, I shaved it all. Until this little fantasy turned into a nightmare. I was thrilled to remove my hair and have baby soft, hairless skin. “There was this time where puberty was just commencing and gifted me a full-blown pube-stache, and to be given a razor to snip it off was a dream. ![]()
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