Hairy Potter and the Prisoner of Razorkaban

Finally, summer is on its way! Sticky weather, lazy afternoons, and icy drinks, the summer season means good times for all. However, the one aspect of summer that I have come to find often kills my buzz, is the issue of BODY HAIR. It really should be nothing to mention as it is such a minute aspect of myself, but I have not regularly shaved my legs since grade 11 and since around Easter of 2007, I decided to stop shaving under my arms as well. For many people such as my mom, pre-teens on the bus, and drunken frat boys, this is a disgusting and unfeminine problem, making me a crazy and Chewbacca-esque monster. It has become a bigger issue in my life than I ever would have expected it, so this posting I am sure will be one of many relating to the furry concern of (female) body hair.

Julia Roberts, after appearing at the premier of her movie, Notting Hill with unshaven underarms was amazed by all of the fuss and said: "On a day-to-day basis I don't think about my armpits." This is the approach I have come to follow. I understand that to many, seeing a woman without perfectly smooth underarms can come as a shock, and I will be honest, I definitely notice when a little patch of hair appears under women's arms within everything ranging from class to gossip magazines to porn. This is because untamed female hair is not the expected norm, so is something to be noticed. The Robert's method to armpit critics is the best way to deal with this constructed method of observation. Yes, many women shave most of their body hair, but ALSO yes, many women do not. It should not be one or the other, but rather both and someone from one group should not be judgmental towards one from another. There are just so many more significant and noteworthy things in this life, hair should not be given so much time and power.