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[Women's] Armpit hair is 2015’s hottest fashion accessory
National Post ^ | July 8, 2015 | Isabel Slone

Posted on 07/08/2015 1:22:11 PM PDT by rickmichaels

In 1999, America’s sweetheart Julia Roberts attended the London premiere of her film Notting Hill, and for a split second lifted up her arm to wave to her fans, inadvertently revealing a dark undergrowth of hair. Roberts’ fuzzy pits triggered reactions of unspeakable disgust — a writer from Britain’s Mirror likened them to “two clumps of seaweed,” while The Independent ran a debate on the pros and cons of Roberts’ personal hygiene habits. Assessing the backlash, Roberts later said, “You would’ve thought I had a chinchilla under there.”

It was around the same time that I was undergoing the routine humiliation of middle school when I overheard some of the girls in my grade speaking in hushed tones about a fellow student who – to their shock and dismay – braided her armpit hair. By refusing to shave after the onset of puberty, she was breaking the law by adolescent girl social codes, and deemed particularly ripe for ostracization.

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To: Georgia Girl 2

Oh, well...seems par for the course for this thread!


101 posted on 07/30/2015 3:05:41 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: MinuteGal; All
Awww, come on, we're just laughing about something we all have in common, that's at best a nuisance, (at worst, a bunch of little nicks all over the place) that's all! Everybody needs a little levity now and then, especially with all the really serious issues we do address here on FR. It isn't intended to be offensive. I don't even think Julia Roberts would mind!
God bless you!
Grateful
102 posted on 07/30/2015 3:47:04 PM PDT by Grateful2God (Those who smile like nothing's wrong are fighting a battle you know nothing about. -Thomas More)
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To: rickmichaels

Hubby’s cousin never shaved anything; pits, legs, anything. Her husband passed away a few years ago. When we visited her a couple weeks ago, I noticed she’s now shaving all the normal female areas (at least the visible ones). I told Hubby she must be ready to start dating again, and he said she mentioned she has started to date. I found that greatly amusing.


103 posted on 07/30/2015 4:22:31 PM PDT by Hoffer Rand (Bear His image. Bring His message. Be the Church.)
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To: Grateful2God
Whoa....I was responding to one particular photograph, if you back up on the thread and pay attention.

Far be it for me to rain on the mutual parade of you adolescent comic book readers and telephone heavy breathers. You really do deserve a thread of your own every once in while.

Please carry on!

Leni

104 posted on 07/30/2015 4:32:28 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: MinuteGal
" Whoa....I was responding to one particular photograph, if you back up on the thread and pay attention."
I'm sorry, you're right, I missed that. Nobody's perfect; least of all me!

" Far be it for me to rain on the mutual parade of you adolescent comic book readers and telephone heavy breathers. "
Actually, I'm over the hill. I may have ordered a pizza or two to someone's house back then, but never made an obscene call to anyone, anytime, anywhere. Comics, well not interested now, but used to enjoy "Archie." Quite innocuous.
There's a little bit of a kid in all of us. That's not a bad thing. Look at people who write stories, make cartoons, create theme parks and all kinds of imaginative things. They have the gift of seeing the world through a child's eyes. They bring joy and laughter to a hard and difficult world, just as did the escapist movies made during our country's Great Depression.

You really do deserve a thread of your own every once in while.
Please carry on!
Leni "

Laughter should be shared. I hope you change your mind. Read my tag line, if you would. There are times in a person's life when you treasure every opportunity for a good, clean laugh- especially about something with which just about all of us can identify.
May God give you peace, and joy, and laughter- for those are some of the gifts He gives us to help us in the struggle of our daily lives, and that of the world around us!
Sincerely,
Grateful

105 posted on 07/30/2015 7:41:18 PM PDT by Grateful2God (Those who smile like nothing's wrong are fighting a battle you know nothing about. -Thomas More)
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To: Grateful2God
Nicely put. I agree with your upbeat philosophy.

My objection to that photo on FR stands.

Leni

106 posted on 07/30/2015 8:09:10 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: MinuteGal
" Nicely put. I agree with your upbeat philosophy.
My objection to that photo on FR stands.
Leni "

Now I know which photo you meant... When I first saw it, it took me several minutes and a few turns of my phone before I realized that it was an underarm!
Thank you, Leni, for the compliment, and may God bless you!
Grateful

107 posted on 07/31/2015 5:22:32 PM PDT by Grateful2God (Those who smile like nothing's wrong are fighting a battle you know nothing about. -Thomas More)
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To: rickmichaels
I don't know why but I immediately thought of this Rapunzel frame from Mad Magazine.


108 posted on 07/31/2015 5:28:02 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

Sophia has an excuse - she’s Italian.


109 posted on 07/31/2015 5:30:08 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: rickmichaels

“....fashion accessory...
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I get tired of all this artificiality such as false eyelashes and false boobs. If God had wanted us to have hair under our arms, God would have given us hair under our arms.

/sarc


110 posted on 09/29/2015 4:05:00 PM PDT by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose! Does TG have to be an ass every day?)
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To: rickmichaels

Why not? Women have beer bellies, fart and burp in public, tats, and other manly characteristics. Might as well go for the hairy legs and pits.


111 posted on 09/29/2015 4:06:50 PM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: Fightin Whitey

I don’t care who you are...that’s funny right there


112 posted on 09/29/2015 4:15:00 PM PDT by LivingNet
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To: LivingNet

Praise is always good.

Hell, the later the better lol.


113 posted on 09/29/2015 4:24:54 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: rickmichaels
Shave and a haircut hairy women armpits photo: Hairy Hairy2.jpg two bits.
114 posted on 11/28/2015 6:22:58 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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