Fitonyasha has not shaved her legs and other parts of her body for a whole year now. "Bald fashion": why girls with shaved heads make the world a better place Shaved kitty

“Have you noticed that skinhead models are in trend right now?” I read on Garance Doré's blog, stroking the crunchy 3mm bob of my hair. In a week, he will double his hair and begin to just rustle, and a friend will send me a link to a selection of shaved and very short-haired girls from the spring-summer 2016 shows with the caption: “You are on time!” That's really it. Only cold.

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Around shaven veils is negative - with the exception of perhaps Buddhism
and the noble fight against cancer

It is unsympathetic to reveal the cards from the very beginning, but I shaved for no reason. I didn’t have a nervous breakdown, I didn’t change my social circle, I didn’t try - at least consciously - to prove something to someone. I just had a trimmer after the movie, whiskey, which need to be trimmed periodically, and a free Sunday evening. Despite the fact that I pay a lot of attention to my appearance and would probably be upset if I lost my eyelashes or eyebrows overnight, for some reason I was not afraid of the prospect of being left without hair - although I carefully looked after them all my life, and a year and a half ago they reached mid back. A couple of people recently said that they were waiting for me to really shave completely - all the more funny that I did not expect this at all.

Many girls cut or shave their hair symbolically. Nina Nazarova, the editor of Afisha, told me that at the age of 19 after a love drama: “I was rather unceremoniously abandoned by a young man with whom we had been together for a year and, as if that weren’t enough, he immediately started an intrigue with a girl whom I considered mine a close friend and on whose shoulder she was just mourning her failed relationship. In a word, I was quite worried, and in order to draw a symbolic line, and at the same time prove to myself and the world that I had hoo-hoo eggs, I decided on this gesture.

And Anya Gubanova, the beautiful heroine of our pro smokey, recently cut her bob to a short bob. “The decision arose spontaneously. She joked, telling her stylist friend about personal and work: “I feel now that the only right haircut option for me is bald.” Marina replied: “I’ll cut my hair, it’s not a question, it will suit you!” Well, that’s it. It turned out symbolically: I wanted a shake-up, stop reflecting in vain and start from scratch.”

The Annals of Google readily provide a wealth of information about the role the absence of hair has had in history and what connotations I have literally shouldered. Alas, with the exception of Buddhists (albeit to the Dalai Lama now), Islamic pilgrims and numerous support actions for those suffering from alopecia or cancer, around the skinhead veils is negative. This is both a reminder of the 90s and associations with the class system, repression and other traumatic phenomena.

Punishment in the form of forced shaving, a very archaic technique, took place in ancient China. It was distinguished from other relatively light public reprisals by a long-term effect: the victim was humiliated not only during shaving, but all the time until the hair grew to a normal, accepted length in society. Here it is impossible not to recall the last season of “Game of Thrones”: Cersei Lannister manages to atone for her sins only by losing her luxurious hair and walking naked through the crowd that hates her. By the way, almost the same scene took place half a century ago, only with real women.

The heads of French women were shaved after World War II if they were convicted of having sexual relations with German soldiers. The punishment was not limited to one haircut: naked women were allowed to march through the city, having previously branded their foreheads with a swastika. At the same time, those who collaborated with the invaders, but did not sleep, were not so severely punished and did not close the possibility of a normal life for them after the war. Supporters of feminism rightly see this as an attitude towards a woman in the post-war world as a whole: the way she disposed of herself could offend the public, which means that her body did not belong to her.

Harsh documentary about the public punishment of women in post-war France

In a heteronormative society
there is hardly a more convincing indicator of femininity than a luxurious mane

Natalie Portman in "V for Vendetta"
Charlize Theron in Mad Max
and Demi Moore in G.I. Jane →

Especially well the gender superstructure of long female hair can be traced in the film "GI Jane". It is the hair of the main character that forms the watershed between the female and male gender, which she tries on herself: after Lieutenant O'Neill hastily shaves under the typewriter, she enlists the approval of her colleagues, who finally saw in her a worthy soldier (what the lieutenant handed over the same standards and did not shy away from training at all, it seems to them insufficient). Such a turn is doubly unpleasant: according to the logic of the plot, being a man seems to be cooler, and a woman without hair is not a woman.

More progressive and even contrasting in this regard was released eight years later “V for Vendetta”. His protagonist also loses her hair, but not of her own free will - they shave it off. Unlike O'Neill, Evie remains a woman with a beaver, but the loss of her hair causes her suffering - this can also be seen as the sacred role of curls that has been implanted in us since childhood.

How does all this relate to my personal head and is it warm or cold for me? “Tomorrow I’ll buy myself a hat,” I think every day, walking along the Patriarchal Bridge blown by all the winds. A week and a half after the haircut, of course, I didn’t have any hat, and I’m experiencing an unexpectedly harsh October with a woolen scarf wound up to my eyes. It’s still cold for me to even open the refrigerator, but I can’t find any other minuses of shaving my head.

It's not even about convenience, although it is almost limitless. Hairdryer, styling products, combs, elastic bands, hair masks - all this belongings are pushed into a distant drawer and do not take up a lot of time in the morning. The concept of bad hair day doesn’t exist for me now, I listen to my friends’ lamentations about the complexity of hair care with an involuntarily smug smirk, and the phrase “well, no, I’m too lazy to wash my hair” is just one of a dozen stupid jokes that I make every day. And yes, in the future I am not afraid of any experiments with hair, because I know that I can shave it off at any time and it will be good.

What I like more than that is that communication has become much easier. Not even because the interlocutors are now embarrassed by me just as I am embarrassed by them. When you non-verbally communicate from the first seconds that, yes, you are a little strange and you know about it, it becomes easier for you yourself: you no longer need to think about how to present yourself more clearly and apologize for future awkwardness. Moreover, I finally began to look older and therefore stopped worrying that they take me for an unintelligent deer (ageism is my sin) - because, well, what a deer I am with such an expression on my face.

Sinead O'Connor shaved off her hair because it was dangerous to be a pretty woman in the 90s, so the strange appearance by general standards is a great filter and even a shield. I have never felt so comfortable walking the dark streets as now, when in the eyes of the average Russian I am not feminine, and therefore not a woman. The fact that I am now timidly squinted on the street, I like a lot more unsolicited compliments from strangers, but to say that at first I did not worry at all about the “lost” femininity and attractiveness, it would not be true.

To find out, I restored Tinder by deleting all photos with long hair from there. Having randomly scanned two hundred people (both men and women), I unexpectedly received about a hundred matches, of which only a couple of people tried to find out if “bald people are really fire in bed”, but no one asked about orientation. Tinder is, of course, an unreliable indicator of public sentiment, but my opinion of the delicacy of strangers and their tolerance has become a little higher.

By the end of this simple experiment, everything fell into place. Tinder itself did not play a big role here, I just finally digested all the changes. I don't worry about looking weird - I'm much more worried about strangers wanting to pat me on the head (pregnant, i feel you) or find out the details of my alleged nervous breakdown - Britney's story seems to still haunt people.

I found out that with a shaved head, you can not make up, because facial features already stand out. And you can paint even brighter. With it, it seems, you can do anything at all, because if you have already decided to show your mother your skull translucent through a millimeter bristle, then nothing is scary anymore, at all.

Photo: Luba Kozorezova, Universal, Caravan Pictures, Kennedy Miller Productions

Over the past 2-3 years, the picture of the world responsible for the acceptance or non-acceptance of public standards of beauty has begun to change rapidly. In 2014, we first encountered the movement, and most recently - last year - we discussed a new trend:. In addition, it was a huge breakthrough that in commercial films like "" the roles of Bond girls are now played not by conventionally beautiful young girls, but by actresses like 30-year-old, distinguished by their characteristic appearance and complex roles in copyright European films, and 50-year-old. It is noticeable how much wider our understanding of beauty has become. Bald girls are another stage in this general maturation.

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Throughout the patriarchal history of mankind, shaved hair has been a symbol of shame and sin. This was especially true for women who had their hair cut in various situations: after being accused of witchcraft, because of an affair with a married man, because of extramarital sexual intercourse or adultery, when accused of prostitution and sexual relations with soldiers from the enemy army, as this was in France and Italy after the end of World War II. But the real reason was always the same: by depriving a woman of her hair, she was reminded that her body was public property.

MONICA BELUCCI IN THE MOVIE "MALENA"

Therefore, with the spread of communism (which carried the idea of ​​gender equality) and feminism in the late 1910s and early 1920s, short hair entered European fashion for the first time. Women begin to play sports, put on trousers, are fond of aviation and politics, demand suffrage, postpone marriage and the birth of children ... And here in the mass consciousness of the more conservative part of the population, who watched with horror the whirlwind of birds fluttering out of the cage, the image of an “aggressive skinhead feminist” is born , which is actually not a lesbian, not just hates men, but in any case, one thing is clear - they don’t marry, so they get mad.

DEMI MOORE IN "SOLDIER JANE"

One of the first serious steps taken by society to discuss the objectification of the female body was made by the film G.I. Jane. Lieutenant O'Neill ( the main role) shaves to zero so as not to cause ridicule from his colleagues - this is the only way they can see in her a respectable comrade and soldier. That is, in order for her to be accepted as an equal, O'Neill had to stop being a woman. In the early 90s, this attitude may have been considered quite satisfactory, but in 2016, more and more girls think differently. First, all women are different.

CHARLISE THERON IN "MAD MAX: FURY ROAD"

Fitness blogger Morgan Mikenas conducted an experiment: she did not shave her legs for a whole year, urging everyone to feel the beauty of naturalness. She already has almost 17 thousand followers on Instagram. In one of the posts, the girl told why she doesn’t shave.

At school, in gym class when she was only 11 or 12 years old, she was bullied because of her hairy legs. After that, she ran home in tears, begging her mother to teach her how to shave. But at the beginning of last year, the girl decided to abandon the razor and since then she has not shaved her legs or armpits.

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IN video that Morgan posted on her YouTube channel, the girl explains: “I think the number one reason why I stopped doing this is that it took a very long time. A lot of my time was spent getting into the shower, shaving everything, then washing my hair, then washing again. One day I wondered why I was still doing this. It takes a lot of time."

“After I left it all alone and let my hair go, I realized that this is pretty cute. They have become very soft. When you shave your body hair, it prickles, itches and causes discomfort. So, I think this is another reason, ”says the blogger.

“I'm not trying to get all of humanity to stop shaving their legs altogether. I just want to inspire others to choose what suits them and feels most comfortable.”

Morgan said that she used to work in a kindergarten and when she took the group to swim in the pool, she heard the most frank reaction. One child said to her: "You look like a man!" But the girl wonders: “What does it say if children are taught this? I've even met third grade kids who shave their legs."

In one of his Instagram posts, Morgan encourages users to love and accept their body and their imperfections, because they are what make a person who he is. “If you focus on being true to yourself, you pay less attention to what others think, and that brings peace. When you have nothing to hide and can be yourself, you exude a deep sense of peace and self-confidence that inspires others."

The blogger also writes: “What, after all, is beauty? For me... It's to be beautiful before someone told you what it means to be beautiful. Just the way you are, you're beautiful."

Most modern girls, trying to please their partner as much as possible, and observing the rules of hygiene, remove excess hair from various parts of their own body. Most often, attention is paid to the armpits, legs and groin, where the hairs grow more abundantly than on other areas of the skin. And here you need to know how to properly shave an intimate place, so as not to cause unnecessary damage to yourself.

However, in the last mentioned case, the procedure should be carried out as delicately as possible in order to avoid irritation.

First you need to choose the right tool.

Many girls want to use an epilator, believing that such a device has maximum efficiency, however, it is possible to remove hair in an automated way, without getting terrifying irritation, only when the skin is not overly sensitive.

Remember: epilator tweezers simply pull out hair, leaving small wounds that can even bleed on a delicate surface and heal, forming unaesthetic scars.

The blades of the machine should be as sharp as possible. The best way out is to buy a high-quality expensive disposable razor. However, do not try to save much - a cheap tool will not only cause skin irritation, but also disrupt the normal position of the hair, causing it to grow into the skin, causing discomfort and eliminating the possibility of easy removal.

In the absence of high-quality disposable razors on sale, it is worth purchasing an additional replacement cartridge for a regular razor, using it only for shaving an intimate area.

To avoid irritation, take a warm bath the day before, in which you need to spend about 15-20 minutes, waiting for the skin pores to expand. At home, it is recommended to add aromatic tea tree, eucalyptus, ginkgo oils to the bath, which increase skin health and make it easier to tolerate hair removal.

Before the procedure itself, rinse the desired area with cool water and apply a special cream to the hair. If there is none, you can use high-quality soap or gel for intimate hygiene. Now it's time to learn how to properly shave your intimate area, avoiding skin damage and completely eliminating hair.

Process execution

The ideal option, which allows you to remove hair to the very roots, is a combination of two types of movements - along the growth of the hair and against their growth.

However, some girls say that such shaving brings them pain, irritation and causes hair to grow into the skin, causing numerous problems. Therefore, you should use the following shaving techniques to maintain the highest possible health of the skin after the procedure:

1. Two short movements for hair growth, one long and confident, with a little pressure. The first steps allow you to cut off the longest hairs, which, with a large filling of the razor blades, get tangled between them and cause severe pain.
2. Short diagonal herringbone movements at an angle of about 30-45 degrees on each side of the direction of hair growth. Alternating movements will help eliminate even the shortest hairs and significantly reduce the time you need to complete the procedure.
3. Short strokes along the hairline from the hips to the center: the razor should only cover the hair with half its width to prevent it from filling quickly.

Treatment of possible wounds

If even a small cut is formed during shaving, the work should be stopped in order to disinfect it using products from the first-aid kit. It is better to stop the hair removal procedure, returning to it after the wound has healed. Otherwise, you can significantly increase its surface, which will lead to the formation of a large scar near the intimate area.

In addition, it is worth stopping work even if large-scale irritation develops - continued shaving will aggravate the situation, as a result of which, over the next few days, it will be unpleasant for you to even think about intimacy.

If after shaving inflammation begins, the temperature rises, solid knots form under the skin, contact a dermatologist immediately.

The shaving area should be treated with a disinfectant. Some girls ask why it is necessary to do this after hair removal if there is no irritation or cuts. There are always cuts when using a razor, albeit microscopic ones. Through them, an infection often gets into the skin, which leads to various consequences - from local inflammation and severe irritation to blood poisoning.

The best option for treatment would be a weak solution of hydrogen peroxide, and with very high sensitivity, special antibacterial gels. It is also worth remembering the rule: the more tender and sensitive the skin, the less often it is worth carrying out the procedure, increasing the intervals between shaving up to a month with a negative reaction from the body surface.

To be honest, I'm already rather annoyed by the bazaar that has been raised in the last week around the topic of "hairiness" of girls.

It's p..dets, simple.
The entire internet is full of posts about whether girls should shave their legs/pussies/boobs and other public meta.

In all this hype around the topic of shaving / depilation, the comments of men are especially given that a "hairy" girl is disgusting, disgusting and generally kick-kick how bad.

Let's face it.
The first razor on the market appeared in 1874 in Great Britain.
Several patents were filed between 1901 and 1904 for various safety razors using double-edged blades.
Thus, women got the opportunity to "shave everything" more than a hundred years ago!

But for the same hundred years, no one for the most part bothered with this!
Moreover, regardless of social status and income level, whatever you understand.

Yes, women shaved / waxed their legs (they shaved them almost always over the past 3000 years) and armpits, but no one usually touched the intimate area.

The gentlemen of the high society inserted their hairy members into the hairy pussies of the ladies of the high society, not at all worried about their hairiness.
Milkmaids and milkmen did the same.

I can state with full responsibility that even 20 years ago, legs in the territory of the former USSR were shaved mainly only by those young ladies whose legs were, well, very noticeably hairy.

And the "bikini area" in the 90s was generally shaved only by prostitutes and women of easy virtue .
It would never even occur to any self-respecting and modest girl to shave everything before sex, because in this case, the man would have decided that she was a whore.

As an example, from 1994, like a model, find me at least one SMOOTHLY shaved one.

Yes, there are neatly trimmed ones, but not clean-shaven ones.
Attention, 1994, not the Byelorussian SSR at all, but foreign countries, models.

In fairness, it must be said that even in those old clay times, the armpits were still shaved by most women.

But this was due not to aesthetic moments, but simply for reasons of hygiene, in order to “smell” less, because then deodorants were so-so.
After all, the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe hairs is larger than the area of ​​\u200b\u200bbare skin and, accordingly, there is more room for the reproduction of bacteria that cause an unpleasant smell of sweat.
By the way, prostitutes shaved their intimate area solely for the same reasons - in order to "smell" less.

Why did everything suddenly change so much?
Everything is very simple - this is due to the global trend of reducing both women's swimwear and just women's underwear.

If for ordinary (classic) lace panties it didn’t matter whether the bikini area was shaved or not, then thongs or tangos, drowned in dense hairy vegetation, looked less aesthetically pleasing than on bare, smooth skin :)))

In short, initially the need for shaving the "bikini area" was caused solely by the transformation of women's underwear and has nothing to do with the aesthetics or unaesthetics of hairiness as such.
And only now, we have actually come to the conclusion that between the shaving of the intimate zone and aesthetics (read beauty) is actually an equal sign.

In my opinion, such a transformation is primarily associated with a general female complex of personal inferiority.
In order to become "full", more beautiful, more attractive, women cut out something for themselves all the way, pluck it out, blurt it out, cut it off and sew it on.

Shaving of intimate places, at the same time, has become truly massive, and "hairy" has accordingly turned into the same exception as shaving once was.
Well, against the backdrop of total shavenness, the men had a reflex - "Bubo - good! Furry - bad!"

In general, as a summary, two rules with which I would agree 100%.

Rule one - a girl must shave her intimate area only if it is caused by the constant wearing of appropriate underwear (thongs, tangos, etc.). If the underwear does not require a depilated intimate area, then this is done solely at her request, you don’t want to do this and you don’t need to.

The second rule - when you start shaving or depilating, do it systematically. Believe your a pubis with a week-long stubble looks worse and messier than just an unshaven pussy.

Worse than such bristles are only small red, and even purulent pimples that appear a few days after shaving, when the hair begins to grow through the skin.
It's just an abomination! Every time I look at this, it seems that the girl is contagious ....

You always want to ask "Why did you do it? Why? It would be better if I left everything as it is (in extreme cases, cut it a little), I would not even pay attention!".

And yes, a question for the guys.
Are you seriously backing and fuking that the unshavenness of a girl’s intimate zone is disgusting and you wouldn’t even sleep with this? What's serious?
Come on, fukaly, quickly answer two questions!

Do you have everything shaved to a shine yourself?

Would you not get up and / or would you seriously not sleep with this, for example, girl just because she has hairy armpits?

If the answer to both questions is "yes" then go for three fucking metrosexual fagots on you!

Bgggg ... I remembered :)))
As one of my girl friends once said, "If I saw that a man had everything clean-shaven there, I would laugh so that I could not fuck with him!"

PS. Personally, I don't care if the girl's intimate area is depelled or not. In the same way, the light guns on her legs or on her arms will not bother me at all. If I want it, I will absolutely not care about these nuances!