Januhairy

[2rebecca]

Anyone else doing it? I'm fair so often don't shave much in winter anyway, just armpits a couple of times a week but have decided to do the full Januhairy thing, but just for me not badgering people for sponsor money or anything. I've never been a fan of the plucked chicken with folliculitis look anyway.

How can you be doing it for you if you’re only doing it for a limited time that society says is acceptable?

I don’t understand such nonsense. You are a grown women, your own person, do what the fuck you like with your body.

You are a grown women, your own person, do what the fuck you like with your body.
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I am doing AnnualHairy.

I occasionally fail in the summer months but only, thankfully, if the weather is good.

I have heard of it, but didn't look into it. It's not as if I'm going to be posting pictures of my perennially unshaven pits on Twitter.

decided to do the full Januhairy thing

It’s not a thing.
It’s never been a thing.
Stop trying to make it a thing.
Shave or don’t shave as you see fit.

I read about this Januhairy thing on a newsfeed a few weeks ago and my first thought was “What?! Some women actually bother to shave in winter????”

It’s all very odd.

I think that this simply perpetuates the attitude that women must remove their hair. Very damaging.

Errr... what now

I only shave my pits in the summer if I feel like it never in the winter

Might do my legs every couple of weeks in the summer never in the winter.

Should I be asking for money every time I do it?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-46747452

I would never have bare unshaven legs or wear sheer tights with unshaven legs but apart from a few dressy up occasions I've been wearing opaque tights since October. No need to shave.

So far as armpits - I think anti- perspirant works better on shaved underarms.

Drama students. Explains it all.

And on a similar vein - to paraphrase the joke about vegans:-

how do you know someone is doing dry January? Don't worry- they'll tell you

I was ill on Hogmanay and missed a party that night. Realised on 16th January that I hadn't drunk anything. Without the need to make an announcement about doing "dry January"

I can’t stand any hair at all.

Embrace your hairiness and go beyond January!

I heard about this on twitter - a man was saying how disgusting he thought it was. As one who doesn't give a shiny shit what men think of body hair, I'm going to now grow mine to plaiting length

I probably will bush wise but in summer prefer shaved axillae and sometimes legs. OK Januhairy is gimmicky but I think it's positive in trying to encourage women to be comfortable with their body hair again.

I think that this simply perpetuates the attitude that women must remove their hair. Very damaging.

Yeah like we need a stupid month for an excuse.

I'm happy if it helps some women get comfortable with their natural hair, but I hope they don't just then shave first thing 1 February.

It is doing exactly the opposite of that. It's turning not shaving body hair into something as exceptional and to be endured for only a short time with an end in sight as giving up alcohol in January.

I personally don't care what you or any other woman does re epilation. I shave my armpits permanently and my legs if they are not going to be covered up. I don't care 2 figs if that makes me a victim of patriarchal oppression about how a woman is supposed to look.

If you do think it is oppression- fine don't shave any time. Januhairy is as gimmicky and annoying as dry January.