PMS depilation

[ailbhe]

One of the things PMS does to me is makes me look in the mirror (which is unusual enough) and loathe what I see (very unusual indeed) and particularly loathe my lack of femininity (mm, quite, Ailbhe as masculine, yes indeed) and have a strong urge to depilate the feminine minimum - underarms and lower legs.

Normally, I quash this urge with a strong dose of militant feminism and a strict talking to about setting the example of being comfortable with my body image for my infant daughters. And it passes within twenty-four hours.

This month I succumbed and shaved. And remembered why it's such an awful idea. It felt better for less than two hours, and then it got really annoying, and as it grows back, it's getting worse and worse - the growing-back effect is annoying enough I may do something drastic just to avoid having to tolerate it, like, ew, shaving again.

The only upside is I feel slightly more confident in a skirt or dress which shows my lower legs, and really, that's part of why I DON'T shave normally. Me and my hairy ankles have a right to learn to feel comfortable in public.

Ho hum. Ailbhe, tool of the patriarchy, strikes again.

Comments

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

I feel really empowered by the idea that I can shave or not shave at a whim, actually! I haven't shaved anything for over a year, but I like that I could whip it all off as an experiment any time I wanted. It's like a non-permanent body modification, I feel. And look! You learned something about your skin and how it feels in the process!

[ailbhe]

Whim would be grand, but knowing I'm temporarily unusually insecure isn't the same as a whim at all.

[ailbhe]

Whim is what has me shave my head to 1/4 inch, or wear lipstick, in fact.

[the0lady.livejournal.com]

See, I couldn't shave my head on a whim, unless I had whims that lasted five years or more. The flipside is that my leg hair grows equally slowly. So there are benefits either way I guess!

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

Heh, snap!