When Joanie O’Mara, 28, stopped shaving her legs, it made her feel “really self-conscious.” She had learned to embrace body hair in other areas because it felt more deliberate – “more punk and feminist” – but leg hair remained contentious in her mind. Unlike armpit hair and pubic hair, it felt neither defiant nor erotic. “Legs are just legs,” she says, “so it’s perceived as unkempt.”
Earlier this month, Phoebe Bridgers walked the carpet at Venice Film Festival with visible leg hair beneath her tailored Gucci skirt suit. Many praised her decision not to shave, saying it was the first time they had seen a celebrity with hairy legs on the red carpet. Others questioned why this was newsworthy, but in...
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