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Hairy is about a few square centimetres of skin that can still start an argument. It goes back to the ancient world to show that women have been removing body hair for thousands of years, then picks up the early twentieth century, when sleeveless dresses and razor ads turned smooth into the norm.
From there it gets into armpits, the bush, and how 'clean', 'dirty' and 'natural' got stuck to something that just grows. Later chapters turn to the attraction side of things: preference and fetish, feminist refusal, porn's shifting baseline, the forums where fans found each other, and the creators who've made a living from it.
Hairy is about a few square centimetres of skin that can still start an argument. It goes back to the ancient world to show that women have been removing body hair for thousands of years, then picks up the early twentieth century, when sleeveless dresses and razor ads turned smooth into the norm.
From there it gets into armpits, the bush, and how 'clean', 'dirty' and 'natural' got stuck to something that just grows. Later chapters turn to the attraction side of things: preference and fetish, feminist refusal, porn's shifting baseline, the forums where fans found each other, and the creators who've made a living from it.