By my seasonal weed whacking of my leg hairs. If itās too cold for me to bare my legs i am simply not going to shave them Iām just going to wear tights. I leave little whiskers on the backs of my ankles because i nicked myself there once or twice and saw my life flash before my eyes. I read that Taylor Swift shaves her legs every day and I thought wow I could never be her. I bought an epilator once and the pain was so extreme it made me cry and every time I turned it on I felt like I was in SAW.
My mom told me growing up that I didnāt have to do anything with body hair that I didnāt want to. I resented her for not trying to enforce gender norms into me and tried to power through it and shave my armpits for a few years to avoid social ostracism but eventually I gave up. The skin there is so sensitive and I hate the way it feels when the hairs are growing back! I havenāt shaved them in more than ten years. Not in a bold political statement dying my armpit hair blue way! I use Weleda spray deodorant.
I was always jealous of girls I grew up with who had thick hair on their actual arms because i thought it was so beautiful like delicate little feathers.
I pluck my eyebrows hairs into oblivion and I refuse to relinquish control to another to thread or wax them for me itās my outlet for my neurotic tendencies. I have a single hair that grows on my face now that Iām approaching 30 and I like to see how long it can get before I grow tired of it and pull it out his name is Harry.
I wonāt get into anything else but I will say that I read in an Into the Gloss profile years ago that Emma Watson oils her pubes with Fur oil and I think about it all the time
Apr 17, 2024
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this is especially for women and other ppl socialized female who feel they must remove all body hair. but also for men and other people who may feel they arenāt allowed to remove their body hair!! literally none of it matters you should do what you want. grow it all out, wax your legs but not your pits, rock a unibrow but no sideburns, grow a stache and a bush, shave your arms and pluck your brows to be skinny, etc. itās natural and it all grows back if u experiment!!!!!!
Oct 5, 2024
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Mar 26, 2025
im a hairy boy whoās been able to grow a full beard since I was 15. I got sensitive skin and am prone to getting ingrown hairs that can become infected and become cysts (got some scars to prove it) so I really can NOT be shaving to skin in most cases. iām a trimmers only kinda guy and otherwise let it do its thing. I stay regular on grooming tho.
had to shave my beard (and shoulders š«£) for this freddie mercury costume last halloween and I got an infected follicle on my jaw because it was the first time iād had a smooth face in like 8 years. was worth tho and I ended up keeping the stache-forward style after
Apr 17, 2024
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āLife shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.ā
ā AnaĆÆs Nin
This is uncharacteristically raw and personal, even for me, and pretty heavy! I know many of you have seen me posting through it and I feel safe to talk about it openly now that Iāve safely landed at the start of my new life. Itās honestly even a little bit embarrassing but I think itās important to share.
Iāve never publicly mentioned it on here, but I have a husband; as of Friday, weād have been together for 11 years, and weāve been married for 3 years as of 2/22. I realize now that I wanted to explore what I looked like outside of my relationship with him because I had lost that. This is why PI.FYI has been so meaningful to me as a space to express myself and connect with peopleāto rediscover my voice.
I had been living a lie this entire time, to others but worst of all to myself. Heās been verbally and emotionally abusive, physically but without touching me, to the point that every day I spent with him I was in danger. Iāve been shrinking myself and walking on eggshells to avoid making him insecure and provoking his casual put-downs and fits of rage, while hanging on for dear life to the threads of good I could see.
Iāve wanted so badly to leave, more than anything, but I felt like there was no way out and that this was just something I would need to endure indefinitelyābut someone who is so very dear to me helped me see that I have wings to fly, not by acting as my savior but by reminding me of my own power. The emotional safety they built and the gentle care they showed me made me feel like I could open up to them. With their encouragement I was brave enough to tell the truth to my friends, my family, my boss, and they have received me with warm, loving and open arms and rallied to support and protect me. The financial andĀ logistical aspects were the most intimidating to me and itās going to be tough for a while but Iām going to be better than okay!
Now Iām opening up to you. This isnāt the only abuse Iāve suffered in my life, and my old therapist told me she believed it was my mission to share my strength and light with others to inspire them and show them that change is possible.
I hope that by sharing this, I can reach even just one person who is going through something similar and show that they are not alone, and they are not weak. People with certain backgrounds may be more vulnerable to abuse, but it can happen to anyone. It thrives in darkness, shame, and isolationāand breaking that silence is the first step toward freedom.
Leaving is the scariest thing I have ever done but I have so many angels around me, and I am endlessly grateful. Thank you for being here with me š
Mar 16, 2025
My dad teases me about how when I was a little kid, my favorite thing to do when I was on the landline phone with somebodyābe it a relative or one of my best friendsāwas to breathlessly describe the things that were in my bedroom so that they could have a mental picture of everything I loved and chose to surround myself with, and where I sat at that moment in time. Perfectly Imperfect reminds me of that so thanks for always listening and for sharing with me too š
Feb 23, 2025
Schedule sent my resignation email for the morning, effective immediately ā
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Feb 27, 2025