With all things #FEMINISM at peak levels, eschewing conventional beauty standards is celebrated and encouraged more than ever. Hurray for everyone! Except for everyone’s armpits! It’s pretty evident by now that people have strong feelings about hairy armpits?their own and other people’s. Just this week, the Internet went berserk over a sweet throwback family photo posted by Leonardo DiCaprio that revealed his mother?gasp!?had visible hair under her arms.  However, I never really understood just how intensely people feel about the matter until I let my own grow out. For starters, my armpits and I have always had a mercurial relationship. They’re probably ...
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