January is undergoing a new, body positive makeover: “Januhairy.”
This month, women all over the world are taking a break from shaving their body hair. They’re growing out their armpit hair, their leg hair — if hair grows someplace, it’ll stay there all month long. It’s like Movember, but for women.
According to the Daily Mail, Laura Jackson, a 21-year-old college student from the U.K., founded the Januhairy movement. She came up with the idea after growing out her body hair for a drama performance.
“Though I felt liberated and more confident in myself, some people around me didn’t understand or agree with why I didn’t shave,” Laura explained on Instagram. “I realized that there is still so much more for us to do to be able to accept one another fully and truly.”
Thus, Januhairy was born. Social media is currently full of women embracing their body hair in photos and tweets. The movement will raise money for Body Gossip, a body positive image campaign.
While many women are taking this opportunity to reach new levels of self-acceptance, other people are apparently “disgusted” by the idea.
Source : https://www.littlethings.com/women-grow-body-hair-januhairy/