Hair and Back Again: A Pube’s Tale

The Vagina Museum Podcast

People have really strong feelings about “hair down there.” You could say it’s a “prickly” subject. But the way we talk about our pubic hair speaks volumes. In this episode, we part the bush of history to explore pubic hair preferences past and present. Dr. Kate Lister (Whores of Yore) gives us a history lesson on 18th century pubic hair wigs, the founders of FUR talk body-hair-agnostic beauty, and illustrator Hilde Atalanta shares insights from The Vulva Gallery.

***Show Notes & Transcript: tinyurl.com/vmnotes0103***

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Show Notes

• “Consider the Merkin: A Brief History of Pubic Wigs in Hollywood” (Article)
• A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister (Book)
• “A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister review – from blindfolds to bikes” (Review)
• Whores of Yore (Twitter Account)
• “Nae Hair On’t” by Robert Burns (Poem, read in this episode by Ian Diamond of Luke + Jack)
• FUR (Company Website)
• The Vulva Gallery (Website)
• The Vulva Gallery (Instagram Account)

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