Intro

Anita combs through her own tangled relationship with body hair and asks why so many of us invest time and money on removal methods.

Meet the guests:

- Scholar Rebecca Herzig explains when and why we started caring so much about body hair and how hair removal practices have evolved over the centuries.

- Sharan Dhaliwal, founder and editor-in-chief of Burnt Roti, talks about about coming to terms with being a hairy Indian woman.

- Photographer Kristie DeGaris shares how she's raising her daughters to think about their own body hair and trying to normalize NOT removing it.

- Anita's parents on how their upbringings and aging have shaped their views on body hair.

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