Beauty
Its been celebrated way before full bush in a bikini became a TikTok anthem.
The streets are talking and theyre talking about pubes.
Even Anna Wintour is passively endorsing the bush, with this recent pubes-themedthinkpiece inVogue.
Needless to say, pubes are clearly having a cultural moment and dare I say?
the bush is back.
The Egyptians were all about that bush-free lifestyle.
Some even appliedorpiment, a highly toxic mineral containing arsenic, to dissolve the unwanted strands.
You know it smelled wild in an Egyptian ladys bathroom when she busted the orpiment out.
And youve probably noticed the male statues are, more often than not, rocking beautifully sculptedmarble pubes.
But if you look at their female statue counterparts, youll notice that theyreall smooth down there.
Even ancient statues had to deal with double standards, SMH.
Chaucer, inThe Miller’s Tale, references a woman who isbearded aroundher hole.
However, most medieval art if it depicted female genitalia at all typicallypresented them as hairless.
Some scholars speculate that hygiene was a factor.
The impressionist painter Gustave Courbet took things to new bushy heights with his controversial 1866 work Lorigine du Monde.
A landmark moment in the celebration of genital hairiness, it set a new standard for bush excellence.
2000s
The early aughts were defined by an absence of pubic hair and a new waxing treatment.
The Brazilian, made popular by theJ.
Her stance undeniably cemented her status as a bush visionary.
It wasnt just an endorsement, it was a bush battle cry.
2020s
COVID marked a turning point for pubic hair, planting the seeds of our modern-day pubeissance.
In the past decade, pubic hairstyle trends in the body-waxing industry have evolved, she saidin the piece.
While the full Brazilian style remains popular, theres been a shift in embracing a more natural look.
At the 2024 Grammys,Doja Catboldly brought bush to the red carpet.