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.

The evolution of the bush, from Ancient Egypt to today.

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.

A model walks the runway during the Maison Margiela Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2024 show as part of…

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.

Skims heart-shaped thong with pubic cut-out

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.

Deir el-Medineh, Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, (20th Century). Wall painting detail. (Photo by Art Media/Pri…

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.

Aphrodite of Cnidus. Roman copy of 1st century BC of a Greek original by Praxiteles. Ca 370 BC. Glyp…

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.

Cupid complaining to Venus, c. 1525. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London. (Photo…

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.

‘The Naked Maja’, (la Maja Desnuda), c1800. One of two paintings of the same woman in the same pose …

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.

Film star Marilyn Monroe poses over a Manhattan subway grate as the wind blows her white dress up. P…

Liv Lindeland showing pubic hair in Playboy in the 70s.

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