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neil-gaiman:

Amanda Palmer, on Twitter, after seeing this advert and getting very sad:

i don’t have a tumblr account (i’m sorting that), but if i did i’d put that photo up there. do it for me. it’ll make me feel better.

And, well, I have a Tumblr…

You can follow the conversation about the photograph, advertising, age, freedom, independence, body hair etc. via a lot of retweets at https://twitter.com/amandapalmer

And you can talk about it here.

“brave & sexy are in the mind, not on the leg or under the pits.”

Well, this is fucked.

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    I think this world might really be passed saving.
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    Oofh. Not so sure how...that. Listen, I’m all...body...
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    So this came up the other day in conversation… and I’m reposting it, because I guess a lot of folks missed it in the...
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    …what the actual fuck. Girls 15 and under should first learn that their body hair is natural and perfectly normal. THEN...
  12. effyeahchubbygirls reblogged this from danielmcbatman and added:
    Because it’s such a great idea to even further stigmatize normal bodies, especially when you’re dealing with adolescent...
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    This is appalling. Why should...scarcely pubescent girl worry
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    Horrified only begins to describe how I feel about
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  27. tanyabluemoonice reblogged this from kateordie and added:
    how about freedom to feel good in my natural body?
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    15 and under
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    Sometimes I hate the world. This kind of shit gave me a fucking BIG complex about my body hair when I was 12. It got to...
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    UNDER 15…Great so now there’s going to be stupid parents getting their 3 year old waxed. You know it’s gonna happen...
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    Seriously? Seriously? What the hell? “Girls 15 and under” are just starting to develop body hair. They aren’t yet...

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