[blueerica]

Interesting thread...

I am not sure how I feel about the banning models thing. Making a big stink of it just reeks of publicity to me. Personally, I would prefer a greater (I'd say wider, but the pun would be too obvious) selection of models in terms of sizes, appearances, but it's not enough to make and break me.

As far as the other topics are concerned, I kind of see it both ways. And my personal views have grown out of having two parents who feel the world affects them in every way, removing choice and personal responsibility from the equation. I grew up when Kate Moss was popular, and I'm no skinny chick. Yeah, I had boyfriends, yeah I could get a guy to bed... It was never an issue that was based on my weight. It would have been an issue if I actually believed it was. But that's just me.

I could go on and say I have "not done" things out of someone else's wishes, but I've never done something because popular culture tells me it's what I want, and I've never done something to change myself at someone else's insistence.

On the other hand, I've made some choices about my hoo-ha that have nothing to do with anyone else's preferences. I've decided it just plain old feels better to be on the bare side of the road. Everything from the shower (and I'm not talking one of those fancy shower heads... just a straight up regular shower) to, dare I say it - masturbation, feels better. And HELLO! Bonus! No one has to choke on a pube if they... well, I think you get it.

It all started - literally - when I was just "trimming up" for wearing a bikini. I got kinda bored and "whisk." I didn't really like it at first, aesthetically. Kinda freaked me out. But you know what.. after a couple of days of my "normal routine" and after trying to grow it out again, I've just decided it's the way things are gonna be from now on. I've considered waxing, but at this point the expense kind of keeps me away... and the idea of waiting until I can wax again doesn't satisfy my impatience.

Now, I realize I have just said WAY too much, but I felt like I had to say it for all the people out there that do things because it's the way *they* like it, not because of someone else.