Advice From a Young Woman

Don’t bother shaving your legs. Unless you really, truly enjoy that part of your routine and look forward to it each day. You don’t have to be a fashion model to be beautiful, and hairy legs are far from ugly. The little hairs evolutionarily keep us warmer, and even though we now have pants, my legs still get cold in winter. And they provide a nice, cooling breeze in the summer, even if the sensation takes a bit of getting used to.

Be strong enough in yourself to be able to look past the rituals expected of modern women and determine if they really matter to you. If they do not, drop them. Be strong enough also to withstand the silly judgments of women and men- they have no right to try to define you with their opinions. Society does not define you, you define it.