As she grew into her teens, she learned through magazines, movies, and personal experience that body hair on women was considered undesirable. She tried hard to hide and remove her body hair, but razor bumps, ingrown hairs and scars made it difficult and painful. LISTEN | Esther Calixte-Bea talks about her role as a body hair advocateLet’s Go 9:43 Montrealer with a message becomes a Glamour cover girl A Montreal painter and body hair activist has landed this months cover of UK Glamour Magazine. 9:43Calixte-Bea caught the notice of Glamour UK through her body hair advocacy work, contributing to a British campaign called "Januhairy" in 2020. The campaign challenges women to stop shaving their body hair for the month of January, as part of a larger goal to normalize women's body hair.

Source: CBC News February 06, 2021 20:15 UTC