Comment on This crazy assassin character, who doesn't know what shampoo is, somehow would bother shaving her armpits

• DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  There’s probably a merkin for pits, or there could be. That would have been funny.

  I just learned there’s a fly, for fly fishing, called the strong arm merkin. Yes, they’re furry:

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  • 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Anyway “Pit Merkin” is a great metal band name, you’re fuckin’ welcome

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• remon@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Make-up department exist. It being a deliberate choice by production makes much more sense.

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  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s very possible it just never came up. Especially if it’s a male-run production. The male gaze just assumes a woman doesn’t have pit hair, and if she doesn’t think of it and bring it up, nobody does.

    She probably takes her hairless pits for granted through long habit as we ll.

    The rest of the job is basically rub “mud” product through her hair and all over her body. More attention paid to the face for closeups. (She’s got lipstick and contouring and probably mascara as well, a “no makeup” makeup.) Should some makeup artist have thought of it and glued some hair trimmings to her pits? Yes. But while it would be easy in this scene/pose, it would be uncomfortable and easily shed during scenes where she needs to use her arms, and then you run into continuity problems. (I don’t know the show but I assume she doesn’t spend the whole time crucified like that)

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• Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Which goes back to the above: “Americans are crazy. An having perfectly natural hair under her armpits would be unacceptably disgusting”

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  • velma@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wouldn’t want to accurately portray women’s natural bodies lest they think it might be acceptable to be unshaven.

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    • EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Or maybe she, the actress, prefers it, and she, the actress, didn’t want to change something superficial for the show.

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      • velma@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        I still believe there should be more representation in media of women with body hair.

        We should normalize picking what’s best for yourself and not trying to portray a certain way that women are “supposed” to look.

        Funnily enough, I personally prefer body hair because it’s softer than stubble. But that’s my personal preference and not one I tell others that they should do just to please me. (not saying you are doing this, just putting thoughts to words).

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    • Gaslov@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Natural body is a polite way of framing ungroomed. Men nor women like seeing poor hygiene. Some types of poor hygiene are seen as worse than others. Dirty hair? Sorta gross. Body hair? Disgusting.

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      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Body hair? Disgusting.

        Oh, men are supposed to shave their body hair or they’re disgusting?

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      • MyButSmellsBat@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        For real? Did i understand you correct that for you it’s worse having clean hair in armpits or on legs than unwashed hair on the head?

        Do you also remove ALL of your own body hair?

        It is possible to not ever cut any of your hair and still be hygienic and clean!

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      • velma@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Are men with trimmed beards gross and unhygienic?

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      • remon@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Natural body is a polite way of framing ungroomed.

        Natural landscape is such an hippie way of framing unpaved!

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  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I know American women with armpit hair, I don’t retch when I see them

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    • velma@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      As an American woman with armpit hair, I get a lot of unsolicited comments.

      It would be nice if there were more representation of adult women’s bodies in media.

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        What the fuck is wrong with people?

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      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’m sorry, you shouldn’t have to put up with that

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