<p>How we handle our body hair says as much about us as how we dress. Rebecca Herzig, professor and author of <i>Plucked: A History of Hair Removal</i>, explores the culture of shaving, waxing, plucking—and just letting it be.</p>

How we handle our body hair says as much about us as how we dress. Rebecca Herzig, professor and author of Plucked: A History of Hair Removal, explores the culture of shaving, waxing, plucking—and just letting it be.

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Fearless, sophisticated culture criticism for all generations. Nothing is off-limits, nothing dumbed down. With American culture on the rocks, we're split into fake "wars" about everything from avocados to bicycles to medical masks. It's time we took a critical lens to every facet of our shared experience. And that's what Virginia Heffernan is prepared to do.

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