Her mother says her daughter should be well groomed, Imani says it’s against her feminist principles. You decide if mum should get out of Imani’s hair
Mum has strong ideas on how I should present myself and calls my body hair ‘unladylike’
But as I’ve got older, I’ve rejected some of these norms. I don’t really shave or wax my legs and arms any more as I can’t be bothered. I’ve had boyfriends and they don’t care. In the UK, we spend so much time covered up, I don’t think it’s necessary to be worried about hair all the time.I’ve taken to growing my underarm hair in the winter, so it’s quite long now. I reckon it’s because I went away to university in Germany two years ago and found more women who thought like me.
My parents do it in a lighthearted way, but my mum really does worry that I’m ruining my chances of getting married. We try to educate our parents on how their views can be harmful, but it never does any good.When it comes to beauty, I know best – and thick body hair sends out the wrong message Waxing has always been a part of my beauty regime. I introduced it to the girls when they hit puberty
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