ep. 49: How to Wear Body Hair, Part 1 with Sasheer Zamata
Sasheer Zamata
Pit hair might be having a moment, but more than 90 percent of American women still choose to remove it. In the first episode of a three-part miniseries spilling ALL the body hair secrets, Cristen and Caroline talk to comedian and actor Sasheer Zamata about opting out of the hair-removal rules. Plus, we investigate who decided ladyhair is gross, and why girls still take shaving for granted.
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