14 years on from Julia Roberts at the Notting Hill premiere, we've still got a lot to learn on shaving armpits
Rachel McAdams proudly displays armpit hair
,' while tabloid comment sections at large were littered with both scorn and praise - once again, proving women, their bodies and what they choose to do with them remain a divisive topic of discussion.BustleOf course, Rachel is far from being the first celebrity to go against societal norms. In the past we’ve looked to stars like Sophia Loren, Grace Jones and Madonna, who have all refused to bow down to this indelibly ingrained expectation that women's armpits be hairless.
A reminder, then, that what women choose to do with their body hair is a fine example of a ‘you do do' scenario. If you want to remove armpit hair - or hair from anywhere else on your body for that matter - do it. And if you want to embrace your hair? Do that too. There's liberation in choice. And maybe, just maybe, when the ruckus dies down, Rachel'sphotoshoot will prove itself as another crucial step towards normalising women and their body hair.
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