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Hairy Legs Contest
FOUND by Brent Sterling Nemetz
in New York City, New York
I found this note on the corner of 5th Avenue and 10th Street outside of a dorm for New York University. Unfortunately I didn't meet the winner.
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Who would want to do this!?!?! Ewwww!!!
I like this idea... although having an 'ugly contest' is still defining women by the rules of society, even if you are doing the exact opposite of those rules.
Thats why I don't shave AND I don't enter myself into ugly contests. Represent.
my daughter was the proud winner of "a very hairy christmas' this year, the leg hair growing contest. I'm so proud.
bloody men, they always dominate hairy leg competitions.
FORTUNATELY, I didn't meet the winner!
[Bibliographic footnote: Robert B Greenblatt. The Hirsute Female. Springfield, IL: Thomas, 1963.]
[Vocabulary builder: hypertrichosis]
And just what's wrong with letting your "coat" grow in for the winter? The contest is being held just before spring break so the money can be/could have been applied to having the winning gams waxed for spring break. Sounds like a win-win situation to me.
I'm a little puzzled about the "In Honor of Women's History Month." I know women have been waxing, plucking, shaving different parts for quite a long time, so what's the connexion? Unless they did a bra burning, too, then I could see it.
Love the art, though. So apropos.
My self esteem and comfort is worth more than $50. I'd sign up for $200 though.
Wow...I think I want to add this to my favorites...mostly because there is so much to take in. I didn't even see the less hairy leg to the left of the picture until a second look. I think a couple of years back when I was still in college...I could have won a contest like this during the winter. Us girls were slobs when it came to looks and college. Most of the time we went to our 8am class in our PJs. Nights were just too long and too fun!
For a moment I read that as "The Hairy Legs Contest... At The Front Desk!" Was thinking "wow, those poor NYU security guards are pretty starved for entertainment."
I don't think there's anything wrong with not shaving your legs...in the winter months. It keeps you warmer!
Don't let the bastards grind your leghair down.
"With a name like Brent Sterling Nemetz, you KNOW it's got to be good."
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/news/ny-e
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res
And if the links get cut.. go google.
Here's a quote from the NY Times article:
"But in his spare time he exercises the curiosity that has made him a video Studs Terkel, a man obsessed with New York's unsung laborers -- the people who fillet fish, makeup artists on ''Cats,'' Zamboni operators on Madison Square Garden ice and people who sell toy mice on sidewalks or carve gargoyles on the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine."
Follow your Bliss, Brent! Good On ya.
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Looks more like a hairy handstand contest to me.
@googling the Finder, thanks! What an interesting fellow, is BSN. Reminds me of the Buggs Bunny as a manicurist cartoon, buffing the monsters nails: "Monster meet such interesting people!"
I would absolutely adore a contest like this, since I have a habit of rarely shaving my legs anyway - I'm fair enough that my furry covering doesn't really show up. Of course, I never really show my legs to the public, either.
@sending psychic vibes: (Brad is God.)
Why does it matter if women shave their legs or not? Some women just prefer to be hairless regardless of what "male dominated society" desires... Hairy legs aren't ugly (so I'm gonna have to argue your "ugly contest" point here, Deanna) and hairless legs aren't either. Do what feels right, don't let anyone (male, female or other) tell you what to do with your body :)
I absolutely *love* this. I rarely bother shaving my legs, mostly because I'm lazy and see no good reason for doing so. And opposite to what I once believed, I've found out that it's usually not the guys who mind female body hair, but other girls. The guys who do mind usually aren't worth it, anyway.
@Suspended in furs, ditto! Besides, if you let the hair grow long enough, it's really rather soft.
THE ONLY THING MORE REPULSIVE THAN A HAIRY WOMAN IS A MAN THAT SHAVES
I think this is hilarious, because you know us college girls don't shave our legs unless we have a specific reason. Is it really worth the extra effort? I think not. I dunno though, it would take a lot of self confidence to enter a contest in which people are actually going to scrutinize the hair on your legs.
Deanna, no one used the word "ugly" until you did, so why the quotes?
I just glad this wasn't a "Hairy Third Leg" contest.
If there is an ugly contest, I'm gonna win the heavyweight division. Don't bother training.
@freonz: exactly. who wouldn't prefer softness to itchy stubbs and inwardly grown hairs (or whatjamacallit in English)?
The sheer quantity of hair removal products my one ex-housemate requested in order to prepare for the "Minis Disco" (first disco of spring: Short skirts required) still fills me with awe: Removal cream, razors, and wax. (Plus one bottle self-tanner.) She did have the smoothest legs of any of us once she was finished, but still… It wasn’t as if she was dark (like me): She was a natural light-blonde! Of course she also shaved her arms and knuckles (hands and feet both,) so perhaps obliterating body hair was just an obsession with her.
@Suspend, stubble and ingrown hairs is what I'd call 'em. Your English is fine and far superior to my [whatever your native language] is.
Man I wish my dorm had this when I was in first year. I would have won hands down!
I thought this was called a "Lumberjill" contest. The guy version is the Lumberjack contest where they try to grow the most impressive beard.
i think it would be a good contest if it was mentioned to people the day before it was held.. Like to see who 'really' didn't shave.. Very comical! """""""" Thats supposed to be hair!
I had all my pubic hair lazered off. I look like a 11 year old girl down there.
thank you, freonz. you're probably right. at this point it would probably be polite of me to clear up the mystery of said native language, but I'm afraid that is just too personal information... considering that my country's whole population is about 1/3 of the population of the USA's tenth most populated state. I might have disclosed it in some previous comment, though, sometime. and why am I discussing population statistics and my own paranoid self? I don't know... but I do have hairy legs, and nipples, too!
@Suspended, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you! Ask any Womble...we are chary of personal info on the Net too...considering we live underground to avoid being seen.
And of course a Womble never shaves anything. No point when you're Covered with fur, even on the soles of one's furry feet!
Snuffles the Pirate hedgehog says : shave or grow em long but leave em inbetween and have them feel like me.
Snazy find
@Shelly: Ow ow FUCKITY OW! Ain't no laser getting near my lady-bits! Sounds like something out of a James Bond film.
@Suspended and orinoco, no need to disclose personal info, including native tongue (hush Turbo) or location. :o)
and no need to disclose personal info, including where hair does or does not grow on your body.
It's funny what we'll share freely in our web world. Social Security Number? First name? City of residence? Country of origin? No way!
Nipple hair? Genital hair? Sure! What do you want to know?
Maybe it is a protection strategy against identity theft. Who wants to snatch the identity of someone with hairy nipples? No matter how much money is in her bank account...
Myself? Well, I've got quite a pelt working its way up from rump up the small of my back. Some day I hope it will merge with the one working down from my hairline and over my shoulders. The legs? I've got that covered, but I guess I have the hormonal advantage over some of us here. Oops! I just revealed my gender! Quick, I'd better disclose something about some anal fungus! That'll save me! Distraction.
Not So Clever, I think you are my hero for the night.
who wants to be the hairo of my night?
I discovered that typically the one time per month that I really get the urge to shave my legs coincides with my ovulation.
Studies have shown that many women tend to primp, preen, and dress a little fancier around the time of their ovulation, as well.
I wish they had a contest like that in my neck of the woods, I would win for sure!
The skeptic in me says that the maker of this poster is a granola lesbian who thinks $50 is a cheap way to get her jollies.
If my boyfriend were a girl who didn't shave his legs, he'd totally do this. And totally win.
Ow ow fuckity OW ! Fuckity. Fuckity. I like that.
I'd hate to be a blind midget in the contest room!
(I wouldn't mind meeting Shelly)
I can't sign in WTF!?
I'm not judging but I don't know why anyone over 11 wants to LOOK like an 11 year old down under. Or maybe it's just the way that was phrased I guess.
@whatever some people are just not that into hair, their's or someone else's. Also, some people are just not into being grown up either, which may make them want to shave all the extra hair off. Btw hair or the lack of it between the legs is also a sexual fetish. And no I'm not admitting to anything kinky here, I'm just as cautious about giving out any info on myself as many of you here.
I guess the safest thing is really not tell anything about yourself online.
'Who wants to snatch the identity of someone with hairy nipples?'
More to the point, Who wants to identity the nipples of someone with hairy snatch?
(Well, me for a start. Sorry, Shelly, that's a turnoff. Have to cross you off my list then -- bother. Puckhog, you're welcome.)
Cue Bette Midler:
Did I ever tell you you're my hair-o?
You're everything, everything I wish I could be.
Oh, and I, I could fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath my, er...
We can't discuss my draperies if I haven't invited you into my house.
That includes the pile and color of my carpet.
Touche, Terriesovery! <applause>
I shave my legs pretty infrequently because my skin is so dry and the shaving only makes it worse. I would totally enter this contest, but probably wouldn't win as my hair is so light and fine.
Hahaha I would totally win this. I love being italian.
Here's something ALL men should know: if you would kindly remove your pubic hair most women would be much happier performing felatio. And most certainly more willing to put a few things in their mouths they might not otherwise. I groom so I prefer my men to do so as well.
(That didn't sound so clean....)
Don't speak for most women, lady, speak for yourself! Men are wonderful au naturel.
ummm errr .. good clean fun...? I'd be creeped out by some prepubescent looking Mr Clean. What's wrong with spitting out a dead poober or two?
i cant even go here. there. anywhere.
...HIS BUTT
(ahemmm.. Shelly, Puckhog, and good clean fun).
Poober.
(Knocks on door.) Excuse me, I was looking for Found? This is Dirty Found? Oops--sorry! I'll check next door. (Blushes and leaves quickly.)
*runs after Kat*
I'm coming too! Don't leave me!
Me and Snuffles think Dirty Found needs to update more often.
( Maybe it ought to get a wee bit dirtier too )
Ok all, hairy legs IS about women's month and women's independence. Plus, it is about rebelling against the corporate machine that decides we all have to be hairless. It is about selling products. The folks making the commercials don't give a fig about you. They just want you to feel insecure about your natural body hair and then buy their products. And the wonderful thing is that you will have to keep buying their products as long as you buy in to their world view.
Ladies, resist the dominant paradigm. Let your hair grow free.
I agree with the Rogue Pirate. (and hey, I'm drinking a Rogue Dead Guy Ale right now!) Dirty Found needs some refreshing! Jason's spendin' all his love here at Found...
I wonder, Jason: how many Dirty Found submissions do you get, as compared to (good clean fun) Found submissions?
Oh, and note to patiently explaining: I think we all pretty much get what the corporation/commercialization/merchandising/marketi machine is all about. You don't need to speak to us as though we're tall kindergarteners. I for one have never operated under any delusion that they give a fig about anything but the almighty dollars in the bottom line. But I still do enjoy a nice, clean shave on occasion. (on what parts I shall not reveal, for the sake of decorum. ha ha ha.)
Oh Johnathan and I was looking forward to meeting you seeing as we live on the right side of the pond. Shame.
Puckhog wax in g up, come and see it.
OMG! I get a job and looks what happens, FOUND goes perverted without me.
Oh and confession time. I'm SALT too!
uhhh duhhh pepper. we knew that.
ew
Has no one noticed that those aren't legs/feet in the picture, but ARMS and HANDS? Wierd! Or rather, legs with hands at the bottom instead of feet. Unless it's supposed to be an ape of some sort?
What I shave if I shave it, is no one's business but my own. Thank you and good night.
I'M INSULTED
Baby Basil, apparently, you missed my post from 10:18 am.
To almost everyone else, TMI people.
I think I could win this. I havent shaved my legs in about 2 months. Sadly, though, it will take a lot longer before the hair is long and gnarly. I have blonde leg hair and it's not easy to see even when it has been a few months.
I think a hairy leg contest is not a bad idea, there's nothing wrong with celebrating an unconventional aesthetic. But the illustration comparing unshaven women to apes is a little...insulting?
I don't know why people keep saying that hairless women are just conforming to society... I dislike having excess body hair, it just seems dirty to me. It's not like we need it anymore, the evolution of the brain has given us clothing instead. I'm for jeans instead of hairy legs any day!
Shelly, I'm always open to new experiences!! Seriously, hope we meet up on the UK Found Tour??
Terrie on the carpet: no chance of a shag then?
I agree....it's totally a hairy handstand.
@Josie: I agree with you as well. I hate not shaving. It feels gross.
I agree with Josie. I also have to say that a lot of you believe that men run the big corporate...what is it you called them...."the big corporate machine". Believe it or not but I think your wrong and I am a woman. I believe that it is women who put such social constraints on themselves and I think women dominate that industry more than a lot of people realize.
Jonathan, shag is hard to vacuum...bare floors make the house cold and uncomfortable.
Why should I be insulted to be compared to an ape? When I finally go to get my legs waxed after months of leaving them alone (like now) I refer to it as degorillafication.
Not a handstand... Primates have opposable thumbs on their feet.
I think I got deleted for disagreeing with Ghost. And I didn't curse or anything.
@Josie:
I completely agree!! I don't shave because I feel like society and/or men are forcing me to. Sure, I've been influenced by soceity to shave otherwie I wouldn't have started in the first place, but once I started shaving my legs, I loved it. I honestly like the feeling of havng shaven legs - there's nothing better than crawling into some clean sheets with freshly shaven legs :) So comfy!
HAHAHA.
That'd wonderful.
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i lived at that dorm.
and nothing of that sort happened there.
humorous if it did though.