I use organic shampoo and when I shower I use it on my pubes a bit, but that's about all I do there. Well, that and after shave whenever I tidy up around the edges. I haven't had a guy's opinion on that particular smell down there yet (haven't slept with anyone since I started doing that), but unless he doesn't mind a…

Yeah, that's what I'm counting on. That lurking fear in the back of my head, though, is persistent.

Lol, I'm just glad my boyfriend is a-ok with pubic hair. We're poly and he actually told me that between me and his other partner, bare vulvas actually look weird to him now. I have the feeling that being with this guy over time is going to do wonders for my various sexual insecurities.

I'm in a LDR right now- we met online, became friends, became more than friends, and at this point he's now the first person that I've ever been in love with. Next month we'll be meeting in person for the first time (he lives 8 hours away from me, so I'm spending my spring break with him) and I'm terrified about our…

Yeah, my main source of self-consciousness was when I discovered that whenever I removed a significant amount of my pubic hair, my vagina would get infected and smell weird (like different than it's usual smell, which I like) every time, which put a damper on things when I had partners who wanted my vulva bare.…

Lol at the "I'm not even past the iPhone 4 yet". Dude, when you're too broke for a data plan and dealing with a shitty flipphone like me, then you can complain to me. I've discovered that a consequence of having a dumbphone is the inability to tolerate people bitching about their smartphones.

You're right- somehow this makes things feel a whole lot better.

*joins in on the virtual cuddlefest*

I think part of why I loved American Girl so much as a kid was the fact that the books and dolls combined learning history, action, and femininity in a form that wasn't painted entirely pink. That was a lethal combination to a nerdy little girl.

Interesting. well like I said, I look very much like the 30% girl, which would be in line with weight fluctuation since my last physical a couple of years ago. 30%, while on the upper end of average, is still in the average category.

Yeahhh that looks more like 20% to 24%, not 28%.

I don't see you picture, but here's this one:

Personal taste doesn't really have much to do with what people are attracted to. I've dated guys who are pretty muscular and I've dated guys who are also kind of fat. The only way my size affects what I want in a partner is that I'm not going to write someone off for being pudgey the way a super skinny person might.

...no one said anything about sexism. It is stupid and bad business sense, however, to not make a pill that works for a large portion of the population.

If I wanted attention, I would have posted elsewhere. I have a pretty successful sewing blog that gives me plenty of ego-stroking. I posted in a moment of frustration and almost deleted soon afterwards knowing that there would be assholes offended by my appearance. But I didn't because I'm trying to improve myself and…

Think what you want. You're a random person on the internet and I truly couldn't care less.

Because even at my smallest, during which I was essentially starving myself and working out three hours a day, five days a week, I would still not be skinny enough for people like you (I weighed about 170 pounds back then and was miserable). I am healthy and it doesn't affect your life at all, so fat shamers need to…

I think it was like 28%, which is considered to be average by most charts that I've seen.

That's the thing, though. I do have a healthy lifestyle. I eat healthy and I exercise regularly. You don't have the authority to judge the state of my health based on me being fat. I will never be what you think is skinny, so it's better for me to be happy at my size, despite what assholes say, than strive for an…