puberty

One summer day at the pool, I looked down – there was pubic hair showing out of the bottom of my bathing suit. I was absolutely horrified.

For the same reasons that your hair color is what it is. For the same reason you are as tall as you are. And for the same reasons other women have large nipples: It’s a blend of genetics and environmental influences. Depending on your genetic make-up and your upbringing (nutrition, chemical…

Well, it can be a big deal, and it is for most people. One thing that is important to understand is that NONE of us – not you at 13, not me at 37 – are ever ready and interested in having any kind of sex in the way you’re describing when who the other person involved isn’t known to us. I mean…

we hear everybody talking about puberty, attributing everything from the development of breasts to being in a crap mood on Tuesday to it, but what is it, really?

Everything I needed to know about body image I learned in a bathroom in the seventh grade. Well, almost everything.