Jen Guha

Jen's Armpits4August page

Fundraising for Verity The Polycystic Ovaries Self Help Group
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Armpits4August, 1 August 2013

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Armpits4August is a month long charity event for cis and trans women which started in August 2012. Participants will grow underarm hair for one month, and get friends to sponsor them to raise money for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is something a lot of women have, but it’s hardly ever talked about. A common symptom of PCOS can be hirsutism (excessive hair growth), so by growing our body hair we are working towards having pride in our body hair, not shame. Pit Pride will provide a stimulus and safe space to discuss women’s often complicated, emotional, or embarrassing experience of body hair. We believe the shame a lot of women feel about their body hair is a consequence of living in a society that regulates, controls and dictates that women’s bodies must conform to incredibly narrow beauty standards. This creates a physically, socially, and mentally damaging image of what is ‘natural’ – an image that turns out to be no more than an idea. There is no standard, universal, typical – let alone ‘normal’ – pattern of body hair for women.

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About the charity

Verity is a self help group set up in 1997 to help women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The charity is completely self funded and is the only national charity for women with PCOS. PCOS affects millions of women in the UK and worldwide (approximately 5-10 per cent) .

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