Trolls call me 'disgusting' and say 'no man will ever love me' for not shaving my body hair

Release time：2024-05-22 02:36:14 Source：Culture Canvas news portal

A 21-year-old woman who gets 'crazy' hate and called 'disgusting' for not shaving her body hair has hit back at trolls.

Canadian influencer Spencer Barbosa has almost 10 million followers on TikTok, where she racks up hundreds of thousands of views on every video.

However, not everyone is kind about the social media star's body positive content and she's met with a lot of backlash for refusing to shave her back and arm hair.

Spencer says she spent 'years' hiding and grooming her body hair, but by the age of 17, she'd had enough of feeling embarrassed.

Choosing to embrace her body in its natural state, she started sharing pictures and videos of herself on social media, which has proved controversial.

A 21-year-old woman who gets 'crazy' hate and called 'disgusting' for not shaving her body hair has hit back at trolls

Spencer says she spent 'years' hiding and grooming her body hair, but by the age of 17, she'd had enough of feeling embarrassed

While she says the backlash has been 'crazy' - including trolls saying 'no man will ever love her if she's hairy' - Spencer is on a mission to get other young women to accept their bodies as they are, sharing clips to her growing following.

'I get a lot of negativity telling me that I should shave or that no man will ever love me if I'm hairy,' the content creator, from Toronto, told What's The Jam.

'I get some pretty crazy reactions online when I post my back hair or when I embrace my arm hair.

'A lot of people comment about how disgusting it is, or say how they're throwing up and that it's not that hard to shave.

'I decided to embrace my body hair when I was 17, after years of hiding my arm hair [and] feeling embarrassed of what my body naturally grows.

'I was shaving, waxing and lasering all the time - not because I wanted to, but because I felt pressure to.

'I think it's really interesting how disgusting and scary people consider something that naturally grows in your body. You should never be scared of your own body.'

She added: 'But honestly as the years go on of being a content creator, I've gotten kind of used to the heat, and it really doesn't bother me.'

While she says the backlash has been 'crazy' - including trolls saying 'no man will ever love her if she's hairy' - Spencer is on a mission to get other young women to accept their bodies as they are, sharing clips to her growing following

In one clip Spencer reveals that she already has crows feet and smile lines (LEFT) and in another she shares some of the hate comments she's recieved (RIGHT)

The Canadian influencer has almost 10 million followers on TikTok , where she racks up hundreds of thousands of views on every video

Spencer regularly goes viral with her confidence-boosting posts on TikTok, garnering millions of views and sparking debate in the comments section.

In one clip, she pokes fun at the people saying, 'Girls shouldn't have back hair', dancing around with her back exposed to show her dark hair.

In another post, she shares an insight into the sort of trolling she gets - including 'her poor boyfriend', 'body hair is disgusting', 'women don't have moustaches', 'please shave', and a series of comments about her weight.

Spencer also advocates for body positivity across the board, sharing clips of her wrinkles, crow's feet and developing smile lines, as well as close-up shots of her skin.

In one TikTok, which garnered 134,000 likes, she shows the difference between her body in its posed state versus more candid shots.

Spencer added: 'It is very important for me to post about body hair because I remember being 10 years old and begging my mum to let me shave my legs because the boys in my class started pointing it out.

'I fell into an awful trap of shaving my entire body because I was scared of being bullied, or I was scared that people would perceive me as 'hairy'.

'I want to make it very clear I am never telling other people what they need to do with their body, or how to groom their body hair, I am just trying to educate people that it is not unhygienic or ugly to grow natural body hair.

Spencer advocates for body positivity across the board, sharing clips of her wrinkles, crow's feet and developing smile lines, as well as close-up shots of her skin

Spencer added: 'It is very important for me to post about body hair because I remember being 10 years old and begging my mum to let me shave my legs because the boys in my class started pointing it out'

The influencer insists: 'You should only shave if you want to - it is your choice, it's your body'

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'It actually grows for a reason. Also, even though I post about body hair all the time, I still choose to shave my armpits in my legs because I want to.'

She insists: 'You should only shave if you want to - it is your choice, it's your body.

'It's really important to love your body, understand your body and not be scared of it.

'Body hair naturally grows on your body. It is normal - it's not embarrassing.

'You're allowed to raise your arm if you forgot to shave your armpit. You should never let body hair hold you back from anything.

'And if you do choose to wax shave or laser, please make the choice for yourself, and not because you're scared of what other people think.'

And Spencer is not the only woman reshaping how we think about women's body hair.

One hairy lady revealed that even though people constantly glare at her bushy pins, men are supposedly obsessed with them.

Aria Loca from Mexico is fed up with society reinforcing the idea that women need to have hairless bodies - so she's rebelling against the norms.

The 34-year-old has opted for a more low-maintenance look, and she doesn't care who can see her fuzzy parts - at all.

Although her hairy appearance attracts some puzzled looks, Aria says men online are completely enamoured by her bushy style.

But despite receiving daily messages from men professing their love for her fluffy pins and armpits - her natural look has still brought tension into her dating life.

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