Dear Level

Your Pubic Hair Poses a Problem

It’s time to have the manscaping conversation with your partner

Aliya S. King
LEVEL
Published in
3 min readMay 8, 2020

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Illustration: Janet Sung

Update 6/7/22: Level has a new home. You can read this article and other new articles by visiting LEVELMAN.com.

I’ve been writing this column for months now, and I’ve enjoyed the feedback from loyal readers. It seems like the vast majority of y’all are careful, gentle lovers. You’re open-minded and down for (most) new experiences. (Except none of y’all were interested in, um, changing your diet.) And in part because of that, we accept you for who you are.

If there’s one thing that social distancing has taught us, it’s that the LEVEL reader really cares about hair — from going gray to debating the most iconic styles to guidance on how to keep it growing in abundance. We women love your hair (the hair on your head), whether you’re rockin’ with a poofy ’fro or thinning to the point where you’ve decided to come home. Rock that baldie with pride!

Truth be told, as long as you treat us right, keep us satisfied, and are willing to try something new every now and then, we could give a damn about what’s going on atop your dome. Confidence comes from within, not from Samson-length locks.

Perhaps she’d appreciate a trim with a…

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Aliya S. King
LEVEL
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Aliya S. King is an author, freelance writer and editor.