The Short and Curly History of Pubic Hair

To celebrate the release of Kate's new History Hit documentary, Beating Around The Bush: The History of Pubic Hair, we're revisiting a favourite episode about exactly that.

Watch the documentary here: https://access.historyhit.com/videos/beating-around-the-bush

Find out about the history of pubic hair removal from ancient Greece and Islamic bath cultures through Renaissance Italy and Victorian England to today's porn-influenced trends.

Joining Kate is Professor Jill Burke, author of How to be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty and Female Creativity, to help us uncover this history.

This episode was edited by Hannah Feodorov and Stuart Beckwith. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producers were Freddy Chick and Charlotte Long.

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