PROJECT WWHA: How does your arm hair affect you?
SELENA: It used to make me feel insecure, but not anymore. I don’t think about it much anymore.
PROJECT WWHA: What’s the first time you remember noticing your own arm hair?
SELENA: Probably in my early years, around 10 or 11
PROJECT WWHA: What did you feel when you first noticed your own arm hair?
SELENA: I don’t think I judged it until I was 16 and I watched my fellow peers removing it
PROJECT WWHA: How long if at all, did you remove your arm hair?
SELENA: Many, many years! Probably till I was about 30
PROJECT WWHA: What changed for you when you let your arm hair be?
SELENA: I just remember having an inner tantrum within myself not wanting to keep doing something that didn’t feel right, so I just stopped one day.
PROJECT WWHA: What did seeing other women with arm hair on Project WWHA do for you?
SELENA: It was refreshing! I was also shocked to see all the different ways in which arm hair can show up on women.
PROJECT WWHA: What advice do you have for young women who are just noticing their arm hair and are feeling different?
SELENA: I think they should embrace it, and remember that our natural bodies are beautiful, unique and perfect as they are.
PROJECT WWHA: Thank you for being a part of our project!
