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My Quiet, Mostly Disgusting Adventures With Natural Deodorant
This is the ridiculously long story of how I exchanged regular deodorant-antiperspirants (Secret, Dove, Degree, etc. — the ones that make you smell nice) for natural deodorants (Tom’s, Jason’s, the crystals, etc. — the ones that make you disgusted with yourself, your body, your clothes, and the haze of putrescence that surrounds you at all times). Here we go. READ MORE







You know, I really, really like Edith Zimmerman's writing a lot – probably as much as I hate natural deodorant. I would like to carry her in my arm pit for a week, just to see if I became funny.
Another thing that I don't like? That the Hairpin commenting rejects me-glorious-me. I dislike this almost as much as the guy I once worked with who didn't use deodorant, but rubbed his arm pits with fresh lemon slices every morning.
Unfortunately, for now, you have to make a new login for The Hairpin. But soon, hopefully, this will all change!
You know, I tried that, and for some reason it won't accept my awl-related ID / email with any password (the one I use here, or a new one). It's like I'm on auto-86.
COME TO THE HAIRPIN. CHO, FIX IT!
Try aluminum slices instead.