One's pubic hair style is personal.
Whether it's trim, wax, shave, or natural, it's up to the owner to let the hair be, or not to be.
Amber Rose is an American model, rapper and television personality. She first gained public recognition after starring in a music video for Young Jeezy's 2008 single, "Put On", which featured Kanye West, and when she had a romantic relationship with Kanye on that same year. Amber also gained fame when she became a model for Louis Vuitton.
And this time, she again made a name for herself, but using an NSFW approach.
She posted a photo of herself, sans underwear.
She took it to the photo- and video-sharing platform, with a post depicting her reclining regally on a staircase, wearing nothing but a black string bikini top, diamond choker, big shades, and a fur coat hanging off of her shoulders.
On her bottom half, aside from the amount of oil, she is seen wearing nothing.
She is seen showing her bush on display.
Sporting her signature platinum blonde buzz cut, the carpet certainly doesn't match the drapes.
This post isn't up for long, because Instagram has a nudity policy, which forbid explicit nudity, that include the depiction of genitals, buttocks, and female nipples, among others.
The platform swiftly removed the photo, despite a lot of fans and followers were quicker.
Following Instagram's disposal of her photo, Amber, who seemingly saw this coming, followed up with a video Instagram of her smirking and rolling her eyes.
"When IG deletes ur fire ass feminist post but you really don't give a f-ck because everyone picked it up already #amberroseslutwalk #bringbackthebush," she said in the caption.
And as if clapping back at Instagram's body-shaming policies, she challenged herself by reposting the same photo to Twitter.
"Imma post this one more time for the haters," she joked.
On Twitter, things are more laxed.
So then, she followed up its removal with a few tweets—along with a repost of the original photo, where it's gotten more than a lot of retweets and links.
It's worth noting that the photo she took is part of her Slut Walks campaign, which centers around encouraging women to claim and freely express their sexuality.
After all, Amber has become a modern day feminist icon after using her high profile to put an end to slut-shaming.
The idea is that, many across the world have been shy about speaking about their pubic hair, and that in many industries and culture, women are using wigs, called merkins, on their mons pubis. Even when they do have pubic hair, the merkins stay on top of it.
The message Amber is trying to say is that, it’s totally fine for women to have hair down there.
"Although this conversation has been fun, I’m not here to argue about feminism. I’m here to educate and bring awareness," Amber said.
Due to the vulgarity of the idea, social media users have spurred the #AmberRoseChallenge, where people are snapshotting and sending her look-alike pictures.
Even Amber herself is into the idea.
It's worth noting that her post on Twitter is also short-lived.
"I'm so done with y'all lol," she said, adding laugh-crying emojis and the hashtags #baldheadscallywag and #bringbackthebush.
This is because the post is also removed by Twitter.
While it took it a much longer time, the original post has then been deleted.
Amber Rose challenge anyone? Lol post your version of my picture and hashtag… https://t.co/YyXXHZ5A9Y
— Amber Rose (@DaRealAmberRose) June 10, 2017
Amber said that she "didn’t really do anything crazy to groom it," and that she "just used some soap and some lotion."
"In that picture, it was just not fully wild and grown out at that time. When I finish getting washed in the shower, I use baby oil gel all over my body [including my bush]."
But Amber was quick to point out that having a full bush doesn't make her a feminist. It's just a choice at the time.
Amber only hopes to raise awareness for the cause that's most important to her.
"I go far and beyond to piss people off on purpose," she said. "That's what I do to bring awareness to Slut Walk and what's going on. The fact that there are double standards, that women are not allowed to own their sexuality and their bodies. We can’t possibly be sexually confident, because then we're whores. We're not allowed to have a past. We're incapable of love if we’re too beautiful or if we’re too successful. It's all really, really fucked up."
"I feel like there are so many new feminists this year because of Trump," she said.
Amber isn’t the first celebrity to admit to having a full bush.
Among others, notable example is Harry Potter star Emma Watson, who revealed exactly how she grooms her pubic hair, causing her chosen oil to sell out.
