Hey, this episode is a little bit different from what we typically do on household name.

It's a collaboration with another Stitcher podcast called Unladylike, which you should go

check out.

For years, the slogan Frigilette Raysers has been the best a man can get.

There's this one ad from 1989 that shows clean, shaven men playing baseball, killing it

on Wall Street, getting the girl and showing their sons how to shave.

But last January, Gillette ran a very different ad.

This one showed two kinds of men.

Who harassed, bullied, and mansplained their way around the world, and men who took a stand

against all that, making the same old excuses.

Shaving has always been about gender and gender roles, beauty standards, masculinity and femininity.

And you know who has a lot to say about all that?

Caroline Irvin.

We are probably a little bit overexcited to talk about armpits with you today.

And Kristen Konger.

We have so many, so many razor facts to share.

Hashtag razor facts.

They're the hosts of the Unladylike podcast, which as they say on their show is about

what happens when women break the rules.

And they've been thinking about Gillette since they were teenagers.

So Caroline, you mentioned that your mom bought you a pack of Gillette daisy razors.

So yeah, it was milestone.

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