'No disguise, no veil for the body': Actress Amber Tamblyn shows off her armpit hair and her dark roots while posing in a topless photo to mark her 37th birthday

  • Amber celebrated her birthday on May 14 by posting a topless picture of herself that revealed her armpit hair and dark roots 
  • The writer captioned the photo with a poem, writing: 'Picture me as I am now. In this prolonged moment. This unknown'
  • Ali Wong, Elizabeth Banks, and Amber's Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-star and best friend America Ferrera all sent her birthday wishes 
  • Meanwhile, Blake Lively, her other co-star and close pal from the franchise, shared a personal message for her on her Instagram Stories that day 

Amber Tamblyn proudly revealed her armpit hair and dark roots while posing topless for an au naturale portrait in honor of her 37th birthday.  

The actress and writer, who celebrated her birthday on May 14, took to Instagram that day to post the artistic image, which shows her holding her arms over her head and closing her eyes while her long strawberry blonde hair covers her bare breasts. 

'Picture me as I am now. In this prolonged moment. This unknown. Picture me, no makeup. No filter. Never filler. No razor. Roots exposed. No color. No disguise, no veil for the body. Unpolished,' the poet captioned the photo.  

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Au naturale: Amber Tamblyn celebrated her birthday on May 14 by posting a topless picture of herself that revealed her armpit hair and dark roots

Au naturale: Amber Tamblyn celebrated her birthday on May 14 by posting a topless picture of herself that revealed her armpit hair and dark roots

Chosen words: The writer captioned the photo with a poem, writing: 'Picture me as I am now. In this prolonged moment. This unknown'

Chosen words: The writer captioned the photo with a poem, writing: 'Picture me as I am now. In this prolonged moment. This unknown'

'Picture me alone. Lonesome. Surrounded. Embraced. Loved. Scared for the future, raw, open, hope driven. Picture me snarled. Unkept. Caught. Soft. Deadly. Real. Hungry for touch. Bare. Joyful. Settled. Enlightened. Broken. Bloomed. Struggling. Quiet. Screaming. Missed. Missing. Tender. ⁣⁣ Here. ⁣⁣ Yours. ⁣⁣ Born. ⁣⁣ #BirthdayGirl⁣⁣ #37.'

Amber's portrait has been liked more than 30,000 times, and she has received plenty of birthday love from her friends.

Comedian Ali Wong commented with a crown emoji, while actress Elizabeth Banks wrote: 'HBD gorgeous.'

Amber's Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-star and best friend America Ferrera, 36, also sent well wishes. 

'Happiest Birthday to you my forever sister. I love you,' she wrote. 

Meanwhile, Blake Lively, their other co-star and close pal from the franchise, shared a personal message for Amber on her Instagram Stories that day. 

Celebration: Amber's portrait has been liked more than 30,000 times, and she has received plenty of birthday love from her friends who weren't able to visit her amid the pandemic

Celebration: Amber's portrait has been liked more than 30,000 times, and she has received plenty of birthday love from her friends who weren't able to visit her amid the pandemic 

BFF: Amber's Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-star and best friend America Ferrera, 36, commented on her photo, writing: 'Happiest Birthday to you my forever sister. I love you'

BFF: Amber's Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-star and best friend America Ferrera, 36, commented on her photo, writing: 'Happiest Birthday to you my forever sister. I love you'

So sweet: Meanwhile, Blake Lively, their other co-star and close pal from the franchise, shared a personal message for Amber on her Instagram Stories that day

So sweet: Meanwhile, Blake Lively, their other co-star and close pal from the franchise, shared a personal message for Amber on her Instagram Stories that day

The 32-year-old posted a picture of herself with Amber, America, and their fellow Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-star Alexis Bledel. 

'Happy Birthday My Forever Sister,' she wrote.' 

The four pals seem to take birthdays very seriously, and last month Amber shared a funny video of herself twerking in honor of America turning 36.  

'Happy birthday to the only woman in the world I would break a tit and hip for,' she wrote. 'I love you, Ms. Ferrera. 

'I wish we were doing this in person, at 11pm (which is like 2am for moms in their late 30’s), at some amazing club on the Lower East Side, screaming at the top of our lungs with joy. Someday soon. I promise.' 

During her time in quarantine, Amber has been focusing a great deal of her energy on her work as an activist and as a writer, revealing last week that she will be teaching a workshop on May 31 for all those who are struggling to get inspired amid the pandemic. 

Going all out: Amber shared a funny video of herself twerking in honor of America turning 36 last month
Going all out: Amber shared a funny video of herself twerking in honor of America turning 36 last month

Going all out: Amber shared a funny video of herself twerking in honor of America turning 36 last month 

She shared that the workshop 'will be feminist forward and open to all creatives who are feeling stuck and looking to get inspired'. 

The online seminar will help writers to 'harness anger, despair and apathy into necessary work'. 

Popular: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movies remain cult favorites to this day

Popular: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movies remain cult favorites to this day 

Amber doesn't appear to be struggling with finding inspiration for her own writing however. The actress proudly revealed earlier this month that she'd had a piece published in the New York Times about 'motherhood and ambition', in which she opened up about how her relationship to her career was changed after she became a mom. 

'Once I became a mother, my relationship to my career was radically altered, and I was propelled into the multi-hyphenate artist I was always meant to become,' she wrote on Instagram, noting that she spent more than two decades working in Hollywood before reaching that realization. 

She also called out the way that women in the entertainment industry are treated - recalling how she was told to always 'manage her expectations' both in front of and behind the cameras - something that she said she hopes her daughter will never have to hear. 

'By seeing myself reflected in my own child, I learned how to fight for myself as an artist, producer, director and writer — without apology,' she explained. 'I hope that modeling that fight will arm my daughter with the tools to do the same.' 

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