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Joelle

INSANE: Joking about someone s alopecia is the same as joking about someone s disability race or sexuality - The Real Truth

I have had alopecia since I was eight years old.

Being a female actor with the condition alopecia universalis (hair loss of the entire body), I know what it is like to be judged. Particularly in an industry where alopecia has historically been seen as a negative thing. This is thankfully now changing, but incidents like this year’s Oscars show we’ve still got a long way to go.

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