{"id":20763,"date":"2022-03-29T12:36:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T08:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&p=20763"},"modified":"2022-03-29T12:36:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T08:36:10","slug":"hair-loss-oscars-opinion","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/hair-loss-oscars-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"“Humans Can Comprehend Flying To The Moon But Can’t Accept A Woman With A Bald Head”: Here’s How One Arab Woman Is Navigating The Hair Loss Discourse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HOLLYWOOD, CA \u2013 March 27, 2022. Chris Rock and Will Smith onstage during the show at the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 27, 2022. (Myung Chun \/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two nights ago, what will go down in history as possibly the most controversial and memorable moment of any Oscars ceremony<\/a> occurred. What is disappointing, however, is that it’ll be remembered for the wrong reasons. When Chris Rock insulted Jada Pinkett Smith<\/a> with a joke about her shaved head, saying “Jada, I love you. GI Jane 2, can\u2019t wait to see you,” Will Smith went up to the stage and slapped Rock in the middle of his speech: the rest is now history. Whilst violence and assault is certainly never justified or excusable, the media attention was all centered around, in our opinion, the wrong moment. The internet has exploded with reactions to Will Smith’s response, and people have been debating whether or not he was in the wrong. We couldn’t help but ask ourselves, what about the true victim in all of this: Jada Pinkett Smith? Why has no one payed attention or thought to question how she may have felt over the insensitive remark made about her?<\/p>\n

It may be a man’s world in Hollywood but we were curious to get the opinion of someone who has also suffered from hair-loss as a result of an illness, which is why we asked Tracey Massoud, a Lebanese woman who has been suffering from Lupus from the age of 11. The autoimmune disease occurs when someone’s immune system attacks your tissues and organs. Symptoms of the disease include joint pain, skin rashes, organ damage as well as hair loss. Massoud is also the founder of Lebanese Lupus Association, a support group where other patients of the disease come together to create a safe community and environment. Below, Tracey opens up about her personal experience with hair loss and shares her thoughts of the unsettling incident at the Oscars that transpired between Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith.<\/p>\n

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What did you think about the Will Smith x Chris Rock drama? How did it make you feel that Will had done this on behalf of defending his wife’s alopecia?<\/h2>\n

While I\u2019m against any form of violence, I believe the joke Chris made was as brutal and inappropriate as the punch was; the only difference is that he was on the offense while Will was on the defense. Could it have been handled in a better way? Of course. And maybe it would have been much better if Chris knew the limits that even a comedian must have.<\/p>\n

\nIn fact, the slap that he felt on his face is exactly how every single girl or woman struggling with alopecia felt while he used Jada\u2019s medical condition as some joke material.<\/em><\/h4>\n

Well, this is a tragedy for most women who suffer from it, and allowing himself to be in such a reputable event that more than a dozen million watch, what kind of example is he giving? All the work done to evolve and overcome bias, stereotypes, social attributions would be gone in vain if people with such reach behave the same.
\nThe question to ask here: If Jada was blonde with straight hair, would he have joked about waiting to see her in a new Legally Blonde<\/em> movie? Or if she had long black hair, would he have thought of her in a Wonder Woman movie? No!
\nIt\u2019s funny how our human brain can understand the most progressive concepts and events like flying to the moon which sounds so unreal, but yet more find it more difficult to accept a woman with a bald head for instance.<\/p>\n

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