Grace Jones. Sinéad O'Connor. Sigourney Weaver. Miley Cyrus. Lupita Nyong'o. Demi Moore. What do these names bring to mind? Power. Strength. Beauty. And, of course, they are all women who have shaved their heads.As a child, I already felt the burden of long, thick hair. It took forever to wash and

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