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Michelle Deal-Zimmerman

Michelle Deal-Zimmerman: It’s a slap in the face to believe violence protects Black women

I still can’t figure out why Baltimore native Jada Pinkett Smith gives a flying foxtail on a Friday about what a comedian says about her beautiful bald head.

I know we don’t talk about Jada — there are consequences — but this space isn’t being broadcast around the world and frankly, I doubt L.A. celebrities have given up the Hollywood Reporter in favor of this gritty city’s ink-stained publication, so let’s risk it.

Pinkett Smith arrived on the red carpet in a blaze of forest green and the fashion world swooned, laying every admiration at her feet. The Jean Paul Gaultier couture gown, with a train nearly as long as she was tall, bathed her in a mysterious Mother Earth like glow. Her smile beckoned and her chameleon eyes sparkled, daring anyone to even look beyond her masterfully sculpted brows.

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