Jada Pinkett Smith turned her husband’s Oscar-night blowup into a teachable moment about alopecia areata, the hair-loss disorder affecting her and millions of others that, in some cases, can impact a person’s sense of identity.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, whose signature Senegalese hair twists gave Black girls and women confidence to show up as their authentic selves, went viral in January 2020 after revealing that she had gone bald due to the autoimmune condition alopecia.