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Sinéad O’Connor’s Secret Weapon Was Her Shaved Head

ICONS NEVER DIE

The late Irish artist’s baldness was inextricably linked to her identity, and she wielded it throughout her life as a weapon, a shield, and a means of amplifying her music.

AJ McDougall
AJ McDougall 

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AJ McDougall

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