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Stephen H. Provost is an author of paranormal adventures and historical non-fiction. “Memortality” is his debut novel on Pace Press, set for release Feb. 1, 2017.

An editor and columnist with more than 30 years of experience as a journalist, he has written on subjects as diverse as history, religion, politics and language and has served as an editor for fiction and non-fiction projects. His book “Fresno Growing Up,” a history of Fresno, California, during the postwar years, is available on Craven Street Books. His next non-fiction work, “Highway 99: The History of California’s Main Street,” is scheduled for release in June.

For the past two years, the editor has served as managing editor for an award-winning weekly, The Cambrian, and is also a columnist for The Tribune in San Luis Obispo.

He lives on the California coast with his wife, stepson and cats Tyrion Fluffybutt and Allie Twinkletail.

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Bill Maher owes Jada Pinkett Smith — and bald people everywhere — an apology

Stephen H. Provost

There is, unfairly, a social stigma that goes with baldness and which is tied to shallow judgment of people that’s based on appearances. It’s far worse for women. It can open them up to ridicule, whispered or otherwise. People think there’s something wrong with them. Being bald is only “justified” for a woman if she has cancer, which becomes an excuse to feel sorry for her, rather than affirm her intrinsic beauty — hair or no hair.

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categories Movies, Culture, Mental Health
tags Bill Maher, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, Chris Rock, Real Time, alopecia, hair loss, baldness