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Culture of Shaming Women Must End
(The Root) — The “flaws” of women are often used as fodder for jokes, gossip and plain old bullying and mean-spiritedness. Many people — including women — are socialized to embarrass, humiliate and highlight the perceived flaws of women on a regular basis. That highlighting can happen under the guise of entertainment (insert almost any…
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Is Esposito Too Good for 'Revolution'?
(The Root) — NBC has decided to renew three shows this fall, including the futuristic/medieval show Revolution, which takes place 15 years after the world goes dark because of the end of electricity. Despite the show’s failure to address the fact that the world indeed existed just fine before methods of conducting electricity were discovered,…
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'Basketball Wives' Can Learn From 'R&B Divas'
(The Root) — Reality-television shows are a dime a dozen. This fall, celebrities are dancing their way into our living rooms, wannabe stars are singing their hearts out in pursuit of fame and, of course, the Real Housewives, Love & Hip-Hop and Basketball Wives franchises give us our steady dosage of mean-girl shenanigans. Season two…
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7 Reasons You Should Be Watching 'Boss'
(The Root) — If you appreciate TV dramas like Mad Men and The Wire, which challenge you to keep up with weaving plotlines, then Boss should definitely be on your radar. A political drama created and written by Farhad Safinia and airing on the Starz network, the series centers on Mayor Tom Kane’s (Kelsey Grammer)…
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Welfare Debate: Blame a Black Man Once More
(The Root) — Here we go again. The debate over welfare reform is raging because of a “misleading” political ad from Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney that accuses President Obama of “a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements.” Everyone and his mother have pretty much refuted its claims, including some members of…
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MTV VMAs Dead Wrong on DNC
(The Root) — Last week the Democratic National Convention kicked off in the Queen City, Charlotte, N.C. The much-anticipated event had a lineup of political rock stars, namely former President Bill Clinton, former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and, of course, President Obama and his wife. Actual rock stars Foo Fighters, music…
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Fashion Fair's Nassali Kiggundu
(The Root) — As the new face of Fashion Fair’s True Finish line, Nassali Kiggundu is poised to challenge all of the assumptions made about black beauty. Johnson Publishing Co. CEO and former White House social secretary Desirée Rogers handpicked the statuesque beauty of Ugandan descent after spotting her working as a barista at a…
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Snoop Lion or Snoop Lyin'?
(The Root) — Calvin “Snoop Doggy Dogg” Broadus, aka Snoop Dogg, aka Snoop — the man whose rap music changed the face and direction of music and hip-hop culture — has announced that he is tired of hip-hop and is now a reggae artist. Broadus came to this conclusion while in Kingston, Jamaica, for a…
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'Ev and Ocho': Keepin' It Real Goes Wrong
(The Root) — The so-called fairy tale has turned out to be a nightmare. Reality-show stars Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson and Evelyn Lozada’s romance has officially come to a screeching halt. [UPDATE: Lozada filed for divorce on Tuesday, claiming her 41-day-old marriage to Johnson is “irretrievably broken,” according to reports.] Johnson was arrested over the weekend…
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Exposure to Violence Begets Violence?
(The Root) — The Aurora, Colo., shooting rampage in July that left 12 dead and 58 wounded has left people searching for answers and pointing fingers at what could have been done to avoid this tragedy. Blame has been lobbed at psychiatry, school officials, family and media for the inexplicable decision to allegedly massacre a…
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