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Twitter user @Steenfox—real name Christine Fox—was still reeling Wednesday evening from an earlier online debate with a follower who insisted that women’s revealing attire could be a contributing factor to sexual assault. “I was trying to make him understand that it absolutely does not make a difference, and that the responsibility does not lie on…

Actor Omar Epps sparked a Twitter storm when he donned a leather skirt for his appearance on The View. But Epps isn’t the only man pushing the envelope when it comes to style. We found a few more famous men who are getting in touch with their feminine side when it comes to fashion and…

In what looked like an episode of The Maury Show, TMZ aired live DNA-test results from FilmOn.com that allegedly indicated there is a 99.9 percent chance that Brandon Howard, 31, the son of R&B singer Miki Howard, is also Michael Jackson’s son. Now, when I say “allegedly,” it pretty much means, can we trust the…

New Jersey teenager Rachel Canning, 18, lost a lawsuit asking her parents to pay her child support. Canning, however, is still hoping that the judge will order them to pay for her college education. We think black parents would have handled the situation a little differently. We took a survey of The Root staff to find out…

The Dream Defenders are sticking to their goal of making sure their voices are heard by protesting inside Florida’s Capitol in Tallahassee Tuesday morning, the first day of Florida’s 2014 legislative session. The group, an organization of young people fighting systemic injustice toward communities of color, stepped into the spotlight after the shooting death of…

Apparently a couple of news sites felt that in order to “outdo” the others, it would be a good idea to do a play on words with 12 Years a Slave and “escape.” Because, you know, slavery and escaping are all talking points today. The News-Gazette, which is based in Illinois, had this ill-conceived headline…

During last night’s Oscar win, the congratulations that Lupita Nyong’o received on Twitter practically broke the social media outlet. But imagine if she hadn’t won. It probably would have gone something like this: After Lupita ascended her rightful throne—I mean the stage; no, I actually mean throne—it was too hard to keep up with the…

Scandal is back, and the season 3 premiere was full of all the preposterous foolywang we’ve come to expect from our favorite prime-time soap opera. Fitz and Liv—who should, by now, be good at having an affair—continue to make out in the Oval Office without locking the door. Vice President Sally Langston has turned on…

Lil Jon surprised the Internet late Tuesday night when he hosted an epic Reddit Ask Me Anything. Redditors asked the King of Crunk to dish on everything—from foreign affairs to the durability of his crunk-juice cup. Who is Lil Jon’s ideal woman? His wife. What’s his favorite kind of dinosaur? Barney. What makes him turn…

Gabriella Bambii, an aspiring model based in the United Kingdom, shocked Instagram when she shared harrowing images of injuries she sustained after being thrown out of a moving vehicle by her ex-boyfriend. Bambii wrote: This night be a little graphic but I just want to let everyone know that I am okay. I am a…