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No. No. No. And to think you were my #MCM last week for telling everyone that being a social media activist isn’t enough. Now here you go this week, during an interview with DJ Whoo Kid, arguing that you wouldn’t vote for Hillary Clinton, or any other woman, for president because women make rash decisions.

“Not to be sexist, but I can’t vote for the leader of the free world to be a woman,” T.I. had the audacity to say. “Just because, every other position that exists, I think a woman could do

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No. No. No. And to think you were my #MCM last week for telling everyone that being a social media activist isn’t enough. Now here you go this week, during an interview with DJ Whoo Kid, arguing that you wouldn’t vote for Hillary Clinton, or any other woman, for president because women make rash decisions.

“Not to be sexist, but I can’t vote for the leader of the free world to be a woman,” T.I. had the audacity to say. “Just because, every other position that exists, I think a woman could do

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I try to stay current with American pop culture, but that’s not easy when one of the most-watched music videos in the country is flat-out pornographic. I’m talking about rap star Nicki Minaj’s new hit, “Anaconda,” which debuted in August. The video features dozens of women shaking and gyrating their naked rear ends in the camera while Minaj raps:

Oh my gosh, look at her butt

Oh my gosh, look at her butt

The song basically reinforces the stereotypical notion that blac

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The NFL goes pink each October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.(Photo: Steve Mitchell, USA TODAY Sports)

Mary Jo Kane, a lifelong Chicago Bears fan and college professor, settles in to watch a football game and finds herself taking a tally of the players — one she’d rather not do, but can’t help.

Have any of these guys committed a crime? Tried to strangle a wife? Knocked one out? Beaten a child?

The NFL has an image problem. Some would say it’s at a moral crossroads as focus on abuse alleg

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It’s hard for fully dressed female rappers to find an audience—particularly those who claim to follow Jesus. A small sorority in an already niche music market, these Christian performers are up against the economic pressures of the industry as well as the cultural expectations often heaped upon women of faith.

Take Houston native HillaryJane for example. Earlier this year, the 20-year-old, once-homeless singer, who began leading preteens in church choirs when

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