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BET presents...an award show without women
BET presents...an award show without women
With Lil' Wayne leading the pack with 12 nods (followed by Kanye West and Jay-Z with 7 and 6 respectively), this year's all-male roster of BET Hip-Hop Awards nominees is truly a sad testament to the current (and glaring) lack...
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BuzzSugar — Read an excerpt from Juliana Hatfield's memoir. — Rock and Roll Daily Rainn Wilson talks about planning a vicious attack on Ricky Gervais. — E! Online's Watch With Kristen Five steps to fixing Saturday Night Live. — The TV Addict BET presents . . . an award show without women. — Popwatch Grey's Anatomy gets the Lolcat treatment. — TiFaux Do you buy Nicole Kidman as an action star? 'Cause she might become one. — Cinematical Which female novelists ...

EW Bemoans 3rd Annual BET Sausage Party
SOULBOUNCE.COM — ... . If you're lucky, you'll happen upon an entry that decries a reality that not enough blogs (specifically Hip Hop blogs) are willing to decry, like the glaring lack of female MCs. Sadly, this was made plain by the ...

MC Lyte is Frustrated About the State of Female MCs
SOULBOUNCE.COM — ... here at SoulBounce and on other sites but it is refreshing, albeit bittersweet, to read about the issue from the perspective of one of the greats. She questions whether current female MCs can even be considered such within the framework of hip-hop: ...

Let's Expand the Criticism of Sexism in Hip Hop Beyond Who Rocks the Mic
SOULBOUNCE.COM — As a thoroughly politicized woman who is keenly sensitive of gender inequities both in music and in, you know, life, I am deeply invested in the recent rise in ...

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