"Karrine Steffans" is an American author, most notably of the Vixen series of books. She has worked as an actress and as a hip hop model, having appeared in more than 20 music videos, many by multiplatinum-selling rap artists. In 2007 and 2008, Steffans visited a number of college campuses to speak about her involvement in the hip-hop industry and its expectations of women.

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[As a model,] you are performing a service to help this man sell records, ... They give you the clothes to wear, tell you where to stand and how to move. If a man tells you to shake it like a salt shaker and you do it, [people reprimand you] and call you a ho.

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We know what happens to little black boys that have no dads, we've heard that, we get it, ... But no one is really saying that young women who are born without fathers have real serious issues, especially when their mother had no father and the mother has issues. ... When I talk about it, people are actually listening.

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We have to change our behavior. We are the mother, the first teacher and we have to start our own revolution. We need to speak up and say we don't like this music, we don't want to wear these clothes, and we need to educate ourselves and stop letting the men get all that air time.

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Confessions of a Video Vixen.

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All I could think about was snatching her wig off!

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Despite what she thinks, she and I are not that different, ... I have even heard her being referred to as a 'Hollywood Hop' for the many men in Hollywood who have bedded her and moved on.

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Bill was my perfect match. (Love-making) was explosive and amazing.

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I heard they call Tyra 'Hollywood Hop,' ... for the many men in Hollywood who have bedded Tyra and moved on.

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