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Kanye West declared that Kim Kardashian was his "Perfect Bitch" when he confirmed that a new track he previewed at a New York club was written about his reality TV star girlfriend -- but he may be having second thoughts about the pet name.

Though Kim was reportedly "honored" to be Kanye's "Perfect Bitch," the 35-year-old rapper is now wondering if it really is an acceptable word to use to describe a woman -- even if it is meant in a positive way.

The rapper, who was most recently featured in 2 Chainz's (arguably misogynistic) video for "Birthday Song," ruminated on the use of the word while in France on Sept. 2.

In a series of tweets he wrote:

"I usually never tweet questions but I struggle with this so here goes... Is the word Bitch acceptable? To be more specific, is it acceptable for a man to call a woman a bitch even if it's endearing?...

Food Network Scene from “Food Network Star.”

Chocolate-covered asparagus, anyone?

This week’s installment of “Food Network Star” found the remaining 12 contestants in sweet mode. As in sweet-meet-salty, sweet-meets-spicy and sweet-tries-to-stand-on-its-own. The good news is that there were some competitors in the group who definitely knew there way around a dessert buffet. The bad news – at least for the contestants – is that past success in the realm of all things sweet didn’t seem to guarantee a future triumph.

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Food Network Scene from “Food Network Star.”

And then there were 12.

The second week of Food Network Star saw a rare double elimination – two contestants were knocked out over the course of two challenges. Throw in a little maneuvering among the competitors (Penny Davidi, the self-proclaimed “Middle Eastern Mama,” tried her best to make life difficult for Orchid Paulmeier, the smart and sunny Filipino-American chef-restaurateur and star from week one), a little quizzing from the judges (you’re not going to blanch those meatballs,...

A video made by the Young Socialists in Catalonia, Spain has been criticised for showing a woman simulating an orgasm while casting her vote. The advertisement shows a female voter becoming "increasingly excited" as she appears to cast her vote for the Socialist Party in the regional elections, the BBC reports. The video concludes with the line: "Voting is a pleasure." However, the film has come under fire from both sides of the political spectrum. Alicia Sanchez-Camacho, the leader of the conservative opposition Popular Party of Catalonia, said that the video is an (more)...