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Amy McCarthy

Amy McCarthy is a writer and critic living in Dallas, Texas. She enjoys lipstick, cooking and fighting with celebrities on Twitter.

Maddie & Tae perform "Girl in a Country Song" during the 2015 CMT Awards in Nashville, Tennessee June 10, 2015. REUTERS/Harrison McClary - RTX1G0GM (Reuters)

Breaking down the “Bro country” walls: The year country music’s women fought back against “take females out”

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Punched, groped, beer thrown in my face: Being a woman at a concert can be terrifying

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Connie Britton in "Nashville" (ABC)

Rayna Jaymes, feminist icon: How TV’s progressive “Nashville” bucks the music industry’s bro-country rules

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